CDPR clarifies that the next-generation version of The Witcher 3 is not deadlocked, and the next-generation works will be built with Unreal 5

IT House News on April 15th, when CD Projekt RED announced the postponement of the release date of the next-generation version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, it did not give a new release time, leading to widespread speculation that the project may be in some kind of development impasse among.

However, on yesterday’s earnings call, Michał Nowakowski, CDPR’s vice president of business development and board member, said that wasn’t the case.

I’d say actually one of the hot news that I’ve been popping up on the internet, one of which has caught my eye, is that The Witcher 3’s next-gen game has been delayed indefinitely, and it sounds like the game is going in some kind of development problem. I would say this is a bit of a misunderstanding. There’s been a lot of hints that we’ll be releasing in June or something, but that’s not the case, we’re all doing better things in-house right now. The next generation of The Witcher 3 will also be done in-house. We’re evaluating our development time, it’s going to take a little time to investigate, that’s what we’re going to say. No one is saying the game will be delayed. There’s only so much I can say about the next generation of The Witcher 3, but I really want to emphasize that fact.

During the conference call, CD Projekt RED president and co-CEO Adam Kiciński also said that The Witcher 3 next-gen title will take about 15 in-house developers to complete.

In addition, CD Projekt RED also said that the multiplayer mode of “Cyberpunk 2077” was cut off. CDPR CFO Piotr Nielubowicz revealed that the studio will not use in-house technology to develop multiplayer games, and that future game projects will be based on Unreal Engine 5.

Over the past few years, we’ve worked on developing our own multiplayer technology, but recently decided to strategically partner with Epic Games and use Unreal 5 to complete advanced multiplayer development, so we stopped further development of our own technology , and invested nearly $4.9 million respectively.

IT House reported that today, the company shared new data in its 2022 report and announced some significant progress.

Cyberpunk 2077 digital and physical sales now exceed 18 million copies.Sales of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have broken through 40 million copiesthe entire “Witcher” series has sold more than 65 million copies.

In addition, CD Projekt RED has confirmed that the first story expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 will be released in Launching in 2023. Studio president Adam Kicinski said multiple teams were involved in the development of the expansion.