Following its latest earnings report for FY 2025, CD Projekt RED has revealed plans to launch a new “heretofore unannounced gaming project” later this year. Announced as part of its plans for the coming year, it also confirmed that development on its other projects is ongoing. Along with this, it reaffirmed plans to scale up its development teams as needed.
“In the coming quarters, the Studio will focus primarily on further development work on ongoing projects; we also plan to publish one of the heretofore unannounced gaming projects,” wrote the company in its earnings report. “In parallel, the studio will continue scaling its dev teams, adapting their respective structures and headcount to the growing needs associated with our multi-project strategy.”
While CD Projekt RED didn’t really reveal any more details about what this unannounced gaming project might be, rumors have been indicated that there are plans for a new DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This DLC is noted as being a transition point in the story, and reports have indicated that it will primarily focus on protagonist Geralt.
Earlier this week, one analyst expressed the belief that CD Projekt RED is aiming for a September launch for this DLC, since it allows the company to avoid the release of Grand Theft Auto 6, which is coming out on November 19th.
“I didn’t include DLC for The Witcher 3 in the model, but like everyone else, I assume that CD Projekt will try to release the DLC before the new GTA release date to avoid this difficult period for other titles,” said the analyst (via machine translation). “So definitely before November, probably around Q3. I think September is the best window. In the summer, gamers are on vacation, and September seems like a nice ‘back to school’ period. However, things could change. They might come up with the idea to release it in two or three months.”
The company has also revealed its other plans for the future during the earnings report. Co-CEO Michał Nowakowski revealed that one of the projects under development at the studio – Project Hadar – had been moving along, to the extent where developers were working on “multiple prototypes” for its gameplay systems.
“We have an important development update regarding our third franchise, Hadar,” he said during the earnings call. “Work on the project is progressing dynamically, and the team has established the foundations of this entirely new IP. Now, we have clearly defined distinguishing features of this world, and established key pillars that will not only provide the foundation for the game itself, but also, potentially, for other future products.”
“The team is now actively designing specific elements that might be included in the game,” he continued. “We are creating multiple prototypes and implementing them directly in Unreal Engine. This allows us to live-test and verify how selected mechanics and gameplay elements can perform.”
Project Hadar had been revealed back in 2022, with the company noting that it was being developed “100% internally”. What sets it apart from Cyberpunk and The Witcher is the fact that it will not be an adaptation of an already-existing work.
