New Witcher game

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CDPR announced a new one in the works.  After the whole cyberpunk debacle, you'd figure this will be a "stick to what we know" kind of game.  Hopefully, they can avoid the mistakes made with CP, and build on what made Witcher 3 such a blast.

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Here's the update from CD Projeckt Red's Witcher website page:

 

MARCH 21ST, 2022

We’re happy to announce that the next installment in The Witcher series of video games is currently in development, kicking off a new saga for the franchise.

 

 

This is an exciting moment as we’re moving from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5, beginning a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games. It covers not only licensing, but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant. We'll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences.

At this point, no further details regarding the game — such as a development time frame or release date — are available. 

 

REDengine, the technology which powers Cyberpunk 2077, is still being used for the development of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion.

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We'll see what will Unreal Engine will bring to the game, as on the face of it, it seems a good change. Oustide of that, only other good news is that it won't be an Epic exclusive....but we all knew that wouldn't happen as that would've been yet another own goal that CDPR don't need to follow up after Cyberpunk's launch issues.