CD Projekt Red
CD Projekt was founded in Warsaw in 1994 by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński, as a game distributor. Its development studio, CD Projekt Red, was formed in 2002 to make The Witcher. The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 ran on its own REDengine; since a 2022 partnership with Epic, its next games are made in Unreal Engine 5.
History
- May 1994. CD Projekt founded in Poland by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński as a video game distributor.
- 2002. Development studio CD Projekt Red formed after the company acquired the Witcher rights.
- 2008. Digital store Good Old Games (now GOG.com) launched.
- 2011. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings released on the in-house REDengine.
- May 2015. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released.
- December 2020. Cyberpunk 2077 released.
- 2025. GOG.com sold to co-founder Michał Kiciński.
Engines
- REDengine (in-house): The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077
- Aurora engine (licensed): The Witcher (2007), on BioWare’s Aurora engine
- Unreal Engine (licensed): Witcher 4 and future projects under a 2022 partnership with Epic Games
In their words
After two weeks of meetings, we get two emails saying, in a very nice British way, ‘It’s not so good’.
Marcin Iwiński, Co-founder, CD Projekt. Source: Wikipedia.
CD Projekt Red games on Gamenator
Each game links to its article; engines and genres link to our pages.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1994 (CD Projekt); studio formed 2002
- Founders
- Marcin Iwiński, Michał Kiciński
- Headquarters
- Warsaw, Poland
- Owner
- Public company (Warsaw Stock Exchange)
- Status
- Active
- Website
- cdprojektred.com
Sources
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- CD Projekt Red — Wikipedia
- REDengine — Wikipedia
- CD PROJEKT RED — CD Projekt Red
- CD PROJEKT RED and Epic Games Present The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo at The State of Unreal 2025! — CD Projekt
Image credits
- Marcin Iwiński, co-founder of CD Projekt — AdamLiwinski. CC BY 2.0. Resized and converted to WebP
