CD Projekt Red recently revealed that the highly anticipated The Witcher Remake will be open world game According to its financial report for the third quarter of 2022.
According to the report, CDPR says The Witcher Remake is a “story-driven single-player open-world RPG—a modern reimagining of 2007’s The Witcher.” Minor update of content.
Back in early October, CDPR happened to announce a series of projects it intends to undertake over the next few years. The Witcher Remastered is one of them, along with a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, a free next-gen update to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a new Witcher game, and a new IP.
It’s safe to say that fans of CDPR’s titles, and especially fans of The Witcher, will have plenty of surprises in store for the next few months while these projects continue to be developed.
“The Witcher Remake” is currently in charge of The Theory of Fools, who have worked on “Group of Seven” and provided support for “Pioneering”, “Divinity: Original Sin 2” and “Baldur’s Gate”, among others. April Fools is also no stranger to The Witcher series, with “very experienced Witcher series staff involved,” according to the remake’s original announcement.
As for where things are going now, we’re not so sure. Details on how far along the remake has come are few and far between. As of now, aside from the financial report giving new details that The Witcher Remake will be an open world, all we know is that the game is being remastered in Unreal Engine 5.
Are you excited for The Witcher Remake? Or are you only interested in the follow-up to the series? let us know.
For more on The Witcher, be sure to check out Henry Cavill’s Breaking Out of TV’s The Witcher, and Why The Witcher Isn’t the Clear Remake Candidate You May Think.