Earlier this month, CD Projekt Crimson introduced that it was growing a brand new Cyberpunk sport, a number of Witcher video games, and a brand new IP. A type of Witcher video games was given the codename “Canis Majoris” and CDPR referred to as it a “full-fledged” Witcher title. Now, the corporate has revealed that “Canis Majoris” is definitely a remake of the very first Witcher sport.
The official Witcher Twitter account posted the information this morning, revealing that CDPR is working with developer Idiot’s Idea to make The Witcher utilizing Unreal Engine 5. Idiot’s Idea developed Seven Enhanced Version and Seven Drowned Cross, however it has additionally offered developmental help on video games like Divinity: Authentic Sin II, Baldur’s Gate III, and Outriders.
As you possibly can see, it can doubtless be a very long time earlier than we really get to play this sport, as CDPR is already asking for endurance from followers.
“The Witcher is the place it began for us, for CD Projekt Crimson,” CDPR head of studio Adam Badowski writes in a press launch. “It was the primary sport we made, ever, and it was an enormous second for us then. Going again to this place and remaking the sport for the following technology of avid gamers to expertise it feels simply as large, if not greater. Collaborating with Idiot’s Idea on the undertaking is simply as thrilling, as among the folks there have been beforehand concerned in The Witcher video games.
“They know the supply materials nicely, they know the way a lot avid gamers have been trying ahead to seeing the remake occur, they usually know find out how to make unimaginable and bold video games. And though it can take a while earlier than we’re able to share extra about and from the sport, I do know it’s going to be well worth the wait.”
Idiot’s Idea CEO Jakub Rokosz says the staff is worked up to hitch forces with CDPR to present gamers one other nice sport within the Witcher collection, particularly “a remake of a undertaking that’s so near our hearts.”
Whereas nothing else was revealed concerning the remake, this reveal helps us piece collectively CDPR’s subsequent decade or so of improvement. You’ll be able to learn concerning the firm’s different in-development initiatives, like a brand new Cyberpunk sport and a brand-new IP, right here.
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