Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Project Orion recruits veteran devs from Control, Diablo, Mortal Kombat, and BioWare RPGs
Feb. 6, 2024The Boston studio beefs up
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Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel has hired veterans from Diablo, Mortal Kombat, Control, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and more.
Earlier today, February 6,CD Projekt Redput out apress releaserevealing several new developers had been hired to work on Project Orion, the in-development Cyberpunk 2077 sequel. The newcomers are billed as “high-profile additions” to the development team, and they’ve certainly got the resume to back that up.
Dan Hernberg joins the sequel as executive producer, having previously worked on games like Apex Legends, New World, and Diablo 3 in a producer role. Ryan Barnard will join the new game as a design director, previously working as a gameplay director on the excellent Hitman games at IO Interactive.
Alan Villani will work on Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel as engineering director, having previously held the role of technology VP on several recent Mortal Kombat games. Excitingly, Anna Megill has joined CD Projekt Red’s new development team, bringing over 20 years' experience in writing games like Dishonored, Control, and the newFable 4to bear.
Rounding out the new hires is writer Alexander Freed, who’s previous worked alongsideBioWare, EA DICE, Obsidian, and more over the course of 15 years. It’s got to be said: the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel’s writing department is incredibly intriguing with the additions of Megill and Freed.
In January, we heard that theCyberpunk 2077 was still in the conceptual phase, meaning it hasn’t yet moved out of pre-production and into full development. We do know that CD Projekt’s core team in Boston is working on the new game, and one developer teased the new game by sayingCyberpunk 2077 was just a warm up.
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