Key Takeaways
- CD Projekt Red's upcoming Witcher multiplayer game, Project Sirius, may feature player-created Witchers.
- Recent job postings at The Molasses Flood, the studio developing the game, hint at character creation capabilities.
- Enthusiasm should be tempered until official confirmation from CD Projekt Red.
Evidence from a job posting at a CD Projekt Red-owned studio suggests the highly anticipated Witcher multiplayer game, Project Sirius, could allow players to craft their own Witchers. While character creation is common in multiplayer games, this new information adds weight to the possibility for Project Sirius.
Initially unveiled in late 2022 as a Witcher spin-off with multiplayer components, Project Sirius is being developed by The Molasses Flood, a Boston-based studio under the CD Projekt umbrella. Their previous titles include the survival-crafting games The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow.
Recent reports have classified Project Sirius as a live-service game, raising the question of character selection: pre-determined heroes or custom creation. A recent job posting for a Lead 3D Character Artist at The Molasses Flood strengthens the case for the latter. The description emphasizes the artist's role in ensuring character alignment with the game's artistic vision and gameplay requirements.
Project Sirius: Custom Witcher Creation?
While the prospect of creating personalized Witchers excites many fans, caution is advised until CD Projekt Red provides official details. The job posting seeks an artist capable of delivering "world-class characters," but this doesn't definitively confirm a character creation system. It could equally refer to the development of other Witcher characters, such as selectable heroes or NPCs.
The potential for player-created Witchers arrives at a fortuitous time for CD Projekt Red. The recent unveiling of the first Witcher 4 trailer at The Game Awards, while exciting, also revealed Ciri as the protagonist for the next three mainline entries. This decision has met with mixed reactions from some fans, and the option to create custom Witchers might alleviate some of this discontent.
