CD Projekt has narrowed down the discharge date of The Witcher 4 and provided updates for the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and The Witcher 1 remake.
Cyberpunk 2077 may need had the bumpiest launch of any trendy online game nevertheless it all turned out okay in the long run and writer CD Projekt’s sci-fi dystopia has now offered over 30 million copies. That’s nothing in comparison with 2015’s The Witcher 3 although, which has racked up over 50 million gross sales – making it one of many best-selling single-player video games of all time.
At one level, writer CD Projekt implied there wouldn’t be any direct sequel, however after the rocky street travelled by Cyberpunk 2077 they modified their thoughts and introduced a number of latest titles, together with a remake of the primary recreation and a brand new trilogy of unique titles.
The Witcher 4 is the primary of those however the one factor we’ve seen to this point is a pre-rendered trailer, which means that Ciri, not Geralt, is the lead protagonist. It’s not clear when CD Projekt are going to disclose any extra data, however they’ve narrowed down the discharge date… a bit.
In the corporate’s newest financial report, it fully dominated out the possibility of The Witcher 4 in 2026. However, 2027 was described as a risk, however with no guarantees that it wouldn’t be pushed again past that.
‘We aren’t going to announce the exact launch date for the sport but,’ stated chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz. ‘All we may share now to offer extra visibility to traders is that the sport is not going to be launched inside the time-frame of the primary goal for the motivation program, which ends December 31, 2026.’
As you may inform by the way in which he phrased it, the data was geared toward traders, not followers, nevertheless it’s fairly unambiguous when it comes to when you must begin hoping for the sport to be launched.
That wasn’t the one revelation although, with CD Projekt saying that it has additionally partnered with new Pokémon Go proprietor Scopely, for an unnamed title ‘set inside one in all CD Projekt’s IPs.’ That in all probability means The Witcher or Cyberpunk, however CD Projekt does have a minimum of one different new IP underway.
There had been additionally minor updates on a few of CD Projekt’s different inside tasks, with The Witcher multiplayer spin-off Project Sirius described as nonetheless being in pre-production. Nevertheless, developer The Molasses Flood has already been merged with the CD Projekt Red staff, which suggests Sirus will share a few of The Witcher 4’s DNA (and belongings).
Strangely, The Witcher 1 remake, which was implied to be the subsequent recreation to be launched, nonetheless isn’t in full manufacturing, with a few of the growth staff now serving to out with The Witcher 4 as a substitute.
A remake shouldn’t take so long as a model new recreation however there’s now a query mark over whether or not the sport will in actual fact be the subsequent title from CD Projekt, or if The Witcher 4 will leapfrog in entrance of it.
CD Projekt has additionally hinted that it has a variety of different unannounced tasks in growth, in addition to model new IP codenamed Project Hadar. What that’s although, is a very thriller.
The Cyberpunk 2077 sequel is at the moment codenamed Project Orion and can apparently be coming into pre-production ‘within the coming weeks.’ There’s no clue as to when it will likely be launched however it’ll positively be after The Witcher 4, so 2028 on the very earliest.
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