CD Projekt has added a former narrative lead from BioShock 4 to its ranks as it scales up work on Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher 4. The hire was reported in industry media after the developer continued its broad recruitment push.
The new staffer is identified only by the surname Albl in public reports. The move was first spotted in a report at IGN and picked up by other outlets. Albl left Cloud Chamber in August amid a round of layoffs and a publisher-mandated review of BioShock 4’s narrative that led to a larger development rework.
CD Projekt has also recently recruited a lead quest designer from Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 to help on The Witcher 4. That hire ties into a broader pattern of new hires intended to bolster both writing and systems teams across the studio, which is growing headcount as it works on multiple big RPG projects. Console PC Gaming previously looked at how The Witcher 4 could draw inspiration from recent RPGs and linked design talent might influence its quest structure in our earlier piece about The Witcher 4.
BioShock 4 is now being overseen by Rod Fergusson after internal changes intended to get the project back on track. Reports say the publisher criticised the game’s narrative during the review and moved to restructure leadership and reduce staff as part of the overhaul.
What Albl will work on specifically at CD Projekt is not public. Cyberpunk 2 is officially in early development, and CD Projekt has signalled it will be some years before release. One director has suggested that one new location will feel less like Blade Runner and more like a version of Chicago gone wrong. Given the scale of both sequels and the studio-wide hires, CD Projekt appears focused on beefing up narrative and quest capacity well ahead of full production.
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