The Witcher, 'Gwent' head Jason Slama is the game director of the new saga

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The new saga of The Witcher will be directed by Jason Slama, former game director of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game: the announcement on Twitter.

Jason Slama , former game director of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, announced on Twitter that he is the game director of the new saga of The Witcher , information also confirmed by the official account of the franchise.

I am super thrilled to announce that I have humbly been working to ensure the success of the next big AAA The Witcher game as its Game Director! Think you could join the team? We have tons of roles open with the possibility of remote work we could discuss! https://t.co/bBbxs0JMmq
— Jason Slama (@SlamaTwoFlags) March 21, 2022

As you can see, the announcement was also used to search for developers for the new saga, hoping that the working conditions in CD Projekt Red have improved compared to what happened with Cyberpunk 2077 .

Slama ‘s LinkedIn profile gives us other interesting information. His experience with Gwent: The Witcher Card Game ended in May 2021, while his experience with the new The Witcher began in June 2021. Considering that not even a year has passed since then, let’s imagine that the second is still in pre-production. .

Slama however started his career in Ubisoft Quebec, where he worked from 2008 to 2014. He then moved on to CD Projekt Red, where he worked on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as “Senior UI Programmer, then on Gwent as Lead Programmer, Director of Live Operations then and Game Director since 2018.

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