The Witcher 4 has finally been announced

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Developer CD Projekt Red has finally confirmed The Witcher 4 is in development.

In a recent blog post labeled  'A New Saga Begins', the developer officially confirmed a new installment in The Witcher game series is on the way. The post gives little in the way of details, but does reveal that The Witcher 4 (or whatever the next entry in the long-running game series will be called) will use a different engine from the one previously used in the controversial Cyberpunk 2077 — with The Witcher 4 being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and Cyberpunk 2077 having been developed in REDEngine. 

«We’re happy to announce that the next installment in The Witcher series of video games is currently in development, kicking off a new saga for the franchise,» CD Projekt Red said in the post. «This is an exciting moment as we’re moving from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5, beginning a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games. It covers not only licensing but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant. We’ll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences.

»At this point, no further details regarding the game — such as a development time frame or release date — are available."

There are no firm details on this new Witcher game, but we do know that it won't be exclusive to one storefront despite CD Projekt Red's strategic partnership with Epic Games.

The Witcher game series is based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski. The critically acclaimed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the last mainline entry in CD Projekt Red's The Witcher game series, was first released back in 2007, making