The question is not very clear, but in the new interview CD Project RED The idea of being published by Games Business seems to have emerged, and the team has Forced by the development of “The Witcher 4”one Production on The Witcher Remastered halted.
The remake of the first chapter of the series is just one of many projects CD Projekt RED is working on, although the project is being developed in Collaboration with the Fool Theory Team. Despite outsourcing, there was a clear lack of resources to move this project forward along with other projects.
The exact situation has not been spelled out yet, but CEO Michał Nowakowski told GamesBusiness that the studio “need more time”, indicating a shift in commitment.
Some technical issues that need to be addressed
“We consider The Witcher 3 to be a closed chapter and we will never return to it,” he reported Michał Nowakowski, coalition government representative Produced by CD Projekt Red at The Game Business. “But some happy accidents happened.”
“We started a Working with Fool’s Theory, who were supposed to be working on The Witcher 1 remakebut we realize that due to some technical dependencies related to The Witcher 4, this will take longer. ”
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In fact, we haven’t heard anything about a Witcher remaster in quite some time, and it’s clear that this is a project destined to come after The Witcher 4, and perhaps a little later than the company’s other games.
However, surprisingly, development on the project has essentially been put on hold pending any clarification from CD Projekt RED.
mysterious”technology dependenceThe reason for the pause in development on The Witcher 1 Remake may have to do with the use of Unreal Engine 5, which now represents the new technological foundation for the Polish studio’s work after ditching the proprietary RED engine.
Speaking about the adoption, CD Projekt RED’s CEO assured that the team’s game won’t be similar to other games using the same engine: “We’re really going to be able to stand out. People will think this is still a CDPR game, and the underlying technology is actually irrelevant from a fan’s perspective.”
Recently, the team launched the third chapter of the new expansion pack “Song of the Past”, as well as the technically updated version “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered”.