The Witcherfans are currently in maximum cope overdrive at the moment, following discussion ofThe Witcher 4’spotential release date.
There have been a bunch of threads over the past few months on the topic ofThe Witcher 4’srelease date,like this oneon r/thewitcher3 in which several people theorised that the next game in the franchise likely won’t see release until 2030 at the earliest.
AsCD Projekt REDhad stated in the image featured in the post, Polaris (the current title forThe Witcher 4) was only in the “pre-production” stage at that point in time.
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Naturally, people weren’t too thrilled about this.This replyfrom user No-Albatross6471, which simply features a GIF of a bloke looking off into the distance, should probably sum up how fans of the series felt about this potential release window.
The Witcher 3will have to continue to keep us sustained.
There have been hundreds more threads like this since then, with most theorising that they’ll hopefully seeThe Witcher 4sometime before they have to start claiming their pensions.
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But is there any basis for this speculation? “Pre-production” can mean anything from “We’re thinking about thinking about it” to “We’re ready to start now”, so how can we know for sure?
Sasko specifically stated that Polaris “will enter production this year”, before production begins on bothThe Witcher RemakeandThe Witcher Sirius. He also referred toThe Witcher 4as “the most advanced of all of those” titles in terms of pre-production.
Development cycles for big AAA games like these can really take anywhere from a couple of years to almost a decade, depending on several different extenuating factors (like, for instance, if a publisher decides they want to force a half-baked product out of the door before it’s ready).
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I reckon we will see it before 2030, but that’s just me. Would be nice to play it before my eyesight starts to fade in my later years at least. On the plus side, if it does come out in 2030, I’ll have something to do while I’m chilling in a nursing home.
Topics:CD Projekt Red,The Witcher 3,The Witcher
