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CD Projekt Redis actively exploring new mobile game opportunities, the developer has confirmed. This revelation was offered as part of its parent company’s latest earnings report, which also sawCD Projektreveal a 39% increase in full-year 2023 profits, largely driven by the sales ofCyberpunk 2077and itsPhantom Libertyexpansion.
The Polish group is no stranger to mobile gaming, with its efforts on this front dating back toThe Witcher Adventure Game, whose digital version reached Android and iOS devices in 2014. But the company’s track record in the niche has been rather hot-and-cold. Most recently, CDPR has signaled it’s pulling away from the smartphone gaming market by ending support forGwent: The Witcher Card Gameandshutting downThe Witcher: Monster Slayerafter less than two years.
But that doesn’t mean all of its mobile ambitions are ending, with CD Projekt Joint CEO Adam Kiciński confirming as much during the company’s latest earnings call. Asked about whether the group has considered the possibility of licensing its intellectual properties to third-party mobile developers, the executive responded affirmatively, as first reported byVGC. “We were pursuing, through conversations, opportunities like that,” Kiciński explained. He noted that CDPR still doesn’t have anything of substance to announce on this front, but will “when the time comes.”
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The Polish group presently owns two valuable gamemaking licenses granting it the ability to create interactive entertainment based on Andrzej Sapkowski’sThe Witcherand Mike Pondsmith’sCyberpunkfranchises. The former has so far received seven mobile spin-offs, while the latter has yet to be treated to even one. Licensing either IP to third-party mobile developers could allow CDPR to keep them on the public’s mind while it continues to work on new mainline entries.The Witcher 4has only now entered active production, meaning it’s unlikely to go gold until 2027 at the earliest. But another mobile spin-off could feasibly be produced on a much shorter timescale.
Meanwhile, theCyberpunk 2077sequel remains in pre-production, so it ostensibly won’t see the light of day until at least the very end of the decade. Whether or not the franchise receives any mobile spin-offs in the meantime, CDPR hasn’t given any indications that it’s keen on tackling such prospective projects itself.
The company has even stopped supporting its biggest mobile hit,Gwent, in 2023, though its servers are planned to remain online for years to come. But the move itself strongly suggested that the game’s revenue-making potential has dried up. Aside from mobile spin-offs, CDPR has previously revealed it plans tokeep expandingCyberpunkandThe WitcherIPs beyond video games, alluding to more projects such as licensed tabletop games and animated series being in the pipeline.
CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt Red is a Polish game development company known primarily for developing The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077. The company also runs GOG.com, a distribution service meant to help players find older games, games free of DRM barriers, and more.
