It will enter in the second half of this year the new Witcher into full production so that we can play it in two to three years. The new adventure in the familiar fantasy world is shrouded in mystery, but one thing is already certain. The Witcher 4 will not be a third part in disguise. At CD Projekt RED, they want to push the boundaries and explore completely new areas.
Of course, they build on the success of the previous installment and what they learned during the development of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077, but they will add new gameplay elements and new mechanics that we have not seen in their previous games.
“Making a new game is always a creative risk, especially as we try to push the boundaries and explore new areas; it's something we haven't done before. It's certainly a fairly broad concept, but I can't go into too much detail without talking about the game itself. But you shouldn't expect something like The Witcher 3 in a new guise,” Michał Nowakowski, CEO of CD Projekt, told investors.
He then confirmed new gameplay elements and new mechanics, just like Cyberpunk 2077. He called the direction risky because it's not just about doing something they've done before.
The next question was about the release date. Nowakowski didn't want to talk about it at all and explained that it was part of a marketing plan. Previously, the management of the Polish studio indicated 2025 as the earliest date. There are currently 403 people working on The Witcher 4.