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One of my favorite series. A new Witcher game is in the works. It will use Unreal Engine 5. The teaser image shows the emblem of the School of the Cat or Lynx, as opposed to Geralt's School of the Wolf.

Spoiler: Teaser Image

CD Projekt has confirmed that a new Witcher game is in development, "kicking off a new saga for the franchise."

The new game will be built using Unreal Engine 5 rather than CD Projekt's REDengine, which the studio said will begin "a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games."

"It covers not only licensing, but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant," CD Projekt said. "We'll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences."

CD Projekt said that the change to the new engine was made to help streamline the development process. "From the outset, we did not consider a typical licensing arrangement; both we and Epic see this as a long-term, fulfilling tech partnership," CD Projekt Red CTO Paweł Zawodny said. "It is vital for CD Projekt Red to have the technical direction of our next game decided from the earliest possible phase as in the past, we spent a lot of resources and energy to evolve and adapt REDengine with every subsequent game release.

Read More: https://www.pcgamer.com/witcher-4-announced/