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Role

Dorian Kieken is AI Director on The Witcher IV at CD Projekt Red. He leads the studio's artificial intelligence and machine learning vision and strategy, which on The Witcher IV covers the systems that drive NPCs, monsters, and crowd behavior.

Background

Before joining CDPR, Kieken spent roughly eight years at BioWare, where he held producer and development director roles on the Mass Effect series, including Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3. His experience with companion and squad AI is relevant to The Witcher IV's creature AI and NPC behavior systems.

Significance

Kieken's hiring is part of a broader pattern of CDPR recruiting combat and AI specialists from top studios to build The Witcher IV's gameplay systems. The combat development team also includes veterans from Guerrilla Games (Horizon series), Santa Monica Studio (God of War), and Warhorse Studios (Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2).