The Witcher recreation collection has been a gradual burn for a lot of and in the present day, you’re doubtless 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 release date data, platforms, and any further particulars.
The Witcher 4 release date speculation
At this present second, there is no such thing as a The Witcher 4 release date however we do have a possible window as to when we can anticipate this extremely anticipated monster-slaying journey.
In a 2022 investor name, CEO Adam Kicinski acknowledged 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 release this new title.
However, whereas this could possibly be the case, there have been so many video games in latest occasions which have acquired delays and The Witcher 4 might 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 release for The Witcher 4 on the very earliest, we anticipate that the sport shall be launched on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC, in addition to the following iteration of PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
If the release 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 subsequent-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 of secrecy simply in case something goes awry or just because they only don’t wish to announce something but.
As for Polaris, we consider this to be the case additionally, making The Witcher: Polaris a working title slightly than what the sport shall 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, probably requiring the ever-evolving Unreal to be the leaping-off level as a substitute of investing extra and extra into their very own tech.
What we do know for positive although is that these at CD Projekt RED are onerous at work “learning the technology” and “working together with Epic” to allow as clean a transition for his or her “open-world RPGs”.
Is Ciri The Witcher 4’s primary character?
Ciri is a fan-favourite character that each gamers of the online game and readers of the books are desperate 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 suppose it’ll come to fruition.
The cause why is that though the medallion proven within the first teaser picture is alluding to a Lynx – considerably of a combination between Geralt’s wolf and School of the Cat, the top of The Witcher 3 makes issues difficult.
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 extremely potential many acquired 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 starting-to-finish trilogy therapy along with his three video games and seemingly acquired his ‘ending’ in Wild Hunt. However, when 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, though 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 lower ties and give attention to a complete new protagonist.