CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5
CD Projekt and Polish developer Fool's Theory (previously known for Seven: The Days Long Gone) have announced that the latter company is in the process of remaking the first game in the Witcher series in Unreal Engine 5.
The project is one of the previously-teased games that CD Projekt unveiled back in September. Back then, the game's code name was "Canis Majoris." Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland.
According to CD Projekt, Fool's Theory will be working with "the same toolset" that CD Projekt Red is using to develop the next Witcher game. That seems to imply that CD Projekt is interested in having a support studio that can assist development on the next game if extra resources are needed. Fool's Theory has already done development support work for Larian Studios on both the Divinity series and Baldur's Gate III.
For many developers at Fool's Theory, working on a remake of The Witcher will be a return to old stomping grounds. That's because the company was founded and is staffed by several former developers from CD Projekt Red. Fool's Theory CEO Jakub Rokosz said in a statement that he's personally happy to be crossing paths again with "fellow developers from the time of working together on The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3."
CD Projekt is now joining major companies like Capcom and Naughty Dog in building a business out of reviving older games. The effort has mostly been a financial success for other game developers, as it gives them a chance to revisit the "first" entry in a game series without doing a whole-brand reboot.
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