CD Projekt Red CEO Calls Project Polaris The Witcher 4, Immediately Takes It Back

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All eyes are on CD Projekt at the moment, as the developer is in the midst of multiple major projects. Cyberpunk 2077, which finally seems to have redeemed itself, will soon be getting a DLC called Phantom Liberty. Further down the pipeline, CDP has announced a co-op game set in the Witcher universe, a remake of the first game, and the next mainline game in the series.

While there's been some back and forth on the co-op game, there are very few details on the next mainline game, dubbed Project Polaris. CDP has been vocal that the project is not 'Witcher 4', but it seems one of their own just referred to it as such during a recent financial earnings call (thanks GamesRadar).

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While discussing the progress on Project Polaris, CD Projekt CEO Adam Kiciński mentioned that the team is still in the preparation phase. Many devs are still learning the tools, while others have been in touch with Epic, since the game will be built in Unreal, as opposed to REDengine. Considering this is uncharted territory for CDP, Kiciński said progress may be a bit slow.

"But for the next project, we assume that it should smooth the production," he continued. "That was one of the reasons behind the strategy, that we want to release three big Witcher games within six years, starting from the release of Polaris, which is Witcher 4."

It must be noted that this is not an official confirmation by CDP that Polaris is indeed The Witcher 4. We all have been calling it Witcher 4 just for the ease and convenience, and Kiciński likely used the term in a similar manner on the call. It would be a bit unfair to jump to conclusions based on this one instance.

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