CD Projekt confirms mystery 'content' will release in 2026 to help meet profit incentive targets

CD Projekt originally planned to release The Witcher 3's new Songs of the Past expansion this year to help boost sales and reach an ambitious three-year reward incentive program for the company. The new surprise Witcher 3 expansion will instead release in 2027, meaning the game is launching outside of the incentive target timeline, so Songs of the Past won't actually move the needle here.

Without a major expansion release for 2026, Investors and analysts are curious whether or not the studio can meet its high $551 million net profit goal. CD Projekt management now says that there are a total of three projects that are being capitalized--two gaming-related, and one non-gaming--and that there's still new content coming in the year.

"There are two unannounced gaming projects and one non-gaming project," CD Projekt co-CEO Michal Nowakowski said during the call.

Interestingly enough, one of these projects is not the mobile game that's currently in development at Scopely. The group says that the Scopely game isn't coming out in 2026. This project will take some time to release, and CD Projekt is undoubtedly ensuring the game is just right, as Scopely has a kind of Midas Touch (their Monopoly Go! title has the record for making $6 billion faster than any other mobile game).

CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz explains:

"The earnings condition for the 2023-2026 period was set at 2 billion PLN in cumulative net profit from continuing operations. Following a solid first quarter, we still need 418 million PLN to reach this target.

The goal remains highly ambitious. Nevertheless, with both gaming and non=gaming projects in a fairly advanced stage of production, and some initiatives we are working on, we believe we have a chance of meeting the goal."

The studio could reveal these gaming projects at the incoming summer-timed showcases, possibly during Sony's State of Play, Xbox's event, or the Summer Game Fest.