The Witcher 4 – AKA Undertaking 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 growth 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 – essentially the most intensive part of growth,” joint CEO Michał Nowakowski wrote in a assertion accompanying its Q3 2024 earnings report. “We’re very happy with our progress on this challenge, and I want to thank the group for its dedication.”
Nowakowski’s replace follows a progress report in August anticipating Undertaking Polaris’ full manufacturing part would begin “quickly”, and CD Projekt’s affirmation that milestone has now been reached was celebrated on social media by Polaris sport 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 exceptional expertise. No stopping now! Keep tuned for what’s on the opposite facet of the coin!”
It has, in fact, been somewhat over two and half years since CD Projekt revealed growth on the following sport in The Witcher collection had begun, however the challenge nonetheless stays a little bit of an enigma. About all we all know thus far, past no matter hypothesis will be eked out of the only 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 at the very least verify the character can be a “a part of” the brand new sport.
Alongside CD Projekt’s Witcher information, the studio has offered up to date gross sales figures for a few of its older titles, confirming Cyberpunk 2077 has now surpassed 30m copies bought. That is 5m greater than the corporate had shifted final October, with the well-recieved Phantom Liberty enlargement additionally promoting an additional 5m copies in the identical timeframe, bringing its complete gross sales as much as 8m. “These are spectacular figures,” Nowakowski added. “I am very completely satisfied to see a big, devoted neighborhood coalesce round our Cyberpunk video games.”
Moreover, CD Projekt has reiterated, as per a teaser 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 type of replace for PS5 Professional.
