Today CDPR officially announced that the new work of the "The Witcher" series is in development! The new game will use Unreal Engine 5, open world setting, and after the beloved "White Wolf" Geralt trilogy, the official statement is that "a whole new chapter for this series"! At present, there is not much official announcement, including the development cycle and release time can not be confirmed; but it can be confirmed that the new "Wizard" game will open a new legend, and will carry out new technical cooperation with Epic Games, but it is not exclusive to the Epic platform.
Jason Slama, the director of the new game, retweeted the tweet and said: The team is recruiting a large number of people to make the game, would you like to join? "I'm thrilled to announce that as the game director of The Witcher, the next big AAA game masterpiece, I've been working hard to ensure its success! Can you join the team? We currently have a large number of vacancies and can even discuss the possibility of working remotely! ”
At the same time, when asked about the mandatory overtime in the development of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, Slama said that "it will never happen under my supervision" and promised to provide better working conditions for developers of new games.
The New Wizard will explore the development engine level in collaboration with Epic. According to the newly released main visual image, it is implied that the game may have Ciri as the protagonist. However, the official has not announced the subtitle of the new work, and the specific release time has not yet been announced, and more details need to be subject to the information officially released by the subsequent CDPR.