Cyberpunk 2077 publisher orders 6-day weeks ahead of launch

[OSnews]

Polish video game developer CD Projekt Red told employees on Monday that six-day work weeks will be mandatory leading up to the November release of the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, reneging on an earlier promise to not force overtime on the project.[...]
"I take it upon myself to receive the full backlash for the decision," he wrote. "I know this is in direct opposition to what we've said about crunch. It's also in direct opposition to what I personally grew to believe a while back - that crunch should never be the answer. But we've extended all other possible means of navigating the situation."

Severely overhyped repetitive walking simulators like The Witcher 3 don';t make themselves, after all. They';re made by harshly overworked and underpaid developers who are replaced faster than Polish judges critical of the Polish government.

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