The Witcher 4: Everything you need to know about the release and content

The Witcher 4 is the long-awaited sequel to the Witcher trilogy about Geralt of Riva. The game is intended to serve as the prelude to a new trilogy

The Witcher 4: Release not yet known

The Witcher 4 with the project name Polaris currently has no planned release date.

• The reason for this lies in the start of the game’s development. Polaris was announced on March 21, 2022 and in an interview with the Reuters news agency in January 2024, the game is scheduled to go into development from the middle of the same year

• According to CD Projekt S.A. CEO Adam Badowski, the Polaris team will have over 400 people involved in the development. The game director will be Sebastian Kalemba, the lead animator of Witcher 3.

• Due to the size of the team and the use of Unreal Engine 5, it can be assumed that The Witcher 4 will be released in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest. We will keep you up to date on a more precise date or release period

The Witcher 4: Contents at a glance

As the latest installment in the video game series of the Witcher saga is still early in the development cycle, information about the content is still sparse.

• It is known that there will be a new protagonist. However, the game continues the previous game trilogy, which starred Geralt.

• Geralt will still appear in Polaris, according to the English voice actor Doug Cockle, who lends his voice to the witcher. This information comes from a YouTube video from the Fall Damage channel featuring Cockle. The game will not revolve around Geralt and it is not yet known how big his role will be

• It can be assumed that the future main character will probably belong to the school of the lynx. The teaser image shows a lynx amulet. As the Lynx School originates from a fanfiction by the authors Smiki55 and Witcher190, it will be interesting to see whether this will have an impact on the game’s story

• According to the studio, the switch to Unreal Engine 5 will place an even greater focus on gaming freedom. At the same time, Polaris is the start of a completely new trilogy, which is to be completed within a period of six years after the release of The Witcher 4