CDPR announced ‚a new saga‘ of The Witcher and a partnership with Epic Games as the studio moves to Unreal Engine 5.
A new video game in The Witcher fantasy RPG series was announced today by Polish studio CD Projekt RED. This is the first official word on a new game in the series since the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt back in 2015. (Can you believe it’s been so long? I feel old). There are next to no details about the game currently. We have the above teaser image with the tagline A New Saga Begins, which we can infer a few things from. First, a new saga suggests a totally new series of games rather than just one. This won’t be The Witcher 4, in other words. Based on what CDPR has said in the past, I doubt it will star Geralt of Rivia as its lead Witcher, or feature the same cast of characters at all. Perhaps it will take place in a different timeline. We do have a couple more important details. First, this new saga is leaving the REDEngine behind. CDPR is moving to Unreal Engine 5 for the next Witcher games, and this is apparently much more than a new licensing deal. The studio will be collaborating closely with Epic Games on the next games in this series. “One of the core aspects of our internal RED 2.0 Transformation is a much stronger focus on technology, and our cooperation with Epic Games is based on this principle,” said CTO of CD PROJEKT RED, Paweł Zawodny in a statement.
