The Witcher recreation sequence has been a sluggish burn for a lot of and right this moment, you’re seemingly skipping the primary two iterations in favor of heading straight for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This was the one which set the world alight and since then, anybody who has performed it has been clambering for the following journey.
Naturally, this implies The Witcher 4, however will this be a continuation of Geralt’s story or is it a complete new world? Beneath we reveal all, together with any The Witcher 4 launch date info, platforms, and any further particulars.
The Witcher 4 launch date hypothesis
At this present second, there isn’t a The Witcher 4 launch date however we do have a possible window as to once we can anticipate this extremely anticipated monster-slaying journey.
In a 2022 investor name, CEO Adam Kicinski stated that the sport is “a minimum of three years away”, that means that The Witcher 4 may very well be launched in 2025. This might mark ten years for the reason that launch of The Witcher 3, so would make it a poignant time to launch this new title.
Nevertheless, whereas this may very well be the case, there have been so many video games in latest instances which have obtained delays and The Witcher 4 could have additionally been impacted by this. This might imply a 2026, or perhaps a 2027 launch is conceivable.
What platforms might The Witcher 4 be on?
Since we’re anticipating a 2025 launch for The Witcher 4 on the very earliest, we anticipate that the sport can be launched on PS5, Xbox Sequence X, and PC, in addition to the next iteration of PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
If the discharge date does slip even additional although, there’s a risk that the PS5 or Xbox Sequence X merely don’t have the facility for it, and it’ll strictly be a next-gen recreation.
Is The Witcher: Polaris a working title?
On that very same investor name, we talked about earlier, Kicinski as soon as extra let slip that The Witcher 4 is the ‘Polaris’ recreation they’re engaged on. Now, recreation improvement studios use code names all the time so as to add just a little secrecy simply in case something goes awry or just because they simply don’t wish to announce something but.
As for Polaris, we imagine this to be the case additionally, making The Witcher: Polaris a working title somewhat than what the sport can be known as come launch.
Is The Witcher 4 utilizing Unreal Engine 5?
Sure, The Witcher 4 will use Unreal Engine 5 as an alternative of the REDengine of CD Projekt RED’s personal making. It is a fairly massive deviation for the studio for the reason that beforehand used proprietary engine was used on The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077.
Nevertheless, the explanation could also be that this subsequent iteration of The Witcher franchise is the primary within the subsequent saga, probably requiring the ever-evolving Unreal to be the jumping-off level as an alternative of investing an increasing number of into their very own tech.
What we do know for certain although is that these at CD Projekt RED are exhausting at work “studying the expertise” and “working along with Epic” to allow as clean a transition for his or her “open-world RPGs”.
Is Ciri The Witcher 4’s essential character?
Ciri is a fan-favorite character that each gamers of the online game and readers of the books are desperate to take up the mantle as the following Witcher. Nevertheless, whereas this might occur, and would make a pleasant transition from The Witcher 3 to 4, we don’t assume it would come to fruition.
The explanation why is that though the medallion proven within the first teaser picture is alluding to a Lynx – considerably of a mixture between Geralt’s wolf and College of the Cat, the tip of The Witcher 3 makes issues difficult.
The Witcher 3 has a number of endings, and within the ‘unhealthy’ ending, Ciri dies. Clearly, this implies she wouldn’t be coming again for the fourth title if this happens, and since it is extremely potential many obtained this ending, the continuity between the 2 sagas simply wouldn’t be there.
Now, there’s no saying that this may very well be retconned with Ciri one way or the other ‘coming again to life’ however we do doubt this.
Is Geralt in The Witcher 4?
Geralt did obtain the total beginning-to-end trilogy therapy together with his three video games and seemingly obtained his ‘ending’ in Wild Hunt. Nevertheless, should you did end up that title, you’ll know that there’s a likelihood Geralt merely rides off into the sundown, leaving it utterly open for a return of the grizzled White Wolf.
That is compounded by statements from CDPR Director Marcin Iwiński in 2013 who confirmed that for The Witcher 3, though it was the finale within the saga, they might by no means intend on “killing the world and strolling away from it.”
Regardless of this remark although, The Witcher 4 is the beginning of a brand new saga so CDPR may simply lower ties and give attention to a complete new protagonist.
