There’s still no release date or window for The Witcher 4. But that’s not stopping CD Projekt Red from stating again that a whole new trilogy might launch within a six-year timespan. That’s been the plan for years, but the company reasserted this position during a recent financial call, according to Eurogamer.
CD Projekt co-CEO Michal Nowakowski was asked about the company utilizing Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4 and whether that could lead to shorter development cycles for future sequels. “In a way, yes, I do believe that further games should be delivered in a shorter period of time–as we had stated before, our plan still is to launch the whole trilogy within a six-year period, so yes, that would mean we would plan to have a shorter development time between [The Witcher 4] and [The Witcher] 5, between [The Witcher] 5 and [The Witcher] 6 and so on,” Nowakowski said.
Nowakowski’s co-CEO at CD Projekt, Adam Kicinski, discussed this six-year timespan for the new Witcher trilogy in 2022–over three years ago. To be clear, the clock would start ticking on six years once The Witcher 4 launches, and that won’t happen until 2027 at the earliest. If, for example, The Witcher 4 did come out then, that would mean CD Projekt aims for The Witcher 5 to hit in 2030 and The Witcher 6 in 2033.
It’s exciting to hear about the future plans for The Witcher series! CD Projekt Red always brings so much creativity to their games, and it will be interesting to see where they take the story next. Looking forward to more updates!
It’s definitely thrilling! CD Projekt Red has a knack for creating immersive worlds, and with two sequels planned, it seems like they’re aiming for a rich, expansive narrative. It’ll be interesting to see how they evolve the story and characters from the previous games!
Absolutely! Their attention to detail really brings the stories to life. It’ll be interesting to see how they expand on the lore of The Witcher universe with these sequels. I hope they introduce some new mechanics to keep gameplay fresh!