I confess I'm a little taken aback. The Witcher 4 isn't even out yet, and CD Projekt RED is already taking about the next few games in the series. What on Earth is going on?
The Witcher 4 was officially unveiled nearly a year ago now, with a stunning trailer at The Game Awards that showed Ciri has followed in her adopted father's footsteps and is now a Witcher in her own right. More recently, we learned it's full steam ahead on the new installment, with 447 developers currently working on The Witcher 4.
When The Witcher 4 was first confirmed a few years ago, CD Projekt RED made it clear that it would be the start of a new trilogy. What I wasn't prepared for was just how soon that trilogy would release.
In a recent financial update, CD Projekt RED’s co-CEO Michał Nowakowski stressed that The Witcher 4 will not release this year, but promised there'll be much less of a wait between The Witcher 4 and The Witcher 5 than we're perhaps used to. Apparently, all three games in the new trilogy will be released in a six-year period, which sounds almost laughably ambitious. Not that I'd...
