The Witcher Remake is in development!

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CD PROJEKT RED


We are thrilled to announce that The Witcher Remake is being worked on! That's right, the game that started it all is being rebuilt from the ground up in Unreal Engine 5.

The game is currently in the early stages of development at the Polish studio Fool’s Theory, where veteran Witcher series staff are involved. We, as CD PROJEKT RED, are providing full creative supervision.

The Witcher Remake is what you might know by the codename “Canis Majoris”. It’s still early and we want to ensure that the game is created with the utmost care and attention to detail, therefore, while we’re excited to share the news with you, we want to ask you for patience as it will be a while until we start talking about this project in detail.

“The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD PROJEKT RED. It was the first game we made, ever, and it was a big moment for us then. Going back to this place and remaking the game for the next generation of gamers to experience it feels just as big, if not bigger,” said Adam Badowski, Head of Studio, CD PROJEKT RED. “Collaborating with Fool’s Theory on the project is just as exciting, as some of the people there have been previously involved in The Witcher games. They know the source material well, they know how much gamers have been looking forward to seeing the remake happen, and they know how to make incredible and ambitious games. And although it will take some time before we’re ready to share more about and from the game, I know it’ll be worth the wait.”
 
Have the staff watch The Witcher Retrospective by Neverknowsbest on youtube. It describes both the positive and the negatives of the game in glorious detail and would be a boon to the remakers.
 
Holy mother of god this is HUGE! I just started playing The Witcher 1 on PC last month, after falling in love with Cyberpunk and spending 500+ hours on it. Guess I'll finish the game (that I'm loving, btw) and see the true power of UE5 and what's to come to CDPR. Thank you very much, guys.
 
wow, this is my favorite part of the witcher trilogy and I have high hopes for a remake, I believe in you️
and please leave a unique combat system and not make the game "for all gamers"
 
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i'd like a clarification on this though. this is code name Canis Majoris, right? Your Twitter post back on October 4 said, "Canis Majoris is a full-fledged Witcher game, separate to the new Witcher saga starting with Polaris. It will be developed by an external studio headed by experienced developers who have worked on past Witcher games."

doesn't this mean it's a different story? you said in this new announcement it's a remake of the original The Witcher game, so it's going to be about Geralt. I'm confused. Can you clarify CDPR?
 
i'd like a clarification on this though. this is code name Canis Majoris, right? Your Twitter post back on October 4 said, "Canis Majoris is a full-fledged Witcher game, separate to the new Witcher saga starting with Polaris. It will be developed by an external studio headed by experienced developers who have worked on past Witcher games."

doesn't this mean it's a different story? you said in this new announcement it's a remake of the original The Witcher game, so it's going to be about Geralt. I'm confused. Can you clarify CDPR?
The new saga is not the existing trilogy, so this announcement doesn't contradict the earlier one.
A remake of Witcher 1 is a "full-fledged Witcher game"; they never said Canis Majoris would be something entirely new.
 
i'd like a clarification on this though. this is code name Canis Majoris, right? Your Twitter post back on October 4 said, "Canis Majoris is a full-fledged Witcher game, separate to the new Witcher saga starting with Polaris. It will be developed by an external studio headed by experienced developers who have worked on past Witcher games."

doesn't this mean it's a different story? you said in this new announcement it's a remake of the original The Witcher game, so it's going to be about Geralt. I'm confused. Can you clarify CDPR?
"Polaris is a codename for the next installment in The Witcher series of games, which we recently announced was in pre-production. It is the beginning of a new saga: we aim to release two more Witcher games after Polaris, creating a new AAA RPG trilogy."

A whole new saga.

"Canis Majoris is a full-fledged Witcher game, separate to the new Witcher saga starting with Polaris. It will be developed by an external studio headed by experienced developers who have worked on past Witcher games."

Does not specify if it is a remake or brand new game, however states that it is separate to the (brand new) trilogy of project Polaris.

Perhaps this is a little clearer
 
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