{"id":11040,"date":"2017-10-26T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/cd-projekt-red-talks-about-the-progress-of-cyberpunk-2077-amidst-staff-controversy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:10:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T01:10:29","slug":"cd-projekt-red-talks-about-the-progress-of-cyberpunk-2077-amidst-staff-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/cd-projekt-red-talks-about-the-progress-of-cyberpunk-2077-amidst-staff-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"CD Projekt RED Talks About the Progress of Cyberpunk 2077 Amidst Staff Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_11758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11758\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11758 size-large\" title=\"Cyberpunk 2077 Amidst Staff Controversy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cyberpunk-2077.png\" alt=\"Cyberpunk 2077\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Source: GameSpot.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">CDProjekt RED was the talk of the town last week after it was reported that four people who are employed in major positions have left the studio, all around the same time. Aside from that, there is an information circling regarding a rumor regarding the staff&#8217;s morale after negative reviews from the company review site Glassdoor has resurfaced online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">The employees that were mentioned above were Derek Patterson, a Senior Gameplay Producer; \u00a0Mateusz Piaskiewicz, Lead Level Designer; Ovidiu Traian Vasilescu, former Project manager, and CD Project RED veteran Michael Stec, who was a Senior Art Producer on Cyberpunk 2077 and has worked on projects like the DLC for The Witcher 3.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Their departure has made fans worried that their upcoming game Cyberpunk 2077 will be delayed due to the issue. This prompted CD Projekt RED to release a statement through Twitter about the issue.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11759\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11759\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11759 size-full\" title=\"CDProjekt RED\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cd-projekt-red.png\" alt=\"CD Projekt RED\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Source: en.cdprojektred.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">In that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDPROJEKTRED\/status\/919885993171398656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, CD Projekt RED\u2019s Studio Head Adam Badowski and Co-Founder Marcin Iwinski confirmed that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cCyberpunk 2077 is progressing as planned\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> and will not be delayed. The post also addressed the concerns on the recent departures from the studio. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cSo, does a departure, even a high profile one, mean that the project is in danger?\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> they asked. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201cOne would need to be courageous to base the future of an AAA RPG of such scope on people.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">In regards to the negative reviews they have been receiving on Glassdoor, the studio explained that their company is committed to working hard and setting ambitious goals, knowing that it needs a lot of time and efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11757\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11757\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11757 size-large\" title=\"Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/cyberpunk-2077-teaser.png\" alt=\"Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11757\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Source: dontfeedthegamers.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">CD Projekt RED talked that the approach to making games is not for everyone. And for them, creating and developing games requires a conscious effort and the ability to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">\u201creinvent the wheel,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> because they believe that it is the key to making a better game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">In the end, CD Projekt RED thanked their fans for their concern, and how it showed them that all their hard work are paid off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">CD Projekt RED is a Polish game developer located in Warsaw, Poland. They are the who developed The Witcher Series, one of the most popular fantasy-action RPG games for Microsoft Windows PCs and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowerpc.com\/category\/gaming-laptops\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">gaming laptops<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">, Linux computers, and Mac OS X PCs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><b>Sources: <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDPROJEKTRED\/status\/919885993171398656\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/CDPROJEKTRED\/status\/919885993171398656<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/cyberpunk-2077-has-lost-some-of-its-top-developers-report\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">https:\/\/gamingbolt.com\/cyberpunk-2077-has-lost-some-of-its-top-developers-report<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2017\/10\/16\/witcher-developer-cyberpunk-2077-is-progressing-as-planned\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2017\/10\/16\/witcher-developer-cyberpunk-2077-is-progressing-as-planned<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CDProjekt RED was the talk of the town last week after it was reported that four people who are employed in major positions have left the studio, all around the same time. Aside from that, there is an information circling regarding a rumor regarding the staff&#8217;s morale after negative reviews from the company review site&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/cd-projekt-red-talks-about-the-progress-of-cyberpunk-2077-amidst-staff-controversy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">CD Projekt RED Talks About the Progress of Cyberpunk 2077 Amidst Staff Controversy<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11037,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2732,2733,2741,2747,2258,2724,2742],"tags":[2927,4390,4391,4392,2845,3562,4393],"class_list":["post-11040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games","category-gaming-laptops","category-gaming-reviews-news","category-general-interest","category-industry-interest","category-news","category-product-reviews","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-cd-projekt-red-issue","tag-cd-projekt-red-staff-moral-issue","tag-cd-projekt-red-statement","tag-cyber-power-pc","tag-cyberpunk-2077","tag-cyberpunk-2077-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16314,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11040\/revisions\/16314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberpowergaming.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}