CD Projekt introduced in October that The Witcher, the studio’s first sport, shall be getting a full remake (opens in new tab). Followers desperate to see how Geralt’s videogame adventures obtained began must be extra affected person than they probably anticipated, although, because the studio mentioned in its current monetary outcomes Q&A that the remake will not be out till someday after the launch of The Witcher 4 (opens in new tab).
“[The Witcher remake] will come after Polaris, which is a consequence of how we take into consideration this challenge,” CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński mentioned in response to a query in regards to the remake launch timing. “We predict that [the] remake shall be based mostly in huge half on applied sciences from Polaris. So, it will likely be developed partially parallel to Polaris, however as soon as Polaris is launched, all the things for Polaris shall be then within the closing form and it will likely be, partially, be produced in [the] remake.”
“Polaris” is CD Projekt’s codename for the following Witcher sport, which we name The Witcher 4 though the studio doesn’t. It was introduced in March with a minimal of element besides that it will likely be developed utilizing Unreal Engine 5 fairly than CD Projekt’s personal Pink Engine; it would not appear to be Geralt shall be concerned, or no less than will not be the central character, and in reality it seems that the sport will deal with a completely completely different college of witchers (opens in new tab), presumably one created particularly for the sport fairly than being drawn from Andrzej Sapkowski’s fiction.
The Witcher 4 would be the begin of an all-new Witcher trilogy, however there is no signal of a launch date but, and pre-production solely started in the summertime. CD Projekt indicated in its most up-to-date monetary report (opens in new tab) that fewer than 1 / 4 of its builders are presently engaged on The Witcher 4—the majority of the studio’s sources stay dedicated to Cyberpunk 2077 and its upcoming growth, Phantom Liberty.
Kiciński additionally touched on Sirius, the codename for the Witcher spinoff sport (opens in new tab) being developed by Flame within the Flood studio The Molasses Flood, though he did not have a lot to share. “We aren’t guiding anyhow, something about [the] design of this sport,” he mentioned. “So, we aren’t speaking in regards to the measurement or what sort of sport it’s. We simply mentioned that the design is to be accessible for [a] broader viewers, and that is it.”
Whereas he wasn’t prepared to speak a lot about Sirius, Kiciński did clarify his reluctance, saying that CD Projekt is getting ready for “the appropriate second” to speak about it. CD Projekt mentioned in March 2021 that not like the years-long advertising marketing campaign for Cyberpunk 2077 (which was elongated even additional than deliberate by quite a few delays), trailers and demos for future video games wouldn’t be shared till they had been “a lot nearer” to launch (opens in new tab), and apparently it is sticking to that technique.
“Because the product may be very completely different from something we’ve launched to this point, we have now to ensure that avid gamers first will perceive correctly what the sport is about,” Kiciński mentioned. So, that is why we aren’t saying something, and we aren’t describing what sort of sport and how much measurement of the sport it’s.”
CD Projekt has supplied a (very extensive open) window for The Witcher 4 (and different video games), saying in October that it plans to place out all three video games within the new Witcher trilogy inside six years (opens in new tab) of Polaris’s launch. Personally, I believe the chances of that truly occurring are roughly zero.