The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition can easily offer its players 100 hours or more of enjoyment, but there's always room for more, right?
It would appear that developer CD Projekt Red is already cracking on with the next instalment in The Witcher franchise, as studio president Adam Kiciński offered a pretty revealing hint in a recent company meeting. As reported by Polish website Stooq, Kiciński was asked about what the company is planning after the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077; his response noted that an unannounced single-player title was already in the works.
Kiciński explains that CD Projekt Red has two "worlds," and that "within these worlds [they] want to create games, therefore all the games planned so far are either Witcher or Cyberpunk."
CD Projekt Red has previously revealed the next major Witcher title probably won't have you playing as Geralt and will likely be called something other than 'The Witcher 4'. As noted by our friends over at Push Square, it also seems like it won't be handled by CD Projekt Red's main team, but rather the company's smaller studio. With all of this info doing the rounds already, it seems pretty likely that the game Kiciński is talking about is indeed something new for The Witcher.
Of course, for Nintendo fans, the next question concerns this theoretical game's destined platforms. It's been wonderful having The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on Switch, but would a brand new entry in the series also make it to the hybrid machine? We'll have to wait and see on that one.
[source stooq.pl, via pushsquare.com]
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Take your time, I'm going to be obsessing over cyberpunk when that comes out.
Game developer is developing another game.
More at 10. Stay tuned.
Oh God.. not another Gothic fiasco.. when an original team isn't working on the next titlte the people who work on it don't carry the same soul. I feel bad for the fans.. you won't get the true Witcher. The creator/team who were behind it aren't there. You see what i'm doing here? Same happened to Gothic 3 and 4.. Huge fiasco and let down
@Alucard83 From the information out there so far, I think it's safe to say it's not a mainline Witcher game. I'm thinking more along the lines of Thronebreaker, Gwent, or something similar. Even so, handing the title off to a different dev doesn't immediately spell disaster - look at Luigi's Mansion 2/3 for a recent example.
I think they started working on it when the Witcher 3 was finished.
As all sequels.
@Alucard83 If they are working on some kind of spin off in the same universe, it can work! But I share your concerns looking back at other games...
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease let the game revolve around Ciri!! Such an awesome character. So much of her earlier life would make great gaming.
@Alucard83 CD Projekt Red's team has expanded somewhat since the earlier titles, and who's to say some of the creative force wouldn't be behind a follow up? The smaller team may comprise of industry veterans and people who have worked on the series before. Even if it were handled by a new team with new people, it doesn't mean it will be rubbish. Practically all the latest Nintendo games have new creative talent working on them & that's what keeps games feeling fresh.
I'd love a game in the same world but with Ciri as the main character.
With her powers, the gameplay could be pretty darn interesting.
I don't mind a spin off playing as Ciri or Yen but what i really want is Witcher 4 with Geralt. Now what they can do is make sure their graphic engine is extra scalable and flexible from the start so it would be easier to port the game to weaker hardware after.
The Switch 2 will be on the market by the time Witcher 4 may release.
100 hours? Pssshh, those are rookie numbers.... I’m 200+ and haven’t finished blood and wine, nor fully explored all of Skellige markers....
@Alucard83 Gothic, Metroid M etc... etc.. yeah, not good news, for sure.
@westman98 or it may never release. This didn't sound like Witcher 4.
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