Production of the upcoming role-playing game The Witcher 4 has increased significantly since we last heard about it. CD Project Red confirmed within this framework Results report this is the team behind the game, with codename Polarishas grown to 403 employees, which is about two-thirds of the studio. It is currently the largest single project CD Projekt Red is currently working on and is currently in pre-production.
Last we heard about it The Witcher 4 already in January, Production took off after the publication of Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty in the fall of 2023. At that time, Adam Bodowski, co-CEO of CD Projekt Red, had stated that the studio intended to have about 400 people working on the game by mid-2024 in order to begin full-time production on the title in the second half of the year. The studio is not only here, but also earlier than planned. This is the right decision, Badowski.
At that time, the studio also explored the possibility of using AI, which dominated discussions around game development last year. Although there was hardly anything standing in the way of an update, a developer from CD Projekt Red spoke to him aftermath He recently said, “When it comes to writing and voice acting, we still have a gigantic, really long way to go.”
The Witcher 4as well as the trilogy of games that will begin with it, were announced in late 2022 along with a number of other titles. These included, among other things: Reissue of the original Witcheranother Witcher game from the Flame in the flood Developer The Molasses Flood, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, A Cyberpunk Sequel and a brand new IP called Project Hadar. The trilogy of games that begins with Witcher 4 are supposed to be delivered within six years, which seems incredible given the time required AAA Productions of this magnitude today. Especially given CDPR’s crunch history and his recent promises that there will be none With upcoming titles I just don’t see how this can be achieved, but I’ll be happy if I’m proven wrong.
Although production is ongoing The Witcher 4 It appears to be picking up steam as planned, other titles in the CDPR pipeline haven’t been as lucky. Just last year, multiplayer spinoff title Molasses Flood suffered a number of setbacks, including one start anew That led to a round of layoffs. CDPR’s earnings report states that this game is also in pre-production. Despite the good news on… The Witcher 4‘s production, we shouldn’t expect to see anything from it for a while long while.
