The Witcher 4 – AKA Challenge Polaris AKA “the primary instalment within the new Witcher saga”, because it continues to be referred to in lieu of a publicly introduced title – is one other step nearer to launch, with CD Projekt confirming its improvement has shifted to “full-scale manufacturing”.
“I am proud to verify that a number of weeks in the past the Polaris group wrapped up preproduction and moved on to full-scale manufacturing – probably the most intensive section of improvement,” CD Projekt’s joint CEO Michał Nowakowski wrote in a press release accompanying its Q3 2024 earnings report. “We’re more than happy with our progress on this mission, and I want to thank the group for its dedication.”
Nowakowski’s replace follows a progress report in August, which anticipated Challenge Polaris’ full manufacturing section would begin “quickly”, and as we speak’s milestone information was additionally celebrated on social media by Challenge Polaris recreation director Sebastian Kalemba. “With new challenges simply across the nook,” he wrote, “it is the proficient and hard-working individuals who make me imagine we are able to collectively make the upcoming Witcher Saga a outstanding expertise. No stopping now! Keep tuned for what’s on the opposite facet of the coin!”
It has, in fact, been a little bit over two and half years since CD Projekt revealed improvement on the following recreation in The Witcher collection had begun, however the mission nonetheless stays a little bit of an enigma. About all we all know thus far, past no matter hypothesis could be eked out of the one little bit of tantalising promo artwork shared alongside Polaris’ announcement, is that it “will not focus” on Geralt of Rivia. That bit of stories was shared by Geralt actor Doug Cockle earlier this 12 months, though he did not less than verify the character could be a “a part of” the brand new recreation.
Alongside CD Projekt’s Witcher information, the studio has supplied up to date gross sales figures for a few of its older titles, confirming Cypberpunk 2077 has now surpassed 30m copies bought. That is 5m greater than the corporate had shifted in final October, with the well-recieved Phantom Liberty growth additionally promoting an extra 5m copies – bringing its complete gross sales as much as 8m – in the identical timeframe. “These are spectacular figures,” Nowakowski stated of the brand new milestone. “I am very glad to see a big, devoted group coalesce round our Cyberpunk video games.”
Moreover, CD Projekt has reiterated, as per a tease in September, it will be following the success of 2022’s acclaimed Cyberpunk: Edgerunners with a brand-new Netflix animated collection set within the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, though no additional info has been revealed.
CD Projekt beforehand introduced Cyberpunk 2077 is launching for Mac subsequent 12 months, however one factor the sport will not be getting is any sort of replace for PS5 Professional.
