Affiliate Narrative Director for Insomniac Video games’ Wolverine mission, Mary Kenney, has confirmed that she shall be leaving the studio and becoming a member of The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Purple. Kenney shall be becoming a member of the studio as a senior author for the upcoming sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, at the moment generally known as Undertaking Orion.
In a brand new submit on Linkedin, Kenney stated that yesterday marked her first day as a senior author for CD Projekt Purple. “I am unable to wait to speak extra about my mission, I am thrilled to be getting again into RPGs, and my staff is proficient, welcoming, and simply flat-out cool. Here is to a brand new journey,” she stated.
Insomniac Video games is at the moment engaged on a brand new mission primarily based on the favored Marvel superhero, Wolverine. The PlayStation 5 unique was introduced again in 2021 throughout a PlayStation Showcase occasion, however there’s nonetheless no phrase on a launch date. The title was, nevertheless, closely leaked throughout a ransomware assault on the studio in December 2023.
Kenney’s transfer to CD Projekt Purple has sparked trigger for concern, as many at the moment are speculating that Marvel’s Wolverine is “in hassle” after shedding one in all its lead writers. However, the extra seemingly situation is that, given how lengthy the sport has been in growth, Marvel’s Wolverine has wrapped issues up on the narrative entrance.
As for Undertaking Orion, CD Projekt Purple is just simply gearing up on the sequel’s growth, so it should not come as a lot of a shock that the studio is recruiting some high expertise to get the following Cyberpunk sport underway.
The ex-Insomniac Video games author has labored on quite a few hit titles, comparable to Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Aside. However she’s going to now be a author “on a story-driven RPG, chargeable for pitching storylines, writing dialogue and scenes, creating characters, and crafting quests on Undertaking Orion,” in keeping with her Linkedin web page.
CD Projekt Purple at the moment has a number of titles and sequels within the works. After working laborious for 4 years to show Cyberpunk 2077 into the studio’s greatest achievement, the Warsaw-based growth studio (which has now additionally expanded to Boston for Undertaking Orion) is engaged on a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 4, a remake of the unique Witcher, a brand-new standalone IP, and extra.
