The Witcher sport collection has been a gradual burn for a lot of and right this moment, you’re possible 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? Below we reveal all, together with any The Witcher 4 launch date info, platforms, and any extra particulars.
The Witcher 4 launch date hypothesis
At this present second, there isn’t any The Witcher 4 launch date however we do have a possible window as to after we can anticipate this extremely anticipated monster-slaying journey.
In a 2022 investor name, CEO Adam Kicinski said that the sport is “at least three years away”, which means that The Witcher 4 could possibly be launched in 2025. This would mark ten years for the reason that launch of The Witcher 3, so would make it a poignant time to launch this new title.
However, whereas this could possibly be the case, there have been so many video games in latest occasions which have obtained delays and The Witcher 4 could have additionally been impacted by this. This would imply a 2026, or perhaps a 2027 launch is conceivable.
What platforms may 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 will likely be launched on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, in addition to the subsequent iteration of PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
If the discharge date does slip even additional although, there’s a risk that the PS5 or Xbox Series X merely don’t have the facility for it, and it’ll strictly be a next-gen sport.
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’ sport they’re engaged on. Now, sport improvement studios use code names all the time so as to add slightly secrecy simply in case something goes awry or just because they only 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 quite than what the sport will likely be referred to as come launch.
Is The Witcher 4 utilizing Unreal Engine 5?
Yes, The Witcher 4 will use Unreal Engine 5 as a substitute of the REDengine of CD Projekt RED’s personal making. This is a reasonably large deviation for the studio for the reason that beforehand used proprietary engine was used on The Witcher 2, The Witcher 3, and Cyberpunk 2077.
However, the rationale could also be that this subsequent iteration of The Witcher franchise is the primary within the subsequent saga, doubtlessly requiring the ever-evolving Unreal to be the jumping-off level as a substitute of investing increasingly more into their very own tech.
What we do know for certain although is that these at CD Projekt RED are arduous at work “learning the technology” and “working together with Epic” to allow as easy 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 wanting to take up the mantle as the following Witcher. However, whereas this might occur, and would make a pleasant transition from The Witcher 3 to 4, we don’t assume it’ll come to fruition.
The purpose why is that although the medallion proven within the first teaser picture is alluding to a Lynx – considerably of a mixture between Geralt’s wolf and School of the Cat, the top of The Witcher 3 makes issues tough.
The Witcher 3 has a number of endings, and within the ‘bad’ ending, Ciri dies. Obviously, this implies she wouldn’t be coming again for the fourth title if this happens, and since it is vitally doable many received this ending, the continuity between the 2 sagas simply wouldn’t be there.
Now, there’s no saying that this could possibly be retconned with Ciri by some means ‘coming back to life’ however we do doubt this.
Is Geralt in The Witcher 4?
Geralt did obtain the complete beginning-to-end trilogy remedy together with his three video games and seemingly received his ‘ending’ in Wild Hunt. However, in case 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.
This is compounded by statements from CDPR Director Marcin Iwiński in 2013 who confirmed that for The Witcher 3, although it was the finale within the saga, they might by no means intend on “killing the world and walking away from it.”
Despite this remark although, The Witcher 4 is the beginning of a brand new saga so CDPR may simply reduce ties and deal with a complete new protagonist.