It's been seven years since the last mainline game in The Witcher franchise was released, and fans have been eager for any news from CD Projekt Red about its next installment. Players may have been temporarily placated with the release of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, but it was confirmation of the next main game in the franchise that fans were really holding out for. In a surprise move from the studio, CD Projekt Red announced that the next game in The Witcher series was in development with a tantalizingly sparse teaser image. Not much else has been revealed so far – not even the title – but the news that the next game was on the way was enough to get fans excited.
Despite the teaser image featuring nothing but a Witcher medallion half-buried in the snow, this didn't stop players from theorizing about where the newest installment would take them. Although gamers were sure that the medallion featured wasn't from the School of the Wolf, there was some speculation that it might be from the School of the Cat. These rumors were laid to rest by global community director Marcin Momot, who revealed that the medallion is actually from the School of the Lynx, a much less well-known school that has mainly appeared in Witcher fan fiction. While the focus on a new school offers lots of intriguing opportunities for The Witcher's story, CD Projekt Red shouldn't abandon the already established Witcher schools in the next game.
A Witcher Game Like Hogwarts Legacy Could Be Great
The teaser image released as part of the announcement of the next Witcher title came with the tagline «A New Saga Begins,» hinting at even more changes to the Witcher story besides the focus on a new school. It seems likely that the next game won't feature either
Read more on gamerant.com