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  "id": 779668,
  "title": "Troubled Witcher multiplayer spinoff Project Sirius struck with new round of layoffs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/troubled-witcher-multiplayer-spinoff-project-sirius-struck-with-new",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-13T14:32:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
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    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/troubled-witcher-multiplayer-spinoff-project-sirius-struck-with-new-round-of-layoffs"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Project Sirius, CD Projekt Red’s unsettled attempt at a multiplayer Witcher spinoff, is facing further difficulties. Following a Kotaku report, the Polish dev-publishers confirmed to IGN that they were cutting 18 staff members from the project – believed to be around a quarter of the game’s overall team size, which was already dwarfed by the CDPR crew assigned to mainline singleplayer sequel The…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Polygon",
        "title": "Team behind multiplayer Witcher game 'Project Sirius' hit by layoffs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/team-behind-multiplayer-witcher-game-project-sirius-hit-by-layoffs",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:30:41.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "GamesIndustry",
        "title": "Witcher multiplayer spin-off Project Sirius hit by fresh layoffs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/witcher-multiplayer-spin-off-project-sirius-hit-by-fresh-layoffs",
        "published": "2026-08-12T16:33:08.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}