CD Projekt has simply turned up at The Sport Awards to point out off the sport we’ve all been referring to as The Witcher 4 or by way of its codename Polaris up till this level.
This comes not lengthy after the writer revealed that this subsequent Witcher sport had gone into full manufacturing late final month, as a part of CDPR’s newest monetary replace. These earnings calls have been just about the one supply of concrete data we’ve had on the sport because it was initially introduced by way of that picture of a medallion within the snow that we’ve all seen 9 million occasions by now.
Now, taking to the stage alongside the Keighley, CD Projekt has proven a brand new trailer, working in Unreal Engine 5 and working on as-yet-undisclosed GeForce RTX GPU tech, that exhibits off some incredible-looking footage (with unimaginable lighting, no much less) that introduces Siri as the brand new, titular, Witcher.
The trailer exhibits off Ciri’s forays into defending the folks and coping with the fantasy paranormal, and her distressing visions and flirtations with the astral do not appear to have gotten any higher because the occasions of Wild Hunt.
Try the trailer beneath.
“The Witcher IV is an upcoming single-player open-world RPG from CD PROJEKT RED, the creators of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” says the trailer description. “The start of a brand new saga, and a follow-up to one of the crucial acclaimed RPGs of all time, Ciri takes heart stage because the protagonist, embarking on her personal journey to turn into knowledgeable monster slayer.”
So, we now know that we’ll be enjoying as Ciri within the sport, one thing quite a lot of people had theorised even previous to Geralt actor Doug Cockle suggesting that the star of each Witcher sport up to now might be “a component” of the sport, however not the primary focus. He is since revealed he bought a little bit of a telling off for that.
Except for Gerry, the one different character that’d been hinted as being in The Witcher 4 was some man referred to as Branko, discovered by way of the CV of Star Wars: Andor and EastEnders actor Jake Lampert listed on a Highlight, a UK casting web site.
If you wish to have fun now understanding extra in regards to the subsequent Witcher sport, why not do what I didn’t way back and goof round in The Witcher 3 with a mod that permits Geralt to show right into a centaur by blowing an enormous horn.
