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The Witcher 4 kicks off a brand new trilogy and is certainly one of CD Projekt Pink’s most-anticipated upcoming video games. There may be nonetheless lots we do not learn about it, however CD Projekt has now shed some mild at a excessive degree when it comes to what to anticipate.
As a part of CD Projekt’s latest earnings briefing, joint-CEO Michał Nowakowski mentioned The Witcher 4 just isn’t going to be “The Witcher 3 in new clothes.” It goals to interrupt new floor and stand other than the video games that got here earlier than it.
“In the case of the dangers of modern elements–making a brand new recreation is at all times a inventive threat, particularly since we’re making an attempt to push new boundaries and discover new fields; that is one thing we’ve not really performed earlier than. This can be a fairly broad paintbrush stroke, for positive, however I can not go into an excessive amount of element with out really speaking concerning the recreation per se,” he mentioned. “I suppose what I am saying is that you just shouldn’t be anticipating ‘The Witcher 3 in new clothes’ of types.”
Naturally, The Witcher 4 builds off The Witcher 3 and different video games that got here earlier than it. However Nowakowski mentioned The Witcher 4 will add “new gameplay components and new mechanics that you haven’t see in our earlier video games.”
“I might say doing such issues is at all times a threat; it is not simply repeating what was performed earlier than,” he mentioned.
The chief was additionally requested to offer specifics on when The Witcher 4 may launch. He wouldn’t touch upon this, nevertheless, as a result of “revealing launch dates is a part of the advertising and marketing plan, and that is not one thing we’re prepared to do right here.” Administration beforehand indicated, again in 2022, that The Witcher 4 could be launched in 2025 on the very soonest.
He would, nevertheless, say that The Witcher 4 is CD Projekt’s “most developed” undertaking right now, which means it is the furthest alongside in its growth. It stays in pre-production, however full manufacturing is anticipated to start within the second half of 2024. Greater than 400 individuals are actually engaged on The Witcher 4, which is in growth beneath the codename Polaris.
CD Projekt has quite a few upcoming video games within the works past The Witcher 4. It is also growing a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, a remake of the unique Witcher, a brand new IP within the works beneath the codename Hadar, and a brand new Witcher title from The Molasses Flood.