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CD Projekt Red first revealed The Witcher 4 a couple of years ago. The game entered full production just this year, so the last thing we were expecting to see at The Game Awards was a full announcement trailer. The Witcher 4 has now been properly revealed, with a full …

CD Projekt Red has ramped up production on The Witcher 4, entering the "most intensive" phase of development.

CD Projekt Red is still a long ways off from releasing any of its new projects, but the studio has been doing a great job of keeping everyone updated on the status of its roadmap. This week, we got some surprising updates on both the next Witcher game and the next Cyberpunk game.

After launching Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020, CD Projekt Red restructured its studios to reduce crunch and even swapped out its in-house development tools for Unreal Engine technology to smooth out development of future games. Since then, the studio has also been very open about its roadmap. In the latest …

CD Projekt Red confirmed that The Witcher 4 was ramping up, with more resources being dedicated to the project now that Cyberpunk 2077 development has wound down. At this point, the new game is being “intensively worked on”, and work on Cyberpunk 2 at CDPR's new US studio is also …

Many of us had assumed that CD Projekt Red would move away from Geralt being the lead character with its new trilogy. However, the game director on The Witcher 4 has now teased Geralt's return. In an interview with Italian site Lega Nerd (via insider-gaming), Witcher game director, Sebastian Kalemba …

In 2022, CD Projekt Red unveiled an ambitious lineup of projects, headlined by a new instalment in The Witcher series. The team working on the game has remained small over the past 18 months but now, with work on Cyberpunk 2077 completed, CD Projekt Red is in the process of …

2023 has been far from the best year for Destiny. Following the middling response to the game’s last major expansion ‘Lightfall’ and the delay of The Final Shape – as well as a bunch of layoffs – faith in the MMO-like FPS has fallen somewhat. While this sentiment remains, Bungie …

CD Projekt Red has made some surprising Witcher-related announcements recently. Not only is The Witcher 3 soon getting support for a full mod editor, enabling creators to make their own quests and original content in the game, but the studio is also going back and updating The Witcher 1 & …

While Valve might be ditching macOS support for its new releases like Counter-Strike 2, plenty of other developers are actually increasing their support for the system. CD Projekt Red is amongst that group, as the company is going back to The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2 to support newer …

Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is finally set to launch in September, over 2 and a half years on from the initial release of the base game. This will be Cyberpunk 2077's only expansion, as CD Projekt Red is looking to leave its RED Engine tech behind and move all future …

Last year, CD Projekt Red announced a huge roadmap of titles, with a new Witcher trilogy, new Witcher spin-off games and a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel all making the list. Unfortunately right now, all of these projects are in the early stages and as a result, CD Projekt Red has found …

8 years on from its initial launch, The Witcher 3 is going stronger than ever. Originally released for PS4, Xbox One and PC, the game has seen continued support over the years, coming to the Switch and more recently the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S – adding ray-tracing among other …

Last week, CD Projekt announced that it has “a new framework” in place for its Witcher spin-off game, Project Sirius. The game was primarily in development at The Molasses Flood, but unfortunately, it looks like recent changes to the game's development plan have led to layoffs.  In total, 29 developers …

Earlier this year, CD Projekt Red told investors that it had plans to ‘write off' funds spent on an upcoming game, Project Sirius, as the team plans to reboot and start again. Now, Project Sirius is back on track, CD Projekt has revealed.  Project Sirius, which is in development at …

Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red told investors that it had plans to ‘write off' funds spent on an upcoming game, Project Sirius, as the team plans to reboot and start again. Now, the company has explained this a bit more, citing a new effort to “cut costs early” rather …

Last year, CD Projekt Red announced a slate of projects, including a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 and several Witcher games. We know that a Witcher 1 Remake is on the way, as well as a new trilogy of mainline Witcher RPGs. Alongside this, a smaller co-op focused Witcher game is …

CD Projekt Red learned a lot after making the first Witcher game. While that title is looked back on fondly by hardcore fans of the series, it is inaccessible to most due to never getting a console release, not to mention the outdated visuals and gameplay. Fortunately, a remake is …

While initially CD Projekt Red had planned to release next-gen updates for The Witcher 3 in 2021, it was later pushed to 2022. The enhanced version of The Witcher 3 was being developed by Saber Interactive, but CD Projekt Red took over development earlier this year, planning for a Q4 …

Last month CD Projekt Red revealed its upcoming roadmap, including multiple Witcher games. Aside from a complete remake of The Witcher 1, CD Projekt Red has also formed a new team to work on a brand new Witcher trilogy. Now, the new Witcher saga officially has a director.  Sebastian Kalemba …

Henry Cavill impressed many fans with his performance as Geralt of Rivia in the first seasons of The Witcher. Unfortunately, with Cavill now returning to his role as Superman in the DC movies, he is stepping away from The Witcher, and a replacement has already been chosen.  Since The Witcher's …

CD Projekt Red learned a lot after making the first Witcher game. While that title is looked back on fondly by hardcore fans of the series, it is inaccessible to most due to never getting a console release, not to mention the outdated visuals and gameplay. Fortunately, CD Projekt Red is going back to its roots, announcing a full remake.

Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red held its first investor event since the release of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and the resurgence of Cyberpunk 2077 across PC and consoles. As it turns out, the company is incredibly busy with new and upcoming projects. For starters, yes Cyberpunk 2077 will have a sequel, …

While Netflix's live-action Witcher series has been well received so far, but there was quite a lengthy gap between Season 1 and Season 2. Fortunately it looks like Season 3 will be coming a bit sooner, with Netflix announcing plans to air in Summer 2023.  The Witcher Season 3 began …

Earlier this year, CD Projekt Red surprisingly announced that it has begun working on its fourth major Witcher RPG, moving away from the RED Engine to Epic's Unreal Engine 5. The game was announced very early, as it is just entering pre-production. It seems that the financial fallout from Cyberpunk …

In March, CD Projekt Red announced a new Witcher game during GDC. In a major shift, the studio also announced that it was moving all future development to Unreal Engine 5. Now, with UE5 officially available to all and after hiring for some new roles, The Witcher 4 has officially …

Last night, CD Projekt Red held its quarterly investors call, unveiling new milestones, changes within the company, and future plans at the studio. Alongside sales milestone updates on Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt has also reached new milestones for The Witcher franchise, which has now accrued over 65 million sales. Back …

Last night, CD Projekt Red held its quarterly investors call, unveiling new milestones, changes within the company, and future plans at the studio. Surprisingly, the studio gave us our first update on Cyberpunk 2077 sales in over a year.  In 2020, Cyberpunk 2077 sold 13.7 million copies, a figure that …

Yesterday, CD Projekt Red surprised us all with the announcement of a new Witcher saga, developed on Unreal Engine 5 as part of a new partnership with Epic Games. While many developers partnering with Epic tend to release PC games exclusively on the Epic Games Store, CD Projekt has made …

We've known for quite some time that CD Projekt Red plans to return to The Witcher IP eventually. Today in a surprise announcement, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that development has begun on a new Witcher saga – marking the start of a potential new trilogy. We don't know much …