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Title: CD Projekt Red is laying off nine percent of its staff
Post by: HCK on July 26, 2023, 04:05:05 pm
CD Projekt Red is laying off nine percent of its staff

<p>Though <a data-i13n="cpos:1;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/cd-project-red-the-witcher-game-unreal-engine-5-174928261.html">CD Projekt Red has a few games in the pipeline[/url], the company behind the Witcher video game series apparently doesn't have enough work for all its employees. As a result, <a data-i13n="cpos:2;pos:1" href="https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/cd-projekt-red-organizational-update/">CD Projekt Red has announced it's cutting about 100 jobs[/url] or around nine percent of its workforce. This news follows layoffs in May and June when <a data-i13n="cpos:3;pos:1" href="https://www.eurogamer.net/the-witcher-spin-off-studio-the-molasses-flood-hit-by-layoffs-following-project-reboot">29 people were let go from The Molasses Flood[/url] (owned by CD Projekt Red), followed by <a data-i13n="cpos:4;pos:1" href="https://www.ign.com/articles/cd-projekt-red-to-lay-off-around-30-employees-as-gwent-development-winds-down">30 people who worked on a Witcher card game[/url] that was scaled back.</p><p>&quot;To meet our own high expectations and ambitions to create the best role-playing games, we not only want to have the best people but also the right teams,&quot; CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kiciński said in the announcement. &quot;There's no easy way to say this, but today we are overstaffed. We have talented people on board who are finishing their tasks and — based on current and expected project needs — we already know we don't have other opportunities for them in the next year.&quot; The company will notify all impacted employees now, but layoffs will be staggered, with some not taking effect until the beginning of 2024.</p><span id="end-legacy-contents"></span><p>CD Projekt Red had a rough last few years — especially with <a data-i13n="cpos:5;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/cyberpunk-2077-bugs-playstation-xbox-refund-removed-183051405.html">the mess that was the Cyberpunk 2077 launch[/url]. Sony Interactive Entertainment pulled the game from its PlayStation Store at the end of 2020 — only one week after it was released — due to widespread glitches. Customers were offered a refund, and CD Projekt Red's stock tumbled by over 20 percent, a drop of $1.8 billion. <a data-i13n="cpos:6;pos:1" href="https://www.engadget.com/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty-will-take-you-back-to-night-city-on-september-26th-181652972.html">Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty[/url], its follow-up starring Keanu Reeves and Idris Elba, will hopefully have a smoother launch when it comes out on September 26th.</p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/cd-projekt-red-is-laying-off-nine-percent-of-its-staff-103509519.html?src=rss

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