CD Projekt preparing 5 new games and creating next-gen engine, Witcher 3 in 2015.

[Syril]

The next two major titles from Polish developer CD Projekt Red, scheduled for 2014/15, will be simultaneous multi-platform releases for PC and next-generation consoles, detective Eurogamer has discovered.

5 games:


AAA - Witcher 3

new AAA RPG
two AA games with

big games with good scores of 85 per cent or higher on Metacritic

and one digital distribution A game.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...are-simultaneous-pc-next-gen-console-releases

 

[Konjad]

gayralt

 

[Toffeli]

This information has been floating around for about 6 months or more...

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

CDProjekt turning into Ubisoft Montreal?

Derp.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

So, I see we've reached a point where "85 percent or higher on Metacritic" is something you put in your vision document and simply allocate marketing funds for. Clearly it's impossible a priori for an "AAA" game to receive a lower score.

 

[Kz3r0]

So, I see we've reached a point where "85 percent or higher on Metacritic" is something you put in your vision document and simply allocate marketing funds for. Clearly it's impossible a priori for an "AAA" game to receive a lower score.

Blatant admission that scores are bought.

 

[Turjan]

So, I see we've reached a point where "85 percent or higher on Metacritic" is something you put in your vision document and simply allocate marketing funds for. Clearly it's impossible a priori for an "AAA" game to receive a lower score.

Blatant admission that scores are bought.

Indeed. You have to budget that in.

 

[Shannow]

So, I see we've reached a point where "85 percent or higher on Metacritic" is something you put in your vision document and simply allocate marketing funds for. Clearly it's impossible a priori for an "AAA" game to receive a lower score.

two AA games with [...] good scores of 85 per cent or higher on Metacritic

Think big

 

[Konjad]

why no AAAA though?

 

[VentilatorOfDoom]

Shooting for 5 games in 3 years seems realistic and bodes well for the quality of the games.

 

[Kjujik]

Whether the second "A" game will be similar we will have to wait and see. That's coming later this year. "The definition of product A is that this is a good quality game for a single platform which doesn't involve enormous effort on our side," Platkow-Gilewski explained. "This is our internal definition. After the first surprise, maybe we'll reveal some information about the second surprise for this year."

Maybe the will finally do a decent follow up to Gorky 17. Of course in “Cavalier oblique” perspective and still turn based. And please do not tamper with the setting. The abandoned Russian base in far off year of 2008 was awesome. Just enhance the stats and make them more relevant.

But then again “A Game”. Meh, nowadays I’m only playing “septuplet A + Games”, anything else isn’t enough mainstream or consolised to even bother.

Also

gayralt

It would be pretty lulzy, if they actually did a parody game with gayralt and all the assorted Biowarean dating sim clichés. Preferably a game that plays itself and there is even no need to press the Awesome button. However there always is the danger it would sell too well and became the new standard of “old school ultrahardcore RPG’s”.

 

[Metro]

Wait... CD Projekt makes RPGs?

 

[toro]

Wait... CD Projekt makes RPGs?

No. Bethesda does.

 

[Monocause]

It's pretty obvious that the whole "A system" gibberish isn't directed at fans but is supposed to convince investors - the metacritic thing too. High metacritic score being an important point of publishers towards dev studios is long known, wouldn't be surprising if investors would look towards the metacritic record too.

The statement basically said: we're going to release a couple of critically acclaimed (ie. properly hyped) and financially successful games. That's business PR, nothing more. Need to keep the stock valuable.

 

[ortucis]

Good. Maybe console ports will keep them in business considering how they only sell like a million copies on PC after a year (compared to 3.5 million shipped for ME3 in a week or something). Sad.