CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has officially shed its Project Orion codename and will henceforth be known as Cyberpunk 2. That’s as the studio provides its latest development update, confirming it’s now entered the pre-production phase.
A Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, codenamed Project Orion, was formally announced back in 2022, and CD Projekt has been providing investors with progress updates on its development since then. Most recently, back in March, it revealed Project Orion was nearing the end of its concept phase and would be entering pre-production “in the coming weeks”. And now, as per the studio’s Q1 2025 earnings results, pre-production is officially underway.
Announcing its latest development milestone, CD Projekt also took the opportunity to jettison the Project Orion codename and instead begin referring to the sequel simply as Cyberpunk 2. This doesn’t, however, mean the name will permanently stick; CD Projekt told The Verge Cyberpunk 2 “just means it’s another game in the Cyberpunk universe.”
Despite these notable developments, Cyberpunk 2’s team size has only seen a modest increase since the beginning of the year, with 96 developer now confirmed to be working on the project versus 84 in February. The bulk of the studio, as expected, is currently focused on The Witcher 4, with 422 employees assigned to the project. That’s compared to the modest 49 developers working on multiplayer The Witcher spin-off Project Sirius, and the 19 on Project Hadar – which is planned to be the studio’s first-ever original game.