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New The Witcher Game in the works
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Ass of Can Whooping
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They already showed us the pipeline and the vast majority of their devs are still on Cyberpunk. They're not capable of developing two AAA games simultaniously.
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BigbyTheSheriff
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You mean their strategy?
In the company notice, CDP also said that starting in 2022 it will work on multiple triple-A games and expansions in parallel. The Management Board of CD Projekt also announced further development of its brands and expansion of its expertise in the area of online gaming.
CD Projekt Red to work on multiple AAA games starting in 2022, future marketing campaigns will be much shorter
CD Projekt has released an update to its Group's strategy for the coming years, starting with a change in how it markets games.
and this: https://gameworldobserver.com/2021/...-cd-projekt-redirects-staff-to-other-projects
And the work on the next gen CP2077 is now over.
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Ass of Can Whooping
Banned
You mean their strategy?
In the company notice, CDP also said that starting in 2022 it will work on multiple triple-A games and expansions in parallel. The Management Board of CD Projekt also announced further development of its brands and expansion of its expertise in the area of online gaming.
CD Projekt Red to work on multiple AAA games starting in 2022, future marketing campaigns will be much shorter
CD Projekt has released an update to its Group's strategy for the coming years, starting with a change in how it markets games.www.vg247.com
Lol Multiple AAA games in parallel. AKA 1 game utulising the vast majority of their workforce while the others are worked on by skeleton crews
You've basically just admittied it there anyway. Starting this year. Which means up until now they have definitley NOT been working on W4 in earnist. So 2 years is again a pipe dream.
BigbyTheSheriff
Member
That's why I said, in some form (probably pre-production, conceptualization etc.), the new Witcher has reportedly been in the works for 3-4 years, and gave an estimated (maybe a bit hopeful) release date based on the source which seems more knowledgeable.
Starting this year might just mean full production on multiple games.
Add UE5 and not their mess of an engine, and it might not be another case of development hell like CP2077.
But if it's really 2027/2028, 2030 or whatever, then fuck waiting for this game, even if Witcher is my favourite franchise.
Starting this year might just mean full production on multiple games.
Add UE5 and not their mess of an engine, and it might not be another case of development hell like CP2077.
But if it's really 2027/2028, 2030 or whatever, then fuck waiting for this game, even if Witcher is my favourite franchise.
One flawed release does not make a great dev suddenly terrible. The Witcher series is one of the most beloved in gaming. The f'd up (huge) with Cyberpunk but I don't know why so many people think a dev is only as good as their last release.
GreenAlien
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Edit: Nevermind. 
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Laptop1991
Member
Great news, The Witcher 3 is a great game, i hope they stick to the open world like the W3, looking forward to more details.
balls of snow
Member
On the topic of ue 5. A lot of eyes are gonna be on Hellblade 2 now which has a similar aesthetic to witcher.
BouncyFrag
Member
I can wait. Just need to get a little cozy.
Ezquimacore
Banned
They gotta use Geralt or Ciri, don't try some weird shit.
balls of snow
Member
Which will come out first Gta 6, Witcher 4 or elder scrolls 6. Lol.That's why I said, in some form (probably pre-production, conceptualization etc.), the new Witcher has reportedly been in the works for 3-4 years, and gave an estimated (maybe a bit hopeful) release date based on the source which seems more knowledgeable.
Starting this year might just mean full production on multiple games.
Add UE5 and not their mess of an engine, and it might not be another case of development hell like CP2077.
But if it's really 2027/2028, 2030 or whatever, then fuck waiting for this game, even if Witcher is my favourite franchise.
balls of snow
Member
AdjudicatorHead
Member
No good if it results in the game’s AI and performance being shit on the majority of hardware, is it? Not to mention a boatload of bugs.
When they say pushing the boundaries of graphics, they mean without compromising the actual game experience.
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Hawking Radiation
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This is fantastic news with regards to the use of Unreal Engine 5
Going to make Cyberpunk look like Mario 64.
Going to make Cyberpunk look like Mario 64.
balls of snow
Member
In this case graphics are the only thing that matters actually specifically for the engineers. They dont have time to actually play the game.
AdjudicatorHead
Member
They’re making a general multi platform game engine. Of course the ability to make a stable, optimised, engaging experience across a wide range of hardware in the engine is important. Christ…
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The Cockatrice
Gold Member
I posted this on twitter but my thoughts on this are not as good as everyone elses, well partially not good. Its good news for Witcher fans, such as myself(duh) but bad news for Cyberpunk fans such as myself. Why? Because of the engine switch. The fact that they dropped REDEngine means Cyberpunk is in such a shit state, they'll never fix or add the things we were promised/wanted and besides some story dlc that are 100% going to be some ok at best stuff, we won't see much else. Pretty sure with this announcement they are moving most of their main force to work on Witcher because they now have to learn how to use UE5 properly. I mean it took a year for them to give us some average fixes for the game....a fucking year. It's clear the redengine is fucked with no Witcher 3 next-gen patch/content in sight either.
