On September 6, 2026, Karolina Gnaś, vice president of investor relations at CD Projekt RED, confirmed that the company’s new independent game IP, “Project Hadar,” is still in the conceptual and prototype development stages. The project has remained highly confidential since its announcement in 2022, and is currently being developed by a team of over 30 people. The plan is to expand the team size to up to 50 by the end of the year. Compared to the nearly 500-person development team for “The Witcher 4,” “Project Hadar” has not yet established a comprehensive production timeline. The company emphasized that the project focuses on designing an “open-world experience with emotional depth,” but due to CDPR’s usual long development cycles, its official release is expected to be much later than “The Witcher 4.”
On September 2, 2026, Karolina Gnaś, vice president of investor relations at CD Projekt RED, confirmed that their new IP, “Project Hadar,” is still in the conceptual and prototype development stages. The project was announced in 2022 and is currently being developed by a team of over 30 people, with plans to recruit up to 50 more developers by the end of the year. Compared to the nearly 500-person team behind “The Witcher 4,” “Project Hadar” does not have a finalized production schedule. The company emphasizes that the project focuses on an open-world design with emotional experiences, but due to the long development cycle, its release is expected to be much later than “The Witcher 4.”
Karolina Gnaś, vice president of investor relations at CD Projekt RED, revealed that the company’s new IP “Project Hadar” is still in the conceptual stage. It has a development team of over 30 people, and plans to expand to up to 50 by the end of the year. Since its announcement in 2022, this project has been kept highly confidential, with current focus on testing various ideas and developing some prototypes. There is still some distance before it reaches full production. CDPR has previously posted job openings seeking talent related to “open-world games that focus on emotional experience.” Given CDPR’s long development cycle, “Project Hadar” is expected to be released much later than “The Witcher 4”.