The follow-up project of Cyberpunk 2077, named Orion, introduces new talents such as Hitman, Mortal Kombat, Control, etc.
Project Orion is still a deeply mysterious game. We know it’s a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, we know CD Projekt Red is developing the game in North America (in Boston, specifically) as opposed to Poland where the main studio is based, and that development will eventually expand to Vancouver, with support from the Polish headquarters. […]
Project Orion is still a deeply mysterious game. We know it’s a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, we know CD Projekt Red is developing the game in North America (in Boston, specifically) as opposed to Poland where the main studio is based, and that development will eventually expand to Vancouver, with support from the Polish headquarters. Beyond these details, we don’t know much. CD Projekt’s implications indicate that this is a sequel, but it could be a spin-off or something completely different. To note, Orion Project was a 1950s and 1960s study of the viability of nuclear power for space travel. Maybe It is what CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 sequel will be about.
We may not know much about the game, but according to a press release from CD Projekt this morning, we now know some of the people who will be working on it. Dan Hernberg is now executive producer of Project Orion, head of production at Amazon Games and has also worked at Panic Button and Blizzard Entertainment. Ryan Barnard was a game director at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft, but perhaps more notably, gameplay director on Hitman for developer IO Interactive. Barnard joins Project Orion as design director. Alan Villani is now technical director of Project Orion and has worked on several Mortal Kombat titles. Anna Megill is a lead writer at Project Orion with a history on titles like Control, Dishonored: Death of The Outsider, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Guild Wars 2 and the upcoming Fable from Playground Games. Alexander Freed is an additional writer on Project Orion and is a New York Times bestselling novelist and comic book author who previously worked at Bioware on Star Wars: The Old Republic and more.
We’re eager to learn more about Project Orion, but we think it will be a while before we do. For more on Cyberpunk 2077, follow the link to read game Informer’s review of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty. You can also find out how CD Projekt has no interest in being acquired here.
