30 staff are set to be laid off from the now closed Gwent group as the favored CCG title reaches an finish to its updates. Gwent is, or now was, the card-game spinoff from CD Projekt Purple’s widespread Witcher Franchise.
Final yr it was introduced that Gwent could be ceasing additional growth, nonetheless a silver lining was that sure group instruments could be made out there, permitting gamers to proceed to tweak and enhance the sport with out the intervention of builders.
Within the newest stage of the video games ‘closure’ it appears that evidently reasonably transferring onto different initiatives, at the least 30 of the Gwent group will probably be leaving CD Projekt Purple by the top of the yr.
In a press release on the Gwent web site, the studio expressed their condolences. “Regardless that choices like this are unavoidable and a pure results of the transition, we’d like to specific our honest thanks for all of the contributions these group members have made to GWENT – identical to the group, you helped make the sport what it’s at the moment.”
Transferring away from cellular
And though of their most up-to-date financials the corporate expressed their intent to proceed specializing in cellular, with the closure of Spokko – the studio behind their Witcher AR spinoff – and now the axing of former Gwent devs, it looks like the corporate is just not contemplating it a precedence.
The main target for CDPR proper now could be resting squarely on the developer’s upcoming tried and examined AAA choices elsewhere, reminiscent of Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty enlargement and a brand new Witcher title at the moment in growth.
The information of the job losses could also be worrying for these which might be hoping the group instruments promised for what is named “Gwentfinity” will probably be in place when growth ceases, however CD Projekt Purple remained optimistic, stating, “Relaxation assured that we’re nonetheless working onerous to observe by way of with the roadmap and ensure the sport is the place we wish it to be by the point GWENTfinity kicks into motion.”
