General Gaming "Technical ambition, optimism, and timeframes: what we learned about The Witcher 4 from speaking to CD Projekt Red" (Eurogamer interview)

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Technical ambition, optimism, and timeframes: what we learned about The Witcher 4 from speaking to CD Projekt Red

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In more than a year of conversations with CD Projekt, Eurogamer has picked up a few hints at what we can expect for The Witcher 4 and its reveal.

 

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Earlier this week, CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski announced the next game in The Witcher franchise - otherwise known as Project Polaris and unofficially referred to by most as just The Witcher 4 - has finally entered what he described as "full-scale production - the most intensive phase of development".

 

It's good news for Witcher fans of course, although information remains incredibly thin when it comes to what exactly we can expect from the game itself, or even when we might hear more. All that's been publicly shared so far is that early-phase development was confirmed back in March of 2022; that the game won't "focus" on previous protagonist Geralt of Rivia; and that Geralt's voice actor, Doug Cockle, will still be "part of" the new game in some way.

 

But having spoken to a number of people from CD Projekt - including Nowakowski - over the past year for our long-read on what happened with Cyberpunk 2077 and how the studio turned it around, there are a few little nuggets of info we can share that might help piece together some extra context.

 

 

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It's always those pesky logistics and organizational issues that get in the way of making games. I do hope that switching to Unreal helps CDPR escape from some of their issues, but I don't think it's an easy fix.  

 

It makes me think about how special the few companies that are able to manage multiple projects and build out their own engines are. Whatever secret management sauce Insomniac has needs to be studied.

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Bumping due to the Witcher IV announcement.