It would have been guessed before, and seven years after the release of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, a new game addition to the Witcher series was officially revealed. The Red Announcement for a Developer CD Project The new game is already in development, and it has also been revealed that it will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 rather than its own graphics engine, but no other details and release dates have been released by the studio.
As written in the announcement, they are very excited about the move from REDengine, which also marks the beginning of a multi-year agreement with engine developer Epic Games. They added that they will work closely with the company to create the best possible open-world experience in Unreal Engine 5. It was also confirmed that they will continue to use their own engine in the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 add-on.
Of course, it was an open secret that the Polish studio would return to The Witcher, the basis of its success, after Cyberpunk 2077. Adam Kiesinski, the company’s CEO, spoke earlier in an interview that the original trilogy shut down Geralt’s story so no one can count on The Witcher 4, which doesn’t It means that they will leave the world of the series behind them forever. He also added that this is one of the perks they envision their future on, but he couldn’t say more than that at the time. By the way, in the current announcement, the Poles basically confirmed that a completely new story would come.
From the first reactions, it seems clear that fans are still interested in what the CD project is doing, especially when it comes to The Witcher, but of course there is still no doubt how much fanfare there will be about the game after Cyberpunk 2077. Although the game produced the best digital debut ever, with 14 million copies sold in 2020, and He actually printed money It will be difficult for the Poles to claim success. Moreover, despite the undeniably large sales numbers, many still consider it the biggest drop in the past few years.
After the release, several lawsuits were filed against the studio, with developers constantly having to explain the state of the game, so instead of celebrating, they had to struggle for months to get the game to a state at least similar to what they had previously promised. The game has improved a lot so far, but as in the last days for example and the Washington Post He wrote, too, that it is still far from delivering what was announced at the time. Here we wrote a detailed synopsis of Cyberpunk circa 2077, and our critique of the days after its release can be read here.
