CD Projekt RED OFFICIALLY Announces Their Next Game

Today It was announced, from the MYSTERIOUS conference in Warsaw what CD Projekt RED is up to. Their next game will be an RPG that uses the Cyberpunk interface system.

The studio says this game, set in a neo-future world, will be for the mature player who expects to be treated seriously. That has a touch of “Lost In Translation” but I believe the meaning holds true; Gamers don’t want another Mass Effect 3 to happen.  Said to be non linear and very open world with a over arching story, this new game, if anything like the Witcher series, should be amazing.

Now about this Cyberpunk interface you ask? What does this mean for players? Let me break it down.

The game Cyberpunk is a pen and paper role playing game set in a “neo-future world”. The author, Mike Pondsmith, was brought on board by CD Projekt RED to incorporate his game mechanic, the Interlock System.  Interlock  features character development through skills instead of stat development.

Now I’ve never played Cyberpunk before, but Mike Pondsmith was responsible for the character leveling system for The Matrix Online, which featured development through skills instead of stats. I feel that his system is perfect for the setting this game will be in.