Hmm…Bullet Witch? Geralt Gunner, maybe? Perhaps Witcherstein: The Third Witching? Huh? Oh, I didn’t notice you there. I’m figuring out possible names for CD Projekt Red’s latest, er, project.
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Here’s the bullet-shaped icing: The yet-unannounced title apparently trades steel for lead…and lots of guns. How can we tell? Call it our fathomless intuition, but we’re sure the gun icon threatening the “RPG in a brand new setting” header of the company’s open positions listing has something to do with it.
“If you can’t stomach dwarves, elves, or sorceresses who put their ample charms on display in Playboy magazine, we’ve got something special that might be right up your alley,” CD Projekt Red said on its blog. “We’re looking for people who would rather work on an entirely new and different IP [intellectual property] — a vast RPG for which we want to assemble the best possible staff.”
A perfunctory glance at a sample opening shows a possible push for a simultaneous PC and console release. “Experience in the production of AAA game titles for the PC” and “experience in creating AAA titles for consoles” both appear under the Senior Gameplay Programmer position.
No comment from CD Projekt Red yet, but we’ll pass along further information once we get it.