Confirmed a new game of the Witcher saga and will use Unreal Engine 5

Bomb to start the week! CD Projekt Red has confirmed the development of a new world-based videogame of The Witcher . In fact, he has published the first image, which you can see right at the head of this article.

The Polish study has made the announcement almost silent, through a statement on the website, where they give some of the first details of the project. Among them, in addition to confirming that it is currently and officially under development, it is being built using the unreal engine engine engine 5 , which we have already been able to see in action and with good response from developers and designers thanks The creative facilities offered. In the writing, specify that we will notice the impact of the new engine in your open world .

The use of EU5 is interesting because, until now, CD Projekt used the Renengine for its games, from which they say they will continue to use for the updates of Cyberpunk 2077. Thus they may pretend to avoid the numerous technical problems that have accompanied their last game from the launch.

We had already echoed that the study had the intentions of grow the universe The Witcher , and had dropped that they were hiring new employees for the project. But it is the first time that is indicated officially and open that they are in it.

The image is very revealing. It shows a pendant buried under the snow, but it is not a wolf, but a kind of cat , in addition to a slent that reads "A new saga begins" . A runner rather than evident that, probably, the protagonism stops receiving in Geralt of Rivia or, at least, not so directly. Something that gives you many options of protagonism to CIRI , one of the most important characters of Sapkowski's work, and who carries a similar medallion. Although it may also be that all of start with a new protagonist of another sorcerech school.

At the moment, we will wait for more details, because there are not many more tracks or data, beyond what we tell you. We remind you that this year is scheduled for the version of The Witcher 3 for PS5 and Xbox Series, with technical and visual improvements. The saga is at a great time also thanks to the Netflix series.