The first Witcher game is coming back for modern audiences – find out all the key details right here.
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(Pocket-lint) – The Witcher has become a pretty huge universe in gaming, with the massive success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt creating oceans of goodwill and anticipation for more games in the series.
CD Projekt Red announced a while back that it’s working on the next big Witcher game, but a more recent bit of news is that it’s also overseeing a remake of the original Witcher game. Here are all the details you need to know about The Witcher Remake. The Witcher Remake announcement
CD Projekt Red announces its project in a variety of ways, from traditional flashy trailers to simple mentions in earnings calls, and it brought The Witcher Remake to light in a pretty lowkey manner.
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A simple blog post confirming that the game is being remade was uploaded in late October 2022, which is linked to by the Tweet below.
We’re thrilled to reveal that, together with @Fools_Theory, we’re working on remaking The Witcher using Unreal Engine 5 (codename: Canis Majoris)!
We want to do this right, so please be patient — it’s gonna be a while until we can share more details.
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The Witcher (@witchergame) October 26, 2022
It confirms that the game is being made from the ground up by Polish development studio Fool’s Theory, and not a huge amount more besides that. The Witcher Remake release date
As you can see in the announcement Tweet, CD Projekt Red is already asking for patience on The Witcher Remake, as it’s still only very early in its development process, and will therefore be years away from release.
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