CD Projekt Red has just announced the development of a new Witcher game in the highly acclaimed video game series, as well as a new engine.

CD Projekt Red is now announcing their latest venture into The Witcher universe with the headline, “A new saga begins.” This upcoming game was also announced to be using a new engine, Unreal Engine 5, a departure from the studios RED Engine.

On thewitcher.com CDPR released this statement to announce their new game’s development.

“We’re happy to announce that the next installment in The Witcher series of video games is currently in development, kicking off a new saga for the franchise.

This is an exciting moment as we’re moving from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5, beginning a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games. It covers not only licensing but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant. We’ll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences.

At this point, no further details regarding the game — such as a development time frame or release date — are available.

REDengine, the technology which powers Cyberpunk 2077, is still being used for the development of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion.”

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Cd Projekt Red CTO, Pawel Zawodny talked further on the upcoming title, “One of the core aspects of our internal RED 2.0 Transformation is a much stronger focus on technology, and our cooperation with Epic Games is based on this principle. From the outset, we did not consider a typical licensing arrangement; both we and Epic see this as a long-term, fulfilling tech partnership.

Zawodny continued to talk about the benefits of Unreal Engine 5, “It is vital for CD PROJEKT RED to have the technical direction of our next game decided from the earliest possible phase as; in the past, we spent a lot of resources and energy to evolve and adapt REDengine with every subsequent game release. This cooperation is so exciting because it will elevate development predictability and efficiency, while simultaneously granting us access to cutting-edge game development tools. I can’t wait for the great games we’re going to create using Unreal Engine 5!”

CEO of Epic Games, the parent company of the Unreal Engine, Tim Sweeney, also had a statement on the matter, “We are deeply honored by the opportunity to partner with CD PROJEKT RED to push the limits of interactive storytelling and gameplay together, and this effort will benefit the developer community for years to come.”

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