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Fbh
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Most big open world games with massive amounts of content will have some degree of bugs and glitches. You don't have to look hard on youtube to find videos of similar stuff in the new Horizon or Elden Ring.
Sure, CDPR games were always a bit more buggy and janky than others, but Cyberpunk on Ps4/Xb1 took it to another level. It wasn't just the bugs, it was the horrible framerate, the horrible blurry visuals, the empty streets on top of all the cut content and all the stuff that they talked about for years that just wasn't in the game (including the PC version).
Witcher 3 on Ps4 at its worst (the bog and the middle of Novigrad) was still much better than the standard experience of Cyberpunk on ps4.
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Javthusiast
Banned
He can choke on deez nutz.
Clintizzle
Lord of Edge.
Move to unreal engine is basically so they can have console ports perform like the PC counterpart. Good move.
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Member
I just can't wait to see how CDPR is going to create new bugs that should never exist within UE5. It's gonna be epic! 
But if this new game is something like Witcher 3, I'll be there day one.... plus some others, time to fix it, and to fix the new bugs they will surely introduce with new updates. It's CDPR after all.
But if this new game is something like Witcher 3, I'll be there day one.... plus some others, time to fix it, and to fix the new bugs they will surely introduce with new updates. It's CDPR after all.
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Gameplay Gods Bless
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The Witcher 4 was already being developed before CP77 had launched.
KungFucius
Member
Way too optimistic. First release date will be 2028 as a gross-gen. That will slip but they will still put out a shitty PS5 version in 2032.
TastyPastry
Member
putin should look into hiring their marketing team. they could even make him look like the good guy.
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Gamer79
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Haha, I just quit Cyberpunk 2077 befre the end today. Played about 12 hours and got to the last mission and just didn't care to play it any more. Felt 0 shits about any of the characters including V and Johnny and just gave up. Hopefully the new Witcher can get Project Red back on track.
SlimeGooGoo
Party Gooper
Acquisition incoming.
Seriously though, this Unreal Engine only future is kinda scary.
Seriously though, this Unreal Engine only future is kinda scary.
Hinedorf
Banned
Epic Games........ wow way to not know or understand your fanbase..... for me that means it's on the pass list until it's on steam if ever. As a consumer Epic and it's store is just a pass for me forever more.
Would gladly be a day 1 buyer otherwise even with all the Cyberpunk crap but to me Epic is a double down on internal bad decision making. Thankfully CDPR is telling us who they are now... a company of preorder chasers letting their title be sold to the worst distributor just to collect a few more pennies on the dollar while likely jerking off the final product just like Cyberpunk.
EDIT..... CONFIRMED - this partnership will not mean the next Witcher game is exclusive to the Epic Games Store.
AND SAVED!!!!!!
Would gladly be a day 1 buyer otherwise even with all the Cyberpunk crap but to me Epic is a double down on internal bad decision making. Thankfully CDPR is telling us who they are now... a company of preorder chasers letting their title be sold to the worst distributor just to collect a few more pennies on the dollar while likely jerking off the final product just like Cyberpunk.
EDIT..... CONFIRMED - this partnership will not mean the next Witcher game is exclusive to the Epic Games Store.
AND SAVED!!!!!!
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Fox Mulder
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Switching to Unreal lets them just work on creating a game instead of messing around with a proprietary engine. They can find people experienced in Unreal. They had to build all kinds of stuff for Cyberpunk in the engine because it was different genre than Witcher.
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Mozzarella
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Meh, I understand people getting excited but im not.
I wanted VTMB 2 instead of more Witcher.
I wanted VTMB 2 instead of more Witcher.
Rocco Schiavone
Member
Enough idiots will preorder the game no matter what.
balls of snow
Member
So sure of yourself how can you not be dissapointed.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
CDPR is skating on borrowed reputation. The Witcher was buggy and got bad to middling reviews. The Witcher 2 got moderate reviews. The Witcher 3 is their only "beloved" game with universal praise. Cyberpunk was a trash fire. Calling their track record spotty would be generous. Gamers have a short memory, unless you give them shit twice in a row. CDPR basically has one chance to save their reputation after Cyberpunk.
Amiga
Member
They switched to UE5 to avoid that problem. As a big game they will get close technical support from Epic who would want this as a showcase.
May not be as simple for Fromsoft. they need complete control over hit-detection.
Halo is Back
Member
Sounds like a desperate attempt to save thier reputation. This time I will wait a while before buying the game.
Chronicle
Member
Nah. I absolutely stand by what I said. Gamers are fickle. Gamers are famous for:
Uncontrolled blistering hype based on almost nothing.
Canceled games 'would have been the greatest ever'
So and so said therefore it is written in granite.
Triple dip
This company bought this company so the war is over.
Etc.
Also in your argument you disprove yourself by saying 'give them shit twice in a row' Ala Witcher 1 and 2 according to you. They all bought 3 a cried about the framerate.
Gamers are fickle and fooled easily.
Dorohedoro
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Strategize
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I'm sure the game will be great...after about a year of patches.