CD Projekt RED announces the development of a new opus for the video game adaptation of The Witcher with Unreal Engine 5 graphics engine, thus marking the beginning of a new saga under license from the Polish publisher.
Since The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings released in 2011, CD Projekt RED has always used its own REDengine technology to develop its games from the ground up. Developers CD Projekt chose to partner with Epic Games to help tweak Unreal Engine 5 for an open world experience in the development of the new Witcher game.
Strategic partnership between CD Projekt RED and Epic Games
Commenting on the use of the Unreal Engine 5 graphics engine for the upcoming The Witcher games, CD Projekt RED CTO Pavel Zavodny said: “Major aspects of the transformation inside RED 2.0 with a focus on technology, as well as collaboration with Epic Games, created by principle. Dès le départ, nous n’avons pas envisage un Accord de License Typeque; Epic et nous-mêmes voyons cela comme un partenariat technologique fructueux pour le long terme.
It is vital for CD Projekt RED, which focuses on notre-pro-chain technique to decide, and also what is possible, a car, compared to the past, Avons nous does not depend on resources and energy for a fair evolution and the REDengine adapter à chaque sortie de jeu. Cette coopération est tres excitante, car elle permettra d’améliorer la fiabilité et l’efficacité du développement, tout en nous donnant accès à des outils de développement de pointe.”
Tim Sweeney, Founder and CEO of Epic Games, commented on the strategic partnership: “We designed Unreal Engine 5 to enable developers to create dynamic open worlds of unprecedented scale and fidelity. We are very honored to partner with CD Projekt RED to push the boundaries of interactive storytelling and gameplay together, an effort that will benefit the developer community for years to come. ”
The new Witcher saga from CD Projekt RED
The Medallion of the School of the Cat, visible in the first teaser, suggests that the new opus of The Witcher license will be dedicated to one of the schools of witchers, bringing together failed monster hunters, lunatics, psychopaths or sadists, such as Brechen, Gaetan, Guxart, Jad. Karadin, Kiyan or even Trace.