Another studio, consisting of veterans, was created in Poland. CD Project RED. His name is Empty, located in Warsaw, will focus on creating a unique player experience. First draft original post-apocalyptic adventurewhich in the first work resembles a road trip.
Blank Studio was founded by Mateusz Kanik, Jędrzej Mroz, Marcin Efimov and Mikołaj Marchevka. Kanik joined CD Projekt in 2006 (around the time of the first The Witcher) and was director of Cyberpunk 2077 and co-director of The Witcher 3. Mroz and Jefimov were executive producers of The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, while Marchevka worked at Rookiez. from Warsaw SA on 4X strategy.
This also means that none of the game directors of the last part are involved in the new Witcher trilogy, which is being created on Unreal Engine 5.. Konrad Tomashkevich had already founded it at the beginning of last year. Rebel wolveswhere he is preparing a dark fantasy RPG, and Sebastian Stempen left for Blizzard.
The founders of Studio Blank will hold various directorial, producer and managerial positions. They were joined by Michal Dobrovolski (CD Projekt RED), Narrative Director Artur Hanszyniec (CD Projekt RED and 11 bit studios) and Art Director Grzegorz Przybis (Division 48 Studio, Artificer) as Design Director. The team should expand from the current 10 employees to 50-55 people.
“After many years of working in an increasingly conservative gaming industry, we are ready to create bold and impressive projects that share our unique creativity and values.” Kanik said.
According to him, they prefer work-life balance, want to create polished games and focus on emotion and story. They don’t want to be bound by any license but create your own brand with adult characters and stories. They also resent the industry’s preference for broad names these days. This may indicate that the post-apocalyptic adventure will not have an absurdly large world.
Source :Indian TV
