Next Witcher Game Confirmed To Be In Development, Using Unreal Engine 5

Zero hype given. Unfortunately, I'll wait till it's released. They lost that respect from me.

Taking the bag from epic fire when thier game fails because everyone’s lost respect for them at this point

I hope CD Projekt Red gets to finish the game this time. They’re gonna have a tough battle to regain the trust of people who were disappointed by Cyberpunk 2077 at launch.

Hopefully CDPR keep TW4 in the oven longer than Cyberpunk 2077 was, lol.

So CD Projekt Red is announcing their next game super early in development...

Because that worked so well last time???

I don't know what to do with this information.

Witcher Battle Royal with endless Micro transactions.

Witcher 3 didn’t click with me at all after about 10 to 15 hours, and and that cybertwaddle nonsense I’m sorry but I do not trust this company at all xxxx

I hope it will not be filled with micro transactions. Epic sounds awful to be part of single player games.

This is definitely not coming to Switch haha.

I feel like CDPR could definitely improve on the strong foundation that Witcher 3 had, which itself was built on the less stellar 1 and 2.

But I doubt we'll see this game for at least the next four or five years.

Witcher 3 on Switch simply reminded me how special BotW was/is. Never before in gaming has "less is more" been more true.

My main hope for BotW2 is that they do indeed add more content... but simply through variety. More enemies. More locations. More dungeons. More boss battles. More secrets. But crucially whilst maintaining the fundamental core gameplay from the original.

Witcher 3 et al take my time for granted.

I'll give CDPR a pass for Cyberpunk 2077. That was a game with long development hell that was way too ambitious for the hardware it was targeting. On PC apparently, it was a lot of fun, but XBOne and PS4 players deserved a better port. Hopefully, Witcher 4 lands it out of the park. Not sure how they plan to take the series after how definitively Witcher 3 ended... granted the books ended quite definitively and they still got a trilogy out of it. So we'll see.

This game apparently started development in June 2021. Assuming it has a ~5 year development cycle, we're looking at a 2026 launch, 2025 at the earliest.

Safe to say this won't be a Switch game.

@westman98 Could be a Switch successor title though. In all seriousness, I don't think the Switch will last till 2025 or 2026 so expecting Witcher 4 on it would be a pipe dream.

Oh good, I had a spare 300 hours of life I had nothing planned for...

@Wexter
We may start hearing things about PlayStation 6 and the next Xbox by the time this new Witcher title is released, so yeah, the possibility of a Switch launch can basically be written off 😂

A Switch 2 launch isn't off the table though. The Witcher 3 on Switch was a serious and respectable effort despite the obvious downgrades, so CD Projekt Red is clearly willing to put in the money and effort when necessary.

My money's on the successor condole getting a port. It's not like the game will be released before the aforesaid console is.😅

Not gonna be on Switch lol. We barely got a decent Witcher 3 port because we were lucky they were passionate for the port that they actually invested into the bigger cartridge that barely anybody does.

That said after the Cyberpunk fiasco hopefully they avoid making some stupid decisions in the Witcher verse

@nocdaes Apples and oranges there. At least Witchers open world wasn't just vast amounts of nothing just for the sake of being able to call it open world. Unless you enjoyed hunting seeds I suppose.

I'm only 50 hours in on the sWitcher and it's been by far one of the most memorable RPG experiences I've had. Still amazed the port was so well done everytime I boot it up.

The Witcher 3 is a fantastic game.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a fantastic game.

If expectations are high, the trick with CDPR games is not playing until about 2-3 years after they first release.

I’ll put it with Elder Scrolls VI and Metroid Prime 4.

By the time this releases, Switch 2 will be our current gen hybrid handheld.

I look forward to it!

As someone who has never play a witcher game and saw the Cyberpunk fiasco from the barrier i wish this guys good luck, at least they hear their devs and are using a complete engine this time.

Not even Superman himself will be able to save this game from the cyberpunk blowback.

This won't be on switch XD

@JaxonH Honestly, by the time this releases, Valve will be on their second or third Steam Deck. There'll be a good hybrid option regardless.

While this won't be on Switch, it's possible it comes to the next Nintendo system.

It likely won't be coming to PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. It will probably come out for PS5., Xbox Series S/X and whatever the next gen system from Nintendo is called.

This probably won't even be out until we're in the next gen (similar to Elder Scrolls VI). The same fuss will happen over them trying to squeeze it onto PS5/Series X as Cyberpunk on PS4/XB1.

Given their track record, I have high hopes that they will take all the good stuff they did in Witcher 3, enhance it, and take all the mistakes they made from Cyber Punk and improve.

Switch does support Unreal Engine 5 so it's indeed possible

Cyberpunk 2077 wasnt only broken, it was honestly just boring.

Please don't rush this game out. Don't try to release it alongside a new season of Witcher or in the holiday or anything like that. Just take your time and release it when it's ready.

I'm honestly not that hyped, I think Witcher 3 is also slightly overrated and the design of the game is kinda dated. I hope Witcher 4 is a breath of fresh air for the series and CD Projekt Red.

I hope they release this on the N64. They can squeeze it onto a 64mb cartridge. Panic Button could for sure.

Don't worry Nintendo peeps, this won't arrive on Nintendo until Switch 5.

@nimnio I somehow think you a make a very valid argument yet I am zero excited for this new projekt I just can’t help it

Honestly, I am more concerned over more and more companies just up and signing off on Unreal as the defacto engine to develop on.

I just get the ominous idea that Epic can just yank the rug eventually, barricading or isolating developers if things go sour.

Why is this here? It will make the Switch explode! Not going to lie. It feels like the days of the Wii U. Lots of filler topics mixed with wishful thinking. Sprinkled with toxic comments about how the current system can run X because of Y.

@Peach64 Elder Scrolls VI will probably come out after I'm on my deathbed, at this point!

@Thatsalie Considering this game is at least three years out and the Switch had Witcher 3... it is not hard to assume why Nintendo fans would be interested in the news and how this could end up on the Switch 2. So it is a pertinent article for Nintendolife to write for Nintendo fans.

Wow, commiting to 15 years of using unreal, not their proprietary engine, is a bad sign, IMHO.

@Wexter cyberpunk was insanely profitable for them. What makes you think Witcher 4 won't be too ambitious for the hardware they're targeting? I won't believe they learned a lesson until i see it.

@twztid13 We'll just have to see. I'm saying Cyberpunk 2077 against the previous Witcher games. Witcher 2 and Witcher 3 both had miracle ports and made rather beautiful games possible on less hardware. We'll just have to wait and see at this point till we get more information. I have no reason to assume they haven't learned their lessons either considering the amount of backlash they got.

I was hoping it was a teaser for season 3 of The Witcher on Netflix lol

I have never played the games, but I love the show

Hopefully for them it doesn't turn into another Cyberpunk.