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.
The possibility of crafting personalized Witchers in CD Projekt Red's forthcoming multiplayer Witcher title, codenamed Project Sirius, is gaining traction. A job posting at The Molasses Flood, the studio behind the project, suggests character creation will be a key feature. While character creation is common in multiplayer games, this development adds weight to the speculation surrounding 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 past projects include the survival crafting games The Flame in the Flood and Drake Hollow.
Recent reports have classified Project Sirius as a live-service game. This opens up two potential avenues: a roster of pre-designed characters, or a system allowing players to forge their own Witchers within the established dark fantasy setting. A job posting for a Lead 3D Character Artist at The Molasses Flood strengthens the latter hypothesis. The description emphasizes the artist's role in ensuring character alignment with the game's artistic vision and gameplay mechanics.
Project Sirius: Customizable Witchers?
While the prospect of creating original Witchers excites many fans, measured expectations are advised until CD Projekt Red provides official details. The job posting highlights the need for a skilled artist capable of producing "world-class characters," but this doesn't definitively confirm a player-created character system. It could equally refer to the development of pre-existing characters, including playable heroes and NPCs.
Should player-created Witchers materialize, it would be a timely boon for CD Projekt Red. The recent unveiling of the first trailer for The Witcher 4 at The Game Awards revealed Ciri as the protagonist for the next three mainline entries, a decision that has met with mixed reactions from some fans. The option to create personalized monster hunters could potentially mitigate some of this negative sentiment.
