In 2022, CD Projekt Red unveiled an formidable lineup of tasks, headlined by a brand new instalment in The Witcher sequence. The crew engaged on the sport has remained small over the previous 18 months however now, with work on Cyberpunk 2077 accomplished, CD Projekt Red is within the technique of ramping up manufacturing on its new Witcher title.
The yet-to-be-named Witcher recreation, internally known as “Polaris”, entered pre-production in 2022, with the event crew laying the groundwork and adapting to the newly adopted Unreal Engine 5 toolset. Now, with work on Cyberpunk 2077 winding down, CD Projekt Red has reported to buyers that it’s juggling its groups round, with many of the remaining Cyberpunk builders now transitioning to different tasks, rising the Polaris crew significantly.
At this stage, Polaris is the primary undertaking at CDPR, with the vast majority of the studio’s builders now engaged on it.
With all of that stated, it’s price pumping the brakes a bit earlier than followers get too excited. While the crew engaged on the undertaking is rising, that doesn’t imply will probably be completed and prepared throughout the subsequent couple of years. CD Projekt Red might be conscious of prior criticism it obtained over the event and rushed launch of Cyberpunk 2077 and has promised to place an finish to its inside ‘crunch’ tradition, a course of during which builders are unfairly overworked in an effort to get a undertaking out quicker.
This time round, we’re more likely to see CD Projekt Red take a bit longer with its subsequent Witcher recreation, taking the time wanted to check extra totally and squash bugs previous to launch. There isn’t any projected launch date but for the sport, however we may very well be in for an additional 4 or 5 12 months wait.
KitGuru Says: I’ve been replaying The Witcher 3 in latest weeks due to the next-gen replace, so my love for this sequence is recent on my thoughts for the time being. I’m extremely excited to see a brand new Witcher recreation, even when it would not star Geralt, nevertheless it wants time and care to get it proper. If CD Projekt Red repeats the errors it made main as much as Cyberpunk 2077, adopted by a prolonged multi-year technique of fixing the sport, then the studio dangers dropping a variety of belief from not simply its staff however followers as nicely.
