Earlier this year, Polish developer CD Projekt RED confirmed that it was moving towards a "New Witcher Saga" in partnership with Epic Games and Unreal Engine 5. At the time, the team didn't really clarify what it meant by labelling the move a 'saga', aside from the fact that it wasn't naming its next Witcher title just yet.
Well, in a new financial presentation looking back at the company's first half of 2022, the developer has added a little more context. Here's what CDPR's Adam Kiciński had to say on where the series is heading (thanks, VGC).
"We have in mind more than one [...] The first saga was three games, so now we are thinking about more than one game, but we are in pre-production of the first game from the second Witcher saga."
It appears, then, that more than one Witcher title is in CDPR's plans, although given how sprawling The Witcher 3 is, we don't expect to see anything beyond 'The Witcher 4' for quite some time. And that's if the team isn't throwing another Cyberpunk title into the mix either.
In the meantime, The Witcher 3's free next-gen upgrade is still on course to launch this year, with the current release window set at Q4 2022.
Are you happy that CDPR is going full steam ahead with The Witcher? Let us know below!
[source videogameschronicle.com]
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Hmmm
Here's hoping they don't mess it up.
Witcher Punk 4: The Buggy Chronicles
Really hope Ciri is the protagonist in at least one of these. I like how she controlled in Witcher 3, and would love to see her doing more Witcher-ing while an elderly Geralt chills out or accompanies in a support role
Also, pumped that the Witcher 3 X/S patch is still happening. Purposely putting off playing Blood & Wine until that drops.
Honestly, I wish developers would just focus on one game first and then consider trilogies and whatnot after it proves itself worthy.
However, it'd be great if they could port the first game on the Xbox so I could experience "the first saga" fully.
Sure witcher 5, but.... make 4 first and good, witcher 3 was a buggy mess in the beginning too.
@jkald
It's Witcher 4 though, so it's already established. The original game while great for its time wouldn't go down too well now, so janky and not great looking and no controller support.
That's sad. CD Project becomes trapped within a single IP in order to remain financially viable. Then, when people tire of Witcher, what happens? I'm not saying it's the wrong business move, I just wish the situation with Cyberpunk had turned out differently so they could enjoy the freedom to be creative and explore new ideas. In turn we, as gamers would get to enjoy new universes and experiences. Oh, well..
@lon3wolf2002
The brand is certainly established but the fourth game, we don't whether it'll be good or not.
I don't mind jank as Alpha Protocol is one of my favorite RPGs of all time. As long as the game has an excellent narrative or characters, which I assume the first Witcher does, I could handle it.
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