
(If you're wanting to get caught up, here's how to read The Witcher books in order.) The Witcher 4 news the studio is free to pull from any one of his short stories or novels. The author of the Witcher books, Andrzej Sapkowski, signed a new deal with the company to "further solidify their relationship". Potentially, that introduces an entirely new Witcher school. The confirmation that the medallion shown in the game's announcement picture is a lynx certainly suggests that the game will take things in a new direction. After all, Netflix is developing a series set long before the events of the books, Blood Origin is a prequel set 1,000 years before the events of The Witcher.

To avoid continuity issues, perhaps the team will set its story head of the events of Geralt's adventures. Perhaps we'll see the reins pass to Ciri - if it's decided that canonically she survived The Witcher 3. We just need to talk about it and figure out what we're going to do next." "We might even include Geralt in later games potentially. The developer said as much back in 2013: "We are not killing the world and walking away from it, but we will definitely want to make this game the finale in a big way," executive producer John Mamais told Polygon. That doesn't mean he won't return in this new Witcher game, though he likely won't be the main character. But his story arc had ended, the Wild Hunt was over. "This does not mean, of course, that we will leave the world of The Witcher."Īt the end of The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine, monster hunter Geralt was alive and well. "The first three 'Witchers' were by definition a trilogy, so we simply could not name the next game 'The Witcher 4'," Kiciński said in an interview. For a start, it's not really The Witcher 4. But, over the years, CD Projekt Red has said plenty about what a future Witcher game would involve. The official blog post only confirms it's in development and that it's being built in Unreal Engine 5. As stated above, there are few details available about The Witcher 4.
