The Witcher 4 has entered full-scale manufacturing, developer CD Projekt has introduced.
As a part of its newest monetary outcomes, the Polish firm mentioned that Undertaking Polaris – the primary instalment within the new Witcher trilogy – has now progressed from preproduction to full-scale manufacturing.
“I’m proud to substantiate that a number of weeks in the past the Polaris group wrapped up preproduction and moved on to full-scale manufacturing – essentially the most intensive part of growth,” commented joint CEO Michał Nowakowski. “We’re more than happy with our progress on this venture, and I want to thank the group for its dedication.”
“I am thrilled to announce that Undertaking Polaris has entered the full-scale manufacturing part,” recreation director Sebastian Kalemba tweeted. “With new challenges simply across the nook, it’s the gifted and hard-working individuals who make me imagine we are able to collectively make the upcoming Witcher Saga a exceptional expertise. No stopping now! Keep tuned for what’s on the opposite aspect of the coin!”
CD Projekt at the moment has 400 builders engaged on Polaris, nearly all of its 650-person whole growth employees. That is down from the 410 reported on the finish of July. 64 are engaged on Orion, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, 42 on Sirius, The Witcher recreation developed by The Molasses Flood, and 18 on Hadar, CD Projekt’s model new IP. CD Projekt lately confirmed it has no plans for a PS5 Professional patch for Cyberpunk 2077, and primarily based on its staffing for upcoming tasks, you possibly can see why.
When Polaris was introduced in October 2022, CD Projekt mentioned it would not be launched till 2025 on the earliest. In August, Geralt of Rivia voice actor Doug Cockle revealed the White Wolf will star in Polaris, however not as the principle character. CD Projekt had lengthy made clear that Geralt’s saga had come to an finish, which means a brand new protagonist was absolutely anticipated for Polaris, however this was the primary affirmation he’d be within the subsequent recreation in any respect — and fueled some rampant fan theories.
Solely a single teaser picture, beneath, has in any other case been revealed for Polaris, but it surely was sufficient to counsel Ciri would be the protagonist this time round. What’s thought-about the “true” ending of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, due to its story being continued in comics thought-about canon to CD Projekt’s universe, sees her grow to be a witcher herself.
The teaser picture additionally confirmed a medallion of a lynx, and whereas it is a model new witcher faculty not talked about beforehand within the books, video games, or comics, Ciri wore a College of the Cat medallion within the books and its philosophy matches her nimble combating model.
The information comes as Cyberpunk 2077 hit an astonishing 30 million copies bought, with the Phantom Liberty enlargement promoting over eight million. CD Projekt pointed to “sturdy gross sales” of each in addition to The Witcher 3 throughout its third quarter.
“In lower than 4 years since launch we’ve already bought 30 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077, and as for Phantom Liberty – in simply over a 12 months it has bought over eight million copies,” Nowakowski added. “These are spectacular figures. I’m very glad to see a big, devoted group coalesce round our Cyberpunk video games. Within the coming 12 months the bottom recreation, together with its enlargement, might be launched to a brand new group of customers: house owners of Mac units powered by Apple Silicon chips.”
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