Experienced development professionals have joined the team working on the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 at CD Projekt North America

The development of the project codenamed Project Orion is led by the North American branch, which includes studios in Boston and Vancouver.

Experienced team members responsible for creating Cyberpunk 2077 and its Phantom Liberty expansion have moved to North America to spearhead the development of the next installment. Among them are game director Gabriel Amatangelo, associate game director Paweł Sasko, and creative director Igor Sarzyński.

On Tuesday, the studio announced additions to the team: Dan Hernberg joined as an executive producer, Ryan Barnard as a design director, Alan Villani as an engineering director, Anna Megill as a lead writer, and Alexander Freed as a writer.

Hernberg previously held positions as the head of production at Amazon Games and Panic Button, as well as lead product manager at Blizzard. His credits include New World, Apex Legends, and Diablo 3.

Barnard previously served as a game director at Massive Entertainment and Ubisoft, as well as gameplay director at Hitman studio IO Interactive.

Villani was formerly the VP of technology on various Warner Bros. projects, including Mortal Kombat games, and most recently served as the studio tech director at The Molasses Flood, which CD Projekt acquired in 2021.

Anna Megill’s writing credits include Control, Dishonored: Death of The Outsider, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, Guild Wars 2, and the upcoming Fable.

Freed has over 15 years of game writing experience, including being the lead writer on multiple BioWare projects, including Star Wars: The Old Republic.

In October, CD Projekt announced that Project Orion is in the “conceptual design” phase.

The company aims to have about 80 people working on the project by the end of this year. It is currently hiring for various positions at its North American studios.

CD Projekt’s joint CEO, Michal Nowakowski, stated last month that they are considering the inclusion of multiplayer elements in the Cyberpunk sequel.