Polish game studio CD PROJEKT RED will be an action RPG by the company on March 22 (Tuesday).“The Witcher”about,Developing a new seriesI made it clear.
#The witcher A new chapter opens https://t.co/oKwfmGVlLy pic.twitter.com/BlWVZNxIqH
– CD PROJECT RED Japan (@CDPRJP) March 21, 2022
The Witcher series is a Polish writerAndrzej SapkowskiA monster extermination action RPG based on the dark fantasy novel of the same name written by him. After the first release in 2007, in 2015“The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt”Was released and as of April 2021Cumulative sales of the series exceeded 50 million.. “The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt”Number of sales of 30 million or more on a stand-alone basisIs recorded.
– CD PROJEKT IR (@CDPROJEKTRED_IR) April 22, 2021
The live-action drama version produced by Netflix was also a hot topic, but in the announcement about this new work, it is a medal that symbolizes “Witcher”.“A new chapter opens the curtain”Except for one image that shows the characters of, the details of the contents are shrouded in mystery.
On the other hand, CD PROJEKT REDOn the official websiteReported that it has entered into a multi-year technical partnership with Epic Games.In the development of new works, the original engine that has been used in the past「REDengine」By Epic Games「Unreal Engine 5」I told you that I would move to.
Also, regarding engine migration, in the development of Unreal Engine 5 and later versions.Including technical tie-upsIt is said that it will be.By this correspondence“I want to evolve the open world experience through Unreal Engine to a better one.”Said CD PROJEKT RED.
The specific release date and platform information of the new “The Witcher” series have not been disclosed, and future updates are awaited. An action RPG scheduled to be released in the future“Cyberpunk 2077”For extended content,Continued development with RED engineAnd that.
The full text of the press release is as follows.
The new chapter of “The Witcher” opens
CD PROJEKT RED and Epic Games form strategic partnership to start development on Unreal Engine 5
CD PROJEKT RED today has entered into a technical partnership with Epic Games to announce that a new release in the “The Witcher” series is under development on Unreal Engine 5.
Today, it’s officially announced that a new blockbuster RPG franchise, The Witcher, is under development. This is the first work since the open world RPG “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt”, which has won more than 250 Game of the Year Awards and released two extended contents, “The Heartless Heart” and “Blood Sake”.
The teaser image released this time says “A New Saga Begins” along with a medal that symbolizes “The Witcher”. No information other than the new release in The Witcher series has been disclosed, including the development period and release date.
In addition, CD PROJEKT RED has been developing based on the company’s own RED engine since “The Witcher 2: Assassin of King 2” released in 2011, but this time it is a multi-year technical partnership with Epic Games. We also announced that we will move the development environment to Unreal Engine 5. This partnership includes not only Unreal Engine 5 licensing, but also technical partnerships in the development of Unreal Engine 5 and later versions. Starting with the new release of the “The Witcher” series announced this time, both the CD PROJEKT RED and Epic Games development teams will work together to evolve the open world experience through Unreal Engine.
Regarding Unreal Engine 5 and future title development, CD PROJEKT RED CTO Paweł Zawodny said:
CD PROJEKT RED cites the enhancement of technological capabilities as a core element of “RED 2.0”, an initiative to reform the internal management policy, and the partnership with Epic Games is part of that. In addition to signing a general license agreement, the two companies have been discussing on the premise of a long-term partnership. In developing a new title, it is of utmost importance to determine technical guidelines at the earliest possible stage. We have spent a lot of resources and effort optimizing his RED engine every time we work on a new title. The technical partnership with Epic Games will not only make it possible to use cutting-edge game development tools, but it will also make it easier to calculate the development period and increase efficiency, so improvements in various aspects will be made. Can be expected. We are very pleased to be able to develop the best games with Unreal Engine 5 in the future.
Regarding the partnership, Tim Sweeney, founder and CEO of Epic Games, said:
At Epic, we’ve worked on Unreal Engine 5 to help different teams create a dynamic open world that pursues overwhelming scale and realism. We believe that this partnership with the highly honored CD PROJEKT RED will bring us a breakthrough in interactive storytelling and gameplay, while at the same time bringing long-term benefits to the entire development community.
In addition, CD PROJEKT RED has announced that it will continue to use REDengine for the extended content of “Cyberpunk 2077,” which is scheduled to be released in the future.
About the “The Witcher” series
Developed by CD PROJEKT RED, the “The Witcher” series is a series of dark fantasy RPGs featuring a thrilling story of choices and results, as well as crafted characters. We have sold more than 50 million units in the series and have won more than 1000 awards. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released for his PC / PlayStation 4 / Xbox One in 2015 and for the Nintendo Switch in 2019, winning over 250 awards and making him over 30 million worldwide. Was sold. The Witcher game work is based on the worldview created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski in his novel.
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio founded in Poland in 2002 that develops and publishes games for PC and home video game consoles. Representative works are the “The Witcher” series, “Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales”, “Gwent Witcher Card Game”, and the blockbuster RPG “Cyberpunk 2077” set in the near future. CD PROJEKT RED and his GOG.COM, a game distribution platform for PCs and Macs, both belong to the Warsaw Stock Exchange-listed company CD PROJEKT Group (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).
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