Following suggestions in March that CD Projekt’s The Witcher spin-off Project Sirius had been rebooted from scratch, the studio has confirmed its development is back on track, with “work on defining a new framework” now complete.
Project Sirius – a part-solo, part-multiplayer experience being developed by The Flame and the Flood studio Molasses Flood – was announced last October as part of CD Projekt’s ambitious studio roadmap, which included a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, a new IP, the next Witcher trilogy, and a remake of the first Witcher game.
However, March brought the news work on Project Sirius had stalled after CD Projekt had re-evaluated the “scope and commercial potential of the original concept”. At the time, the company told investors it was in the process of “formulating a new framework” for the game that was better “aligned with [its] strategy”.
“It’s better to cut costs early,” CD Projekt’s chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz added in a subsequent financial earnings call, “and even restart if needed, than to carry on.”
The news was accompanied by confirmation CD Projekt intended to write-off funds allocated for Project Sirius, but the company has now released a fresh regulatory announcement detailing a partial reversal of its impairment allowance for 2022 and a write-off of part of the development expenditures it incurred in Q1 2023.