The Witcher 4 About to Enter ‘Full-Fledged’ Manufacturing Quickly, CD Projekt Pink Confirms

The fourth Witcher sport, codenamed Venture Polaris, is ready to enter manufacturing quickly, developer CD Projekt Pink confirmed Wednesday. In a press release detailing its earnings within the first half of the monetary yr, the studio mentioned it was about to conclude pre-production on the title. The Witcher 4 was first introduced by CD Projekt Pink in 2022 and later confirmed to be the primary in a brand new trilogy of The Witcher video games.

The Witcher 4 Set to Enter Manufacturing

CD Projekt Pink is ready to start the full-fledged manufacturing part of Venture Polaris, the corporate mentioned in its press assertion outlining its monetary outcomes for H1 2024. “Work on Polaris is progressing – its growth group is nearing a significant milestone which can mark the tip of the preproduction part,” Michał Nowakowski, CD Projekt Pink joint CEO, mentioned.

The studio didn’t present another particulars about The Witcher 4, however did affirm it was “laying the groundwork” for Venture Orion – the subsequent sport set within the Cyberpunk universe.

Venture Polaris was first introduced in March 2022, with the studio confirming the sport could be in-built Epic Video games’ Unreal Engine 5. Later that yr, CD Projekt Pink revealed that Polaris could be the start of a brand new Witcher saga — the primary instalment in a brand new trilogy, with the studio aiming to ship all three video games inside a six-year interval following the launch of The Witcher 4.

What We Know Concerning the Witcher 4

The Witcher 4 is confirmed to be a story-driven open-world RPG, “constructed on the legacy of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.” CD Projekt can also be producing two different Witcher titles outdoors the brand new trilogy — a multiplayer focussed Witcher sport, dubbed Venture Sirius, and “Canis Majoris,” a story-driven open-world title confirmed to be a full Unreal Engine 5-remake of the primary Witcher sport.

In an earlier earnings report delivered in November 2023, CD Projekt Pink confirmed that just about half of the studio — which makes up for over 300 builders — was engaged on The Witcher 4. The corporate, nevertheless, has not introduced a launch timeline for the sport.

Extra lately, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist within the first three video games, claimed that the character would characteristic in The Witcher 4, however not in a central position. “The Witcher 4 has been introduced. I can not say something about it,” Doug Cockle mentioned in an interview earlier this month. “What we all know is that Geralt shall be a part of the sport, we simply do not know the way a lot. And the sport will not give attention to Geralt, so it is not about him this time.”