CD Projekt RED delivers excellent news on The Witcher 4 by announcing that it has reached a very crucial stage in its development.
This news about The Witcher 4 comes from last year Financial report by CD Projekt RED. As a reminder, in this way the Polish studio intends to provide additional information about its games currently in production while waiting to show something more concrete. Given the new developments on this topic, this could soon be the case for the next flagship RPG.
The Witcher 4 takes another big step on this path
The Witcher 4 was first announced in 2022 via a simple teaser and has quietly continued on its merry way ever since. The latest news says that almost 400 developers (out of 650 in total) from CD Projekt RED are currently working on this new saga in the dark fantasy universe of Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski. The studio recently told us that full production is set to begin sometime in 2024. Now it's official: The Witcher 4 (known internally under the code name “Polaris”) is it well entered this crucial phase of its development.
« I'm proud to confirm that the Polaris team completed pre-production on the game a few weeks ago and is now moving into full production, the most intensive phase of development », pointed to PDG and CD Projekt RED, Michał Nowakowski. « We are extremely pleased with the progress on this project and I would like to thank the team for their efforts “. Now the seriousness begins for The Witcher 4.
As a reminder, this title marks the beginning of a new trilogy in the license. Therefore (with the exception of possible cameo appearances) leave Geralt of Rivia, Ciri and Co. Make way for a whole new story, new characters and probably a new school of witchers, probably that of the Lynx. All of this is developed on Unreal Engine 5 and not on the capricious in-house RED Engine. This is intended to give teams more time to focus on the creative and narrative part of the game. Now we just have to wait patiently (probably a few more years) to see what CD Projekt RED has in store for us for The Witcher 4. Whatever its name, it is definitely the well-regarded sequel to his Cult franchise.
Source: CD Project RED
