CD Projekt Red has quietly announced that its remake of The Witcher will be a full-blown open world adventure.
In CD Projekt Red’s third quarter financial results presentation released on Monday (thanks, IGN), one particular slide mentions that the remake will be a “story-driven, single-player open world RPG – a modern reimaging of 2007’s The Witcher.”
It’s worth highlighting since The Witcher wasn’t an open world game all those years ago, adding some credence to CD Projekt Red’s initial announcement that this remake will be different from the original.
“The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD Projekt Red. It was the first game we made, ever, and it was a big moment for us then,” Adam Badowski, CD Projekt Red studio head, said in an official blog post. “Going back to this place and remaking the game for the next generation of gamers to experience it feels just as big, if not bigger.”
Thus far, all that’s publicly known about the remake is that it’ll be using Unreal Engine 5, and studio Fool’s Theory is assisting with development.
Alongside the remake, several other The Witcher projects are in the works at CD Projekt Red. Namely, The Witcher 3‘s next-gen update and a new mainline game.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
