Polish developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed the next installment in the The Witcher series from Role playing games to be under development. The title marks the first major new entry to the franchise since 2015’s Wild Hunt, which was followed by two card-based games based on beloved lore.
The official Twitter post links to a news article, indicating a major shift in the team’s development process. CD Projekt Red will switch from the current REDengine – which has been in use for more than a decade, to Unreal Engine 5. This comes as part of a “multi-year strategic partnership” between the studio and Epic Games.
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– The Witcher (witchergame) March 21, 2022
“It covers not only licensing, but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as possible future releases of Unreal Engine, where appropriate. We will closely cCollaboration with Epic Games The developers’ primary goal is to help design the engine for open world experiences.”
However, REDengine will be used for Continue development on Cyberpunk 2077, which has been plagued by countless bugs and optimization issues since launch. Currently, The Witcher 4 is in development, so there is no potential launch window in sight. However, a Tweet from game creator Jason Salama He confirms that he will head development as the game director.
Jason Slama previously chaired Gwent, a Witcher-based card game, which is currently free to download. “I am very pleased to announce that I have been humbly working to ensure the success of the next big AAA The Witcher game as Game Director!” He said on Twitter.
As for potential release platforms, the official Witcher account confirmed that apart from the multi-year partnership with the Epic Games Store, they have no plans to make it exclusive.
This means that the game must be played on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S and Windows PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and its internal player – Galaxy of Games (GOG).
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