CD PROJEKT has made a surprising new claim regarding The Witcher series; The Witcher 4, The Witcher 5 and The Witcher 6 are all currently planned to be release within a six-year period.
This news was shared at a company conference, which has now been released to the public.
During the conference Co-CEO Michał Nowakowski was asked about using Unreal Engine 5 for The Witcher 4, and if the following titles could be delivered on a shorter and more predictable cadence. In response to the question, Nowakowski stated their current plans are to release the entire new trilogy (4, 5 and 6) within a six-year period, and that would involve shorter development times between the release of The Witcher 4 and The Witcher 5, as well as between 5 and The Witcher 6.
Here is the full quote:
We’ve been using UE5 for The Witcher 4 for almost five years now [IR comment: almost four years], and we’re very happy with what we’ve achieved. I think you could have seen some of that with your own eyes with our tech demo reveal at Unreal Fest couple of months ago, and we’re very happy with the results of that as well – we’ve already said that, but I’m always happy to say it again – and we’re happy with how the engine is evolving through the Epic team’s eYorts, and how we are learning how to make it work within a huge open-world game, as TW4 is meant to be. In a way, yes, I do believe that further games should be delivered in a shorter period of time – as we had stated before, our plan still is to launch the whole trilogy within a six-year period, so yes, that would mean we would plan to have a shorter development time between TW4 and TW5, between TW5 and TW6 and so on.
When compared to the original trilogy, The Witcher was released in 2007, with its sequel The Witcher 2 arriving four years later in 2011. The Witcher 3 was the first title to go fully open-world, and launched four years later in 2015. This eight year cycle saw three very distinct games releasing across different hardware, while the next three titles are all planned to follow the same style and use the same engine.
If CD PROJEKT will be able to stick to these plans is yet to be seen, but the company is confident as the development of The Witcher 4 remains on track—though a release date has yet to be announced.
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