CDPR is working on a "reboot" of The Witcher

If CD Projekt Red is anything today, it owes it to The Witcher, the amazing Geralt of Rivia story produced by the Polish studio, based on the novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, which culminated with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the best games of the previous decade.

To keep the spirit alive, CDPR has launched a few card games based on the same universe, as well as a title for smartphones released last summer, but nothing to brag about.

Since the advent of the third installment of the story, the study has been transformed into Cyberpunk 2077, a title on which it had already begun working prior to that point, and which has kept the study completely occupied until recently.

And, in terms of the future, CD Projekt Red has made a decision that they have looked to the past for inspiration in order to choose their next great step. A significant milestone, as stated on its website, is the return to The Witcher universe, with what the business refers to as "the beginning of a new saga."

The first (and so far only) image of this fresh beginning of The Witcher is a medallion of the Cat School in the snow, hinting that Geralt de Rivia may not be its protagonist, though it does not appear plausible that CDPR will abandon the character and everything constructed around him.

Is there a golden secondary? Will you be on time? We don't know, because the study at the moment doesn't advance the game's plot line at all.

Yes, they have stated that REDengine would not be utilized for this upcoming installment of The Witcher, which is a surprise. Instead, as part of a collaboration deal made between CD Project Red and Epic Games, the Polish studio has chosen Unreal Engine 5.

However, CDPR will continue to work on REDengine in preparation for the next Cyberpunk 2077 expansion.

One of the first questions CDPR has answered, certainly, anticipating many users' fears, is that the collaboration between the two firms will not result in the forthcoming version of The Witcher being exclusive to the Epic Games Store.

We can expect it to be released at the very least on GOG, the CDPR store, and, while not necessarily on the first day, it would be surprising if it wasn't also distributed through Steam.

The Witcher and Unreal Engine 5 were both wise choices.

The first is that, following the reputational crisis caused by the Cyberpunk 2077 catastrophe at its launch, the studio urgently has to recover user trust, and by using the tale that won him his name and fame, he may add a few points to that scoreboard.

Furthermore, it suggests that the company is returning to an environment that it is quite familiar with, which leads us to believe that it is already prepared to confront many of the issues that may come throughout development.

Using Unreal Engine 5 frees the studio from having to review and improve their own engine, allowing them to focus on producing the game itself.

Everything we've seen so far from Unreal Engine 5 is very promising; the demo released to coincide with the release of Matrix: Revolutions was spectacular, and if the development team is able to squeeze the functions and features of it well, leaving behind the limitations of REDengine, the result could be much, much better than what we, unfortunately, saw with the arrival of Cyberpunk 2077.

Obviously, we will still have to wait a long time (years) for the release of the new The Witcher; this is just a teaser to get our engines revved up.

But, and this is a term we haven't heard in a long time, it appears that CD Projekt Red is on the right track.