The Witcher recreation collection has been a gradual burn for a lot of and immediately, 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 subsequent 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 data, 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 once we can anticipate this extremely anticipated monster-slaying journey.
In a 2022 investor name, CEO Adam Kicinski said that the sport is “no less than three years away”, which means that The Witcher 4 might be launched in 2025. This is able to mark ten years because the launch of The Witcher 3, so would make it a poignant time to launch this new title.
Nevertheless, whereas this might be the case, there have been so many video games in latest instances which have obtained delays and The Witcher 4 might have additionally been impacted by this. This is able to 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 probably be launched on PS5, Xbox Collection 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 Collection X merely don’t have the ability 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 growth studios use code names all the time so as to add a bit 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 reasonably than what the sport will probably be referred to as come launch.
Is The Witcher 4 utilizing Unreal Engine 5?
Sure, The Witcher 4 will use Unreal Engine 5 as a substitute of the REDengine of CD Projekt RED’s personal making. It is a fairly large deviation for the studio because the 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, doubtlessly requiring the ever-evolving Unreal to be the jumping-off level as a substitute of investing increasingly into their very own tech.
What we do know for certain although is that these at CD Projekt RED are laborious 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 foremost 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 subsequent Witcher. Nevertheless, whereas this might occur, and would make a pleasant transition from The Witcher 3 to 4, we don’t assume it can come to fruition.
The explanation why is that regardless that 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 tough.
The Witcher 3 has a number of endings, and within the ‘dangerous’ ending, Ciri dies. Clearly, this implies she wouldn’t be coming again for the fourth title if this happens, and since it is vitally attainable many acquired this ending, the continuity between the 2 sagas simply wouldn’t be there.
Now, there’s no saying that this might be retconned with Ciri in some way ‘coming again to life’ however we do doubt this.
Is Geralt in The Witcher 4?
Geralt did obtain the total beginning-to-end trilogy remedy along with his three video games and seemingly acquired his ‘ending’ in Wild Hunt. Nevertheless, in case you did end up that title, you’ll know that there’s a probability Geralt merely rides off into the sundown, leaving it fully 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, regardless that it was the finale within the saga, they’d 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 would possibly simply minimize ties and give attention to a complete new protagonist.
