The Witcher IV - VI

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CD Projekt Red confirms Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, next Witcher trilogy and new IP | Eurogamer.net
CD Projekt Red have also confirmed a full fledged Witcher title is now in development with plans to release a trilogy of games over a six year window. One of the titles is also a full sized game but is being outsourced to a third party and will be separate from the new trilogy.

If read correctly, the standalone spin-off will accompany The Witcher IV, The Witcher V and The Witcher VI which will arrive roughly two years apart.

A fifth game mixing single player and multiplayer modes is also in the works

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Pretty radical shift in strategy from their old one of betting the farm on one huge game having a very long tail that will enable them to spend 6 years developing their next huge game. Makes sense. Spread the risk.

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They planned to be the next Rockstar. 2077 clearly shook them so they're changing things up to instead be the next Ubisoft

[wakka]

Yep that sounds about right.

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CD Projekt Red Offers "The Witcher 4" Update - Dark Horizons
Almost 260 developers are working on The Witcher IV and as soon as development for Cyberpunk 2077's DLC wraps in the week or two a large proportion of its 300 developers will transfer to the Witcher IV project also. The game is being developed using Unreal Engine 5 with their own Red Engine now being retired.

[dataDave]

UE5. Oh no.

[MartyG]

? UE5 has shown that it looks stunning - by the time this game comes out, the 6050 will be running it quite happily.

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"Witcher 4" Game Won't Center On Geralt - Dark Horizons

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https://www.eurogamer.net/the-witcher-4-has-entered-full-scale-production-cd-projekt-confirms

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[Brad]

Amazing trailer

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I'm a proper fence sitter. Witcher 3 was downgraded by the time it emerged and I'm in a weird space where I've never felt the franchise was all that amazing - however, each sequel has been a marked improvement on the previous entry so there's cause to be interested.

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CD Projekt shares Witcher and Cyberpunk project updates, announces partnership with mobile studio Scopely | Eurogamer.net
The Witcher IV won't release until at the very least 2027 whilst The Witcher: Remake will release some time well beyond that