CD PROJEKT RED has announced today that a new installment in The Witcher video game series is in the works. Instead of their their proprietary REDengine, this time the developers are opting for Unreal Engine 5 as the game engine as part of a new multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games.

Not much was revealed for the announcement other than the teaser image featured above along with the tag line "A New Saga Begins".

This partnership raised some eyebrows regarding whether the title will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Responding to such a query on Twitter, the official The Witcher game account clarified that they are "not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront".

We are not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront.

— The Witcher (@witchergame) March 21, 2022

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[Jiehfeng]

Hallelujah!!!

 

[The Catboy]

Can’t wait for it to be launched as a broken mess and then take a year to fix

 

[dh3lix-pooch]

Dont preorder.. Wait for the release if it is useable and not a bugfest. Then buy if u like it.

 

[HellGhast]

I hope the next Witcher game will be more like Hearts of Stone or Blood and Wine, coz imo Witcher-3's story line was good but both expansions were more interesting, the Dlc's had far better writing, story telling and immersion.

 

[Flame]

ill toss a coin to the devs when its playable..

 

[K3-ICHI-X]

 

[djpannda]

all it took was purchasing Witch 3 (4 times and playing 3 different versions)
I welcome purchasing Witch 4 (at least 5 times)

 

[64bitmodels]

and nobody gave a shit
never forget CP2077

 

[osaka35]

i look forward to playing it in 10 years.

 

[x65943]

Can’t wait for it to be launched as a broken mess and then take a year to fixed

From what I read they still made something like 250 million in profit so they will not learn anything

This is what happens when people preorder games they know nothing about

Imagine if you could preorder cars or homes - the world would be falling apart

 

[Kioku]

Can’t wait for it to be launched as a broken mess and then take a year to fixed

To then be lauded as GOTY and the best thing ever released by CDPR. Then re-released on subsequent generational hardware.

 

[Veho]

Imagine if you could preorder cars or homes - the world would be falling apart

Um...

That's been a thing for years, but the consequences of launching an explody car or crashy house are (usually) more severe than for releasing a buggy game so car manufacturers and homebuilders are a little more careful.


Anyway, didn't the dev team behind The Witched leave CDPR to make their own studio with blackjack and hook.. who's working on this new one?

 

[shaunj66]

They have an uphill battle trying to reclaim some goodwill with gamers. Goodluck.gif

Having never played the Witcher 3 I'm looking forward to the next-gen patch which should be out relatively soon!

 

[Dr_Faustus]

How about don't announce anything until you are far enough in development of it to actually give some people hope on it. Hyping something up that is so far out there isn't even a pre-rendered trailer to hype your shit just reeks of "we want the hype before we even start working on this shit" which will turn into "we want to finish this game as fast and broken as possible to ensure the hype doesn't die" bullshit.

Announcing anything before there is substantial, viable foundation of your project is a sure fire way to shoot yourself in the foot.

 

[CoolMe]

UE5? Is the engine finished by this point, last i remember from the DF report of UE5 is that they were still working/improving on some aspects/ mechanics, at this point it's either it's fully functional or still being improved upon, it should if CDPR are using it and probably other devs as well.

How about don't announce anything until you are far enough in development

Because building hype always equals more profit..

 

[64bitmodels]

Because building hype always equals more profit..

and more hype means higher expectations which leads to bigger disappointments. CDPR should shut down at this point.

 

[eyeliner]

RIP middle tier hardware.

 

[Lazyboss]

and nobody gave a shit
never forget CP2077

Speak for yourself.

 

[leon315]

Can’t wait for it to be launched as a broken mess and then take a year to fix

TBH, both WItcher 2-3 were perfect when they got released.
CDprojekt HAS FAILED ONLY ONCE, shall they be condemned for life?