Good lord, CD Projekt Red is going all-in today, isn't it? The Polish developer has revealed that two new games set in The Witcher universe are happening — and that's alongside the next mainline The Witcher title that was announced a little while ago. Unlike that project, these additional games will not be developed in-house by CDPR.
The first, codenamed Project Sirius, is being crafted by The Molasses Flood, a US studio. It's described as "an innovated take on The Witcher universe telling an unforgettable story for existing Witcher fans and new audiences."
Meanwhile, the second game is codenamed Project Canis Majoris. It's confirmed to be an "open world RPG set in The Witcher universe". It's being developed by a third-party outfit made up of "ex-Witcher veterans". Interesting.
That's a lot of Witcher — especially when that aforementioned next mainline entry is meant to kickstart a whole new trilogy. Jeez!
What do you make of this? Remember to sharpen your swords in the comments section below.
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announce whatever.....
but will it work when delivered
I'm a little concerned that they are biting off more than they can cope with.
They had a hard time making one Cyberpunk - how can they make another and also 3 Witcher games?
I guess we will see, but I'm not getting too excited yet...
@Titntin CDPR's moving to Unreal Engine 5 for the next mainline Witcher game (and we can assume the Cyberpunk sequel and just about everything else, too) which should make everything a lot smoother. These are still ambitious plans, though, perhaps worryingly so.
@ShogunRok Will it though? They've been using the RED engine for years so you'd hope they're clued up on that. Assuming the devs have experience with Unreal engine (I'd like to think so), they may need to learn it. It does make it easier for outsourcing help though. Still, there's more to game development than simply a graphics engine.
Canis Majoris: a constellation in the S hemisphere close to Orion
Ciri in Night City confirmed 🐦⚔️
Any word on the PS5 release of Witcher 3?
@Worlock_ed The Witcher 4 is confirmed to be using UE5. And also with help from Epic Games.
Idk about the new Cyberpunk game though.
@Danloaded nothing yet . It wasn’t included in the Strategy Update video.
The Molasses Flood.
I used to work in a mill when I was younger.
We had this massive drum on concrete pillars where we'd keep the molasses for the horse breeders.
Granted, the failsafe was far from foolproof and had probably been in place since the 70s or something - There were two valves, an inner one and an outer one, and a sign on the side saying, "Open outer valve to attach hose. Then open inner valve. Please close inner valve before closing outer valve!"
What could go wrong?
One day a farmer pulls up with a barrel in the back of a jeep to buy some molasses for his horses.
Without checking if the inner valve was tight (because I was 16 and dumb af), I opened the outer valve to attach the hose.
I didn't really become aware immediately that the last guy had left the inner valve open. But this is only because, before I knew what was happening, I was sitting on my ass on the ground with dead butt cheeks, half blind, half drowned and covered from head to toe in molasses.
That stuff gets everywhere. Between your fingers. In your armpits. Under your finger nails. I had hobbit hair at the time too so that was fun.
And it was the middle of July...
Anyway, yeah, I'll take all the Witcher I can get.
@ShogunRok Thanks for the reminder mate.
Yes, UE5 will help for sure, but I'd suggest its still quite a task they have!
@anoyonmus Yeah I know. What I meant was, they've been using their own in-house engine for such a long time that it shouldn't be an issue for them in the first place.
@Shepherd_Tallon Thanks for the story dude. Made me chuckle and look up that molasses = treacle. I didn't know
@Titntin I'm glad you got a laugh out of it 😂
But yeah it's more or less treacle.
I'll never forget the smell.
Kind of overkill. Wish they would have continued doing new IPs.
Fingers crossed for a release date for Witcher 3 PS5 update 🙁
Wait. So there are two open world Witcher RPGs in production? One in-house and one with a contracted 3rd party team comprising of ex-Witcher devs? That's kind of strange. Maybe it's like a Fallout New Vegas kind of deal or something.
