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The Witcher 4 Development Team Has Grown to 513 Staff, More Than Double The Witcher 3's Crew

CD Projekt's development team working on The Witcher 4 has expanded to 513 people, more than twice the number who worked on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Company executives shared the figures as a demonstration of the scale of the new project, describing production as entering a critical phase toward realizing the new saga. The milestone highlights the broader industry trend of blockbuster game teams ballooning in size.

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Rock Paper Shotgun framed the story around the broader industry phenomenon of ballooning blockbuster team sizes, while Game*Spark focused more narrowly on the development milestone itself and the new saga's progress.

What we know

  • The Witcher 4 currently has 513 CD Projekt staff working on it
  • That figure is more than double the team size that developed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  • CD Projekt executives described production as entering a climactic or critical phase
  • The growth reflects a wider industry pattern of AAA development teams expanding significantly in scale

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The Witcher 4