Witcher 4 authors have revealed the transition to a new engine

Business CD Project Redwho made the hit The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt revealed the transition to a new engine in the game she is developing”The Witcher 4

Most recently, the developers announced The Witcher 4 game, immediately announcing that it will be developed on the Unreal Engine 5 engine, rather than their own REDengine, on which The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077 were created. Now the studio has explained the reasons for this transition. The authors note that the decision to choose a new engine to create The Witcher 4 was made because of the stability of Unreal Engine 5. According to representatives of CD Projekt RED, the authors want to work on an engine that “will not break down.” in 1600 places” and in-game are subject to any changes. It is possible that the authors are thus implying that the development of games on REDengine has caused quite a few problems.

In addition, CD Projekt RED decided to make the Witcher 4 game on a new engine, also because of Unreal Engine 5’s new focus on the open world and not on linear games. It is worth noting that the last two games from the developers – Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – received large open worlds. It’s pretty clear that The Witcher 4 will come out with an open world as well. In addition, given the words of CD Projekt RED about the stability of Unreal Engine 5, we can remember the problematic release of Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020. Most likely, the developers do not want to repeat such errors.

The Witcher 4 doesn’t have a release date yet. It is also unknown if any of the heroes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, such as Geralt, Ciri or Yennefer, will return to the new game.