CD Projekt Red has reportedly laid off nine people working on Project Sirius, its multiplayer-linked Witcher game, according to Kotaku, which cited an unnamed source. A further nine team members are said to be in the process of moving to other projects within the studio, alongside what the source described as a "broader shift in development strategy."
Project Sirius was first revealed in 2022 as a project from The Molasses Flood, a studio that was then external to CD Projekt Red. It was described as a Witcher spin-off featuring both single-player and cooperative multiplayer elements. The game was rebooted in 2023 after CDPR re-evaluated "the scope and commercial potential of the original concept," a change that came with 29 developers being laid off at the time, according to Kotaku.
CD Projekt Red later acquired The Molasses Flood in 2025 to continue developing Sirius internally. Kotaku reports that despite the earlier turbulence, the project had reportedly been going relatively well in recent months following changes made this past spring, and CDPR had hired Destiny 2 and Guild Wars 2 writer Kwan Perng as a lead writer on the project earlier this year.
According to Eurogamer, CD Projekt Red disclosed in a May financial report that 83 people were working on Sirius, meaning a substantial team would remain on the project even if the reported layoffs are confirmed. Eurogamer also notes that a second Witcher multiplayer project, a free-to-play mobile game, was reported to be in development around the same time as Perng's hiring.
The Witcher 4 remains CD Projekt Red's top priority, though a Witcher 3 expansion called Songs of the Past, developed in collaboration with Fool's Theory, is scheduled to arrive first, sometime next year. A Cyberpunk sequel is also in development at the studio. Both Kotaku and Eurogamer say they have reached out to CD Projekt Red for comment.