new game in the series witch It will take at least another three years to develop, so it will reach stores not before 2025. That’s at least what Adam Kiciński said in his meeting with CD Projekt RED shareholders.
CEO announced polar bearThe codename of the game that will kick off the new The Witcher trilogy will require longer development than usual as developers will have to adapt to a new graphics engine, Unreal Engine 5.
“We are preparing the technology for Polaris. This is the first project to be done with the new engine, Unreal Engine 5, so extra work is needed to create the necessary technology. For this project, we will definitely need extra effort to complete the development,” said Kiciński.
When asked by an investor whether “The Witcher 4” would require at least three years of development, CD Projekt RED’s CEO replied in the affirmative, but said the company hopes the next two games planned will take less time on average on average. about three each. year so 6 year cycle previously announced for the new trilogy.
Recently, CD Projekt announced that it has a number of projects in the pipeline. The Polish company is planning a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and Hadar, a new RPG-style IP unrelated to The Witcher and Cyberpunk, in addition to a new trilogy of The Witcher and two third-party games.
Source: Multiplayer