CD Projekt Red has provided a surprise update on The Witcher 4. It comes just one day after a new Witcher 3 expansion was announced, coming in 2027, 12 years after the base game first came out. The Witcher 4 remains the developer's primary project among four currently in development, almost all of which are scaling up.
The latest The Witcher 4 update is a chart showing the distribution of CD Projekt Red staff, and how team sizes have changed over the course of two months. On February 28, 2026, The Witcher 4 had 499 developers assigned to it, a number which grew to 513 by April 30, 2026. This may not be the exact current figure, as another month has passed, but it indicates that The Witcher 4 is still in its main development phase. The game is still without a release window.
The Witcher 4 team growing is a pretty consistent trend across CD Projekt Red. Last November, Cyberpunk 2 development started scaling up, and that process appears to be ongoing. Over the last few months, the Cyberpunk 2 team has grown from 149 developers to 163. It is expected to be CDPR's next release following The Witcher...
