Initially slated for an April 16, 2020 release, CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 has suffered two delays. The first pushed the game out to September 17 of…
Initially slated for an April 16, 2020 release, CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 has suffered two delays. The first pushed the game out to September 17 of this year, and the second seemed to finalize the release date as November 19. With slightly over a month and a half to go until that final due date, CDPR is reportedly finding the need to require crunch time. Bloomberg reports that the developer has mandated that all staff work six days per week until release. Requiring employees to work overtime during the run-up to launch is not an uncommon practice for game developers. However, it is something that CD Project Red said it would never do. In May of last year that CDPR co-founder Marcin Iwiński said that the company has a „non-obligatory crunch policy.“ There are times when extra hours are needed, but Iwiński made it pretty clear that crunch would not be forced. „We want to be more humane and treat people with respect,“ Iwiński told Kotaku. „If they need to take time off, they can take time off.
