CD Projekt confirm The Witcher is coming back for a new game

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CD Projekt have today announced they're officially working on the next installment in The Witcher series. Whether this is The Witcher 4, though, we don't know - only that it will supposedly be "kicking off a new saga for the franchise," according to a statement on CD Projekt's website. It will also be kicking off a new venture into Unreal Engine 5, as the developer announced they were leaving their own REDengine behind as they embark on a new, multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games.

Now, before you start raising those pitchforks, CD Projekt have already confirmed via Twitter that this partnership will not mean the next Witcher game is exclusive to the Epic Games Store. "We are not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront," reads the tweet, which presumably means we'll at least see it appear on GOG in addition to Epic's storefront.

The fact that it's being made in Unreal Engine 5, Epic's shiny new games engine, is about the only concrete fact we have about the next Witcher game right now, with CD Projekt saying there are "no further details regarding the game - such as a development time frmae or release date - are available" at this point.

We're probably still looking at an another open-world Witcher game, though, as CD Projekt said their partnership with Epic will see them "closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences."

The studio aren't leaving their REDengine behind entirely, though. They confirmed that the engine will still be used for the development of Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion, for example (and presumably any other Cyberpunk-related DLC that comes after it). After that, though, it looks like it's