CD Projekt Red has hired so many Cyberpunk 2077 modders that Cyberpunk 2’s associate game director says around half of the quest team are former modders.
Pawel Sasko says modding can be a “foot-in-the-door technique” and a “gateway into game dev,” giving talented fans real experience with how games are built.
“We actually hired so many modders. I would say, at this point, half of the quest team is all former modders.”
Some of the developers working at CD Projekt Red started out making mods as far back as The Witcher 2.