Why is CD Projekt Red switching to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher: A New Saga begins?
The next game from CD Projekt Red is already in the starting blocks: The Witcher 4 is supposed to come – and it may not even be called that. In fact, the official information on the next part of the witcher series remains manageable. At least we know that die Unreal Engine 5 used in the planned role-playing game after Cyberpunk 2077.
CD Projekt Red has now explained why. We have summarized everything you should know about the announcement of the project The Witcher: A New Saga in the following article:
The Witcher: A New Saga begins
Everything you should know about the announcement
Why CDPR is switching to Unreal Engine 5
The Witcher 4 mit Unreal Engine 5: The next witcher role-playing game will no longer rely on the in-house REDengine, which is still Cyberpunk 2077
Why the change? According to the CDPR, the technically bumpy state of Cyberpunk 2077 at launch should not have been responsible for the change. Instead, there are other reasons why, like CTO Pawel Zawodny, Game Director Jason Slama, and Art Director Jakub Knapik on the Release-Event der Unreal Engine 5 explained.
Accordingly, the Unreal Engine 5 should make the work of designing and designing an open world easier. Knapik describes the engine as a toolbox full of features where the solutions to problems that arise are already known and accessible. This would give the team the chance to try out many new things.
Of course, the fact that the Unreal Engine is used worldwide and by numerous developer studios also helps here. According to Knapik, the work on the new Witcher can benefit from a wide variety of fresh perspectives and is therefore much more agile overall. Of course, the fact that particularly realistic environments can be produced in the Unreal Engine 5 also plays a role.
The Unreal Engine 5 in action: The tech demo The Matrix Awakens, for example, shows how convincing the graphics can look:
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The Matrix Awakens – Unreal Engine 5 flexes its muscles in stunning tech demo.
By the way, game director Jason Slama describes a very specific demo that convinced his development studio to switch to Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4:
Last year there was a demo in a medieval settingwhich showed a billboard that looked suspiciously familiar. [Das Brett] even had a sign saying they were looking for a monster hunter. […] We thought they want to make us understand somehow […] how great our games can look in the Unreal Engine?
Whether this demo had an insidious purpose, I cannot say. But we definitely remembered her.
By the way, you can get all information about the release of Unreal Engine 5 in this overview:
The UE5 is here!
Are we finally getting next-gen graphics in games?
The Witcher 4 exklusiv bei Epic? With the switch to Unreal Engine 5 and the partnership with Epic, one or the other fan could of course fear that the next Witcher will end up exclusively in the Epic Store.
CD Projekt Red has already commented on this and revealed that there are currently no plans to offer the upcoming role-playing game exclusively in a store. After all, CDPR also has its own GOG store, through which the next Witcher will undoubtedly also be offered.
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What we know so far about the next Witcher
This is known so far: The next Witcher will be an open-world role-playing game and will tell a new and unique story in the Witcher universe. The story stands on its own – so if you don’t know the predecessors, you can access it without hesitation. Because CD Projekt Red of a new saga
speaks, it cannot be ruled out that one is already planning far into the future.
What we expect from the fourth Witcher role-playing game, we have summarized for you in the following overview:
The Witcher: A New Saga begins
What we expect from the new RPG
Ciri as the main character? It is currently not known who we will play in the upcoming Witcher. Among other things, fans would hope for Ciri as a playable main character. The fact that the first teaser image for the game shows a lynx medallion could support this theory.
What are your expectations and hopes for the next Witcher? Do you welcome the switch to Unreal Engine 5? Let us know in the comments!
