The Witcher Remake Announced by CD Projekt Red 4bg4b Built in Unreal Engine 5

Codename Canis Majoris, announced earlier this month, was in reference to this full-fledged The Witcher remake. 3k5g49

Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Akhil Arora, Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 27 October 2022 12:20 IST

The Witcher Remake Announced by CD Projekt Red, Built in Unreal Engine 5

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Fool's Theory comprises veterans from The Witcher series of games

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Fool’s Theory (Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice) leads development
The original The Witcher game launched 15 years ago
CD Projekt Red has a total five The Witcher games planned

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The Witcher is getting a remake. In a tweet, publisher CD Projekt Red confirmed that its 2007 dark fantasy RPG is being rebuilt from the ground up, using Unreal Engine 5. Polish studio Fool's Theory is leading development on the remake, which consists of veteran The Witcher series staff. Of course, CD Projekt Red will provide full creative supervision, as they try expanding the universe over the next few years, with five new games, as revealed during its Group Strategy Update stream, held earlier this month. The company has now confirmed that codename “Canis Majoris,” a full-fledged story-driven open-world title, was in reference to The Witcher remake.

As part of the announcement, PS4.

The original Enhanced Edition, this would be the first time CD Projekt Red is fully rebuilding one.

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We're thrilled to reveal that, together with @Fools_Theory, we're working on remaking The Witcher using Unreal Engine 5 (codename: Canis Majoris)!

We want to do this right, so please be patient — it's gonna be a while until we can share more details.
⚔️ https://t.co/6VCAokPgXs pic.twitter.com/ERFOXQrUEP
— The Witcher (@witchergame) October 26, 2022

“The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD Projekt Red,” said studio head Adam Badowski in a Outriders, among others.

Earlier this month, CD Projekt Red announced Epic Games. As stated before, the same toolkit will be used for The Witcher remake as well.

CD Projekt Red also has plans to expand on the dystopian future-set Cyberpunk 2077 universe, by introducing a sequel codenamed “Orion.” The project is still in early development, and aims to “take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe.”

Further details on The Witcher remake should be revealed in time, though we can expect it to launch across The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, sometime this year.

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