The Witcher The Witcher 4 - A New Saga Begins

[Belegarsson]

https://thewitcher.ly/ANewSagaBegins

 

[undecaf]

And RED engine is getting ditched.
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/...t-of-a-strategic-partnership-with-epic-games/
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/...t-of-a-strategic-partnership-with-epic-games/

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New Witcher Saga Announced. CD PROJEKT RED Begins Development on Unreal Engine 5 as Part of a Strategic Partnership with Epic Games

March 21, 2022

CD PROJEKT RED today revealed that the next installment in The Witcher series of video games is currently in development with Unreal Engine 5, kicking off a new saga for the franchise and a new technology partnership with Epic Games.

Today’s announcement marks the first official confirmation of a new game in The Witcher series since the release of CD PROJEKT RED’s previous single-player, AAA RPG in the franchise — The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — which won a total of 250 Game of the Year awards and was later expanded upon with the Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wineadd-ons.

The teaser image for the new game features a medallion, accompanied by the phrase A New Saga Begins. Beyond this initial confirmation of a new saga in The Witcher franchise, no further details — such as a development time frame or release date — were provided.

CD PROJEKT RED also announced that they will be moving to Unreal Engine 5 as part of the multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games. Since The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, released in 2011, CD PROJEKT RED has used their proprietary REDengine technology to build their games. This new relationship with Epic covers not only licensing, but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant. Developers from CD PROJEKT RED will collaborate with those from Epic with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences, beginning with the development of the next game in The Witcher franchise.

 

[Baron Dupek]

Let's hope it won't share the fate of STALKER 2 during the developement.

CD PROJEKT RED Begins Development on Unreal Engine 5 as Part of a Strategic Partnership with Epic Games

Dead on arrival

What next, GOG merge with EGS?

edit
well... shit
https://store.epicgames.com/pl/p/gog-galaxy

 

[just]

about time for a zerrikanian witcher

 

[ferratilis]

RPG, Unreal engine - name a better duo.

 

[Belegarsson]

 

[Gargaune]

we're moving from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5

Seriously? That's a bit of a twist.

 

[coldaqua]

Announcing another RPG years in advance? Old habits die hard I guess.

I wonder what happens to the RED engine post-Witcher 4. They must have dropped a ton of resources into it when making Cyberpunk. Imagine those developers having to re-implement all that functionality again.

 

[wishbonetail]

Announcing another RPG years in advance? Old habits die hard I guess.

I wonder what happens to the RED engine post-Witcher 4. They must have dropped a ton of resources into it when making Cyberpunk. Imagine those developers having to re-implement all that functionality again.

What functionality? Cutscenes?

 

[Deadass]

what witcher school medallion is that

 

[just]

what witcher school medallion is that

lynx

 

[RepHope]

Not really a surprise, but I would’ve thought they would not have been so eager to announce another game so early in development after the Cyberpunk fiasco. Looks like a Cat medallion so I’m guessing we’re going to get to customize our own Witcher, and if they’re a Cat that means they’ll have a lot more flexibility for gameplay given that the Cat School didn’t give a shit about the “rules” and took contracts on humans in addition to monsters.

Announcing another RPG years in advance? Old habits die hard I guess.

I wonder what happens to the RED engine post-Witcher 4. They must have dropped a ton of resources into it when making Cyberpunk. Imagine those developers having to re-implement all that functionality again.

It’s dead. If they’re not using it then nobody else will.

 

[Gargaune]

what witcher school medallion is that

School of the Beaver.

 

[Ezekiel]

Will it finally have good controls and efficient animations? Honestly, I preferred Witcher 2 for story. More political intrigue. Third turned boring as it became about saving the world.

 

[Deadass]

 

[Rahdulan]

I mean, nothing really says they can't make more Witcher games as long as they don't milk Geralt's story after saying it's concluded. There's that new singleplayer Gwent game in development as well. Real baffling part is going from their own engine to UE. Did Epic straight up pay them to make the switch or something?

 

[Vincente]

A game where you could make your own Witcher, or play as one of the founding fathers of each Witcher school would be cool.

Jason Slama is a really good guy, he was friendly when he was the game director of Gwent.

 

[ferratilis]

Guys, is there a single RPG made in Unreal engine that's good? I can't think of any. Don't say Deus Ex, that was a completely different era, I mean more like UE3 or 4?

 

[Vincente]

Guys, is there a single RPG made in Unreal engine that's good? I can't think of any. Don't say Deus Ex, that was a completely different era, I mean more like UE3 or 4?

Plenty of good games, not much RPGs. Do you consider Alpha Protocol good?

 

[Gargaune]

Jason Slama is a really good guy, he was friendly when he was the game director of Gwent.

His Mobygames listing:

Game Credits

Production
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (2017) (Director - LiveOps)

Design
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone (2015) (UI Team)
Programming/Engineering
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine (2016) (Gameplay Programmers)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) (Gameplay Programmers)
Assassin's Creed III (2012) (Additional AI / Gameplay Programmers)
Assassin's Creed: Recollection (2012) (Programmer)
Might & Magic: Duel of Champions (2012) (Programmers)
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (2010) (Programming)

But we'll need Roguey to tell us what he had for breakfast.

Guys, is there a single RPG made in Unreal engine that's good? I can't think of any. Don't say Deus Ex, that was a completely different era, I mean more like UE3 or 4?

Monomyth will be good!

 

[Ryzer]

Can't wait to not buy it.

 

[Sykar]

Have they fixed Cyberbug yet?

 

[Infinitron]

Guys, is there a single RPG made in Unreal engine that's good? I can't think of any. Don't say Deus Ex, that was a completely different era, I mean more like UE3 or 4?

Plenty of good games, not much RPGs. Do you consider Alpha Protocol good?

Colony Ship is an Unreal Engine game.

 

[Wulfric Pinewood]

No hype after Cyberpunk. They have long way to rebuild their position. Im more interested in Starfield when it comes to big games. Btw, they should learn the hype management from Bethesda, there is no point in talking about a game 6 or nine years before the release, same like in Cyberpunk case.

 

[Cross]

Translation: we'll release it on GOG and the Epic Games Store, but not on Steam.