CD PROJEKT RED has announced today that a new installment in The Witcher video game series is in the works. Instead of their their proprietary REDengine, this time the developers are opting for Unreal Engine 5 as the game engine as part of a new multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games.

Not much was revealed for the announcement other than the teaser image featured above along with the tag line "A New Saga Begins".

This partnership raised some eyebrows regarding whether the title will be exclusive to the Epic Games Store. Responding to such a query on Twitter, the official The Witcher game account clarified that they are "not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront".

We are not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront.

— The Witcher (@witchergame) March 21, 2022

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[Psiolowavio]

Don't pre order

 

[1c4rus]

it also means it's more likely to look ugly and have god rays and path tracing splashed everywhere with no real thought or artistic intent behind the visuals.

Hate on Epic to death isn't new but nitpicking on one of the best engine out there just because it's from Epic is another level of shitshow now. Devs can use any post fx's as they please and even tailor the engine from source code to their needs.

 

[64bitmodels]

one of the best engine out there

what is "best" about it other than being nice eye candy for graphic whores?

 

[ZeroFX]

Crap.

What a bunch of shilling crap. Also, i mentioned "UE5 launch" on my post, stop taking things to heart and learn to read carefully.

 

[MaxiBash]

Cyberpunk is still a mess.

Perhaps on PC it's better, but on PS4?

 

[wolffangalchemist]

Perhaps on PC it's better, but on PS4?

pc was not really all that bad even on launch. i never personally had any trouble that made it unplayble.

 

[wolf-snake]

See you guys in like 8 years i guess.

 

[johnDoe11718]

Just a heads-up to everyone who's looking forward to this game; don't pre-order.
Just don't. Trust me.
Remember all the hype about Cyberpunk 2077 back then? Yeah, we all remember.

 

[emilin_rose]

Please be better than 2077, please.

 

[leon315]

Now I noticed it will be using "Unreal Engine 5", but NOT their owned Red Engine, guess is it too much of costs to keep supporting the last? so just use the UE5?