We have had news of the long-awaited The Witcher 4, and CD Projekt promises us great things for this sequel. It promises to be nothing less than revolutionary.
CD Projekt Red has projects in its head, and it has made it clear during this year 2023. Obviously, the Polish studio was keen to refine Cyberpunk 2077 as much as possible, and it is now done, with an ultimate edition approaching. But what is happening with its other cult franchise and the highly anticipated The Witcher 4? From what we understand, the process has accelerated, and the firm is confident for the future. Moreover, she recently spoke about this fourth opus and what was said makes your mouth water.
The Witcher 4, a revolutionary RPG?
Currently, almost half of CD Projekt Red’s team, around 330 developers, are working on The Witcher 4. Further information revealed in a financial report showed that this figure would potentially exceed 400 by mid-2024 . The company therefore began to work hard to continue the development of the title. It must be said that this is perhaps the next release most anticipated by fans, and that is understandable. In any case, we are promised an RPG that will break the limits of the genre, as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt did.
Our priority is always to try to break down boundaries. We want to go beyond. We want to try to do something new compared to current RPGs, especially since we are constantly working with this genre. We attract an audience who likes this type of game. I can’t say too much, as you might guess, but the idea is to build something that surpasses The Witcher 3by telling a more intense story and also creating more intense gameplay.
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These words come to us from Sebastien Kalemba, the director of the game, whose objective is obviously to explode all expectations with The Witcher 4. Our man even goes so far as to say that the studio wants to try to surpass one of its greatest creations: The Witcher 3. That will not prevent the title from also addressing a new audience who are not necessarily familiar with the license, since one of the objectives of the firm is to “ build a new community “.
A game that takes time to develop
The mastermind behind The Witcher 4 reminded us that we will see a few years pass before the arrival of the game. This is logical, since it is developed under Unreal Engine 5, and that requires a technological transition. CD Projekt must therefore rebuild many basic components which will be the foundations of its future productions. Knowing that The Witcher 4 began pre-production in May 2022, we should expect, at a minimum, a release in 2025.
We need to follow a very specific path and innovate. At the same time, it is clear that we must try to attract a new audience. The Witcher 4 won’t be released for a few years, and it will arrive long after the last one.
In the meantime, there is also a remake of the first episode which is in the works, just like Project Sirius. The latter has had quite a few setbacks, and the only thing we now know about it is that it could be an open world game. Generally speaking, we don’t really know the progress of these The Witcher projects. We will surely know more in the months to come, at least we hope so.