It's also worth remembering that PC-style RPGs were a whole lot less universally accessible in 2007 than they are today. Not that gamers would necessarily have recognized the connection in its initial translation, the story used the word “Hexer” rather than “Witcher.” Before CD Projekt’s game came out, the only exposure English-speaking audiences had to The Witcher was a single translation of a short story in 2000. While today, The Witcher has half-a-dozen bestselling games, a beloved Netflix adaptation and a full series of translated books, the series’ cultural cachet in 2007 looked much different. Written by Ryan Woodrow on behalf of GLHF.However, it’s important to remember that gamers went into The Witcher, by and large, without any preconceived notions. You can read the full announcement post on the official Witcher website. This puts us in mind of The Elder Scrolls 6, which has had no official details since the teaser at E3 2018, although this hopefully won’t be quite as extreme.Įither way, it’s an exciting time to be a Witcher fan, as there are still some mystery projects for the series CD Projekt Red is yet to reveal and we’ll let you know as soon as any more news breaks on this game. In this announcement, the team states that the game is still early in development and asks for patience before it is talked about in any detail.

The announcement promises that the game is being “rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5”, so that should mean this remake will be a proper reimagining of the game, rather than a simple graphical upgrade like some remasters.

This project was originally known under the codename “Canis Majoris” and is being developed by the Polish studio Fool’s Theory, in conjunction with some veteran Witcher developers.

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