Footage of the upcoming role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 has blown away fans so far, but coupled with that hype is a burning question: Are workers at CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio behind the game, ruining their lives to make it?

The developer best known for The Witcher series has cultivated a reputation for crunch — asking its employees to work nights and weekends for weeks or months at a time — but studio management now tells Kotaku they want to improve their work-life balance, even if they continue to feel that crunch is a necessity.