CD Projekt Red Cuts Over 20% of Project Sirius Team

CD Projekt Red confirmed that nine employees working on its Witcher-related multiplayer spinoff, codenamed Project Sirius, have been laid off. The cuts affect four staff members in the Boston office and five in Warsaw, while nine additional employees have been invited to apply for internal positions on other CD Projekt Red projects.

IGN EntertainmentCD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development' Multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius hit by layoffs again, in "broader shift in development strategy" at CD Projekt Red

Project Sirius was announced in 2021 after CD Projekt acquired the Boston studio The Molasses Flood to develop an “ambitious” Witcher-based title. The studio was initially kept as a separate entity, but in 2025 CD Projekt fully absorbed it. The project has undergone a reboot and a “new framework” in 2023, yet no official title or detailed gameplay information has been released. A second Witcher-related multiplayer effort—a free-to-play mobile game—has also been reported, underscoring the company’s broader multiplayer ambitions.

Multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius hit by layoffs again, in "broader shift in development strategy" at CD Projekt Red IGN EntertainmentCD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development'

• 83 staff were reported on April 30 as working on Project Sirius — according to IGN.

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• 9 employees were laid off, representing more than 20 % of the team, as noted in CD Projekt’s Q1 2026 financial report referenced by PC Gamer.

CD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development'

• The remaining team size is therefore roughly 60 developers.

CD Projekt cuts more than 20% of The Witcher spinoff development team 'to reflect the project's needs at this stage of development'

• For context, CD Projekt Red is concurrently developing The Witcher 4 with 513 staff, Cyberpunk 2 with 163 staff, and a new IP, Project Hadar, with 24 staff.

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The company added that the affected employees will receive internal recruitment opportunities for other projects. Eurogamer reported that the company confirmed the layoffs on August 12.

Multiplayer Witcher spin-off Project Sirius hit by layoffs again, in "broader shift in development strategy" at CD Projekt Red

• “We adjusted the size of the Sirius team to reflect the project’s needs at this stage of development,” — CD Projekt

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