@Ken_Kaniff They also have a new IP in the works, codenamed "Hadar." It will likely be quite a ways off, though, since they mentioned they are still working on the foundation for the new setting and haven't done anything game-related yet.
@Shepherd_Tallon nice anecdote 👍
I think the PR guys got hold of the brainstorming notes and jumped the gun.
Spreading yourself thin is a great way to achieve quality...
It's so hard to get excited for this studio after what they did with CP2077.
@ShogunRok I wonder how PS Users will fare seeing the new Cyberpunk or Witcher games down the line whether PS5 or even a PS6?
Assuming Microsoft's buyout of Activision Blizzard goes ahead,they've shown quite an appetite at monopolising the "Western RPG's" market with their previous buyouts of Bethesda, InExile,Odsidian etc. Making the titles exclusive would be a very Phil Spencer thing to do unfortunately!
Waiting on the Witcher ps5 update
Wow, they just got crazy productive.
A 6 year Witcher Trilogy saga is a "single player story driven game" on overdrive.
Count me in, I'll be Ready! 😀
The Flame In The Flood from Molasses Flood is an underrated PS4 gem - I didn't notice they were acquired by CDPR. It'll be really interesting to see what they do in the Witcher universe.
@MasterVGuides Just seen that right as I seen your response. Glad to hear it.
Toss many bags of coins to the Witcher.
Soooo we're all trusting CDPR again?
@Titntin they are not. Third party are developing it. They just have the rights of the title and all. I am sceptical.
So..innovative take...maybe a turn-based witcher or a tell-tale-esque game. Or maybe a mage school game ala hogwarts?
One of them has to be the remake of the first game.
It never saw the day of light on console, and now that the franchise is so well regarded...
All this is is them trying to Hype up investment again they've learned absolutely nothing from their previous mistakes including announcing projects way too early and then trying to slam them through the last minute and thus releasing it completely bugged and crap or unfinished like cyberpunk all done under extremely crunchy working conditions .
The reason why they're doing it right now in this moment is because they got together in a little boardroom somewhere and saw the numbers of people coming back and playing cyberpunk because of a stupid anime and were 'like hey let's capitalize on this hype and create more hype cuz that worked so well for us last time!'
I'd really like a date for Wild Hunt on PS5 but maybe that's just me being an old fuddy duddy
Yet they can't even give us the remastered Current-Gen Witcher 3...
I hate the combat in Witcher 3. Unless they update it, I have zero interest. I'll just watch the stories on YouTube and save myself hundreds of hours wavering around mashing X to kill crap. After smooth games like Horizon, Elden Ring, etc. I cannot play stuff like this. Great story, but that's about it.
Yay! But will we be alive to play them?
wait... cdpr is farming out these games to medicore, unknown developers? (not that cdpr is much better) haha. mobile card games? witcher spinoffs cashing in on the IP? i guess that is all cdpr is good for anymore. they had their moment in the sun.... time to say goodbye.
@Uncharted2007 Oof
Why so much depression? chill
@SamMR *Reviews the last three years of world events.
Extrapolates likelihood of WW3 with nukes and a second American civil war occurring soon and likely at the same time.
Looks at average development time for a modern AAA game and doubling it due to being CDPR.
*Looks back at SamMR. 🤷🏻♂️
My previous statement holds water.
I just hope that it won't end up being a Polish-Lithuaniapunk 1377.
I'll buy these for $5 bucks when they are on sale 3 months after release because you know, bugs and frame rates and wont listen to lies.
Looking forward to these games when they release in 2028 and later
You hope they’d have learnt from cyberpunk but it doesn’t seem so
This is great news, but I would like to see something more, like screenshots, conceptual arts or gampeplay details. These news are very vague for me. We are patiently waiting anyway.
Not unexpected but exciting news nonetheless. I have a huge backlog so I don't mind waiting for years lol. Hopefully they learned their lesson from the first Cyberpunk.
want to see PS5 exclusives GTA6 coming out is going to look way better than most these games imo
Big gaming news for Witcher fans, happy for you guys!
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