{"id":1756,"date":"2026-08-12T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/nl\/project-sirius-van-the-witcher-krijgt-nieuwe-ontslagronde\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T19:57:19","slug":"project-sirius-van-the-witcher-krijgt-nieuwe-ontslagronde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/nl\/project-sirius-van-the-witcher-krijgt-nieuwe-ontslagronde\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Sirius van The Witcher krijgt nieuwe ontslagronde"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ontslagen zijn wijdverbreid in de game-industrie. Na de massaontslagen en studiowisselingen bij Xbox is nu ook een ander project getroffen. We hebben het over Project Sirius, het multiplayer-Witcherproject van CD Projekt Red, dat naar verluidt zelfs ontwikkelaars heeft verloren in een nieuwe ontslagronde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-witcher-s-project-sirius-loses-18-developers\">Project Sirius van The Witcher verliest 18 ontwikkelaars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/witcher-multiplayer-project-suffers-another-round-of-layoffs-2000723777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kotaku<\/a>, dat als eerste over de kwestie berichtte, meldt dat negen medewerkers uit het Project Sirius-team zijn ontslagen (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/cd-projekt-confirms-layoffs-on-the-witcher-multiplayer-spinoff-issues-statement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IGN<\/a>). Nog eens negen ontwikkelaars worden naar verluidt overgeplaatst naar andere projecten binnen CD Projekt Red. Het rapport suggereert dat de wijzigingen deel uitmaken van een bredere koerswijziging in de ontwikkelstrategie van het project. De studio bevestigde de ontslagen ook aan het nieuwsmedium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CD Projekt Red liet weten dat er voorheen 83 mensen aan Sirius werkten. Het team bestaat nu uit 65 ontwikkelaars. Het bedrijf zei dat het de teamgrootte heeft aangepast aan de huidige ontwikkelbehoeften van het project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Verrassend genoeg komen de laatste wijzigingen na berichten dat de ontwikkeling de laatste tijd beter verliep. CD Projekt Red zou ook Kwan Perng, schrijver van <em>Destiny 2<\/em>, als hoofdschrijver van het project hebben binnengehaald. Dat maakt de nieuwste ontslagen opmerkelijk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tot op heden is er nog altijd geen offici\u00eble releasedatum verbonden aan Project Sirius. CD Projekt Red heeft ook heel weinig onthuld over de daadwerkelijke gameplay. Nu we het over ontslagen hebben: een id Software-veteraan heeft Microsoft onlangs bekritiseerd na massaontslagen en <a href=\"https:\/\/windowsreport.com\/nl\/xbox-ontslagen-treffen-id-software-hard-ervaren-ontwikkelaar-zegt-nog-een-doom-maken-is-nu-onmogelijk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gezegd dat het maken van nog een Doom nu onmogelijk is<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontslagen zijn wijdverbreid in de game-industrie. Na de massaontslagen en studiowisselingen bij Xbox is nu ook een ander project getroffen. We hebben het over Project Sirius, het multiplayer-Witcherproject van CD Projekt Red, dat naar verluidt zelfs ontwikkelaars heeft verloren in een nieuwe ontslagronde. 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