- CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michal Nowakowski claims it is using Baldur’s Gate 3 as inspiration for its games.
- However, the studio won’t develop a title like Larian and will retain its signature style.
- CDPR will develop more mainline Witcher open-world titles instead of exploring different genres via spin-offs.
Baldur’s Gate 3 has inspired studios worldwide since its launch. It redefined the RPG genre with depth and complexity that is nearly impossible to surpass, so it’s no wonder that all the RPG aficionados in the industry have started treating it as a benchmark.
Now, CD Projekt Red has also praised the RPG, with co-CEO Michal Nowakowski now claiming the studio is deeply inspired by it. However, the boss clarifies that CDPR won’t ever develop an entry like Larian and will stick to the open-world formula that works for it.
Why it matters: It’s clear that CD Projekt Red plans to stick with large-scale open-world games even if they are not as much of a novelty as they used to be a decade ago. We won’t see CDPR adopt vastly different genres in the future.
In an interview with PC Gamer, co-CEO Michal Nowakowski confirms that CD Projekt Red is not going to change its defining open-world formula even if the new poster child of RPGs, Baldur’s Gate 3, has taken the genre in another direction.
There was a lot of inspiration in what Baldur’s Gate 3 did, but I think we’re still sticking to what was in Witcher 3, Cyberpunk.
-CD Projekt Red co-CEO Michal Nowakowski.
Nowakowski adds that CD Projekt Red doesn’t see a need to develop a title similar to Baldur’s Gate 3, even with better visuals. Instead, the publisher wants to continue innovating in the RPG genre with its signature open-world formula.
We already know that CDPR is hiring talent to develop multiple games under various IPs, including Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher 4. All of these projects are focusing on CDPR’s strong suits to ensure fans get exactly what they’re expecting and more.
Elsewhere in the interview, the co-CEO says that CDPR will develop more mainline Witcher games in the future instead of experimenting with different genres through spin-offs.
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