While players were disappointed to learn that next-gen versions of The Witcher 3 will only arrive that at At the end of the year, however, CD Projekt gives news of its next big project, The Witcher 4, and they are good.
A now cult license< /h2>
Launched in 2007, the video game license The Witcherhas firmly established itself in a decade as a must-have for fans of RPGs and dark fantasy. High point, the success of The Witcher 3< /em>, considered still today as one of the bestopen worlds. And for good reason,CD Projekt intends to capitalize on it by launching the next-gen versions on PS5 and Xbox Series by the end of the year.
The license even largely crossed the borders of the video game world (itself drawn from the works of literature of the Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski), since it was adapted for series on Netflix, season 3 is currently being filmed.
News from The Witcher 4
So this is a major work. And if the adventures of the witcher Geralt of Rivia ended after the events of the third opus, we learned some time ago around a mysterious visual that a new game was planned.
Better, at On the occasion of a presentation of the results for the first quarter of the year, CD Projekt allowed itself to be presented. gone to some confidences to; About what is currently called The Witcher 4: “ We are very excited to revisit the universe that has shaped our history so much. », Adam Kiciński, president of CD Projekt Red, said in the statement.We recently completed the research phase for the first game in the new The Witcher saga, which means that From now on, new development expenses will be capitalized in our balance sheet. “
Understand:the game has finally started development, and has entered the pre-production phase. ;-production.Which means that the universe, the characters or the plot have already been created. been finalized. The studio will therefore now tackle; open world modeling and gameplay mechanics. This is thus the entire phase of game design that is in sight, a very large piece.
New school, new universe
Recall that The Witcher 4 is created; by a team of 100 developers, who are committed to; implement a game that will benefit from the quality of Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.Such a project thus requires many years of development, and we should not expect an upcoming release.
As for the story,The Witcher 4 will introducea new school of monster hunters, that of the Lynx >, which could be recognized on the medallion revealed. one earlier in the year. Geralt de Riv could thus be absent from this new opus, CD Projekt RED thus intends to launch a whole new saga, thus embarking on a new universe. Corridor noises evoke as for; them the possibility to see Ciri as the main character.
Obviously nothing was done. confirmed on the part of the studio, it will therefore be necessary to wait in order to have first information on the history of what promises to be a very ambitious project.