Old, resurfaced Tweets by The Witcher 4 developer CD Projekt Red reveal that the upcoming project wasn't always labeled as a direct sequel. The Polish developer revealed the first details of its next project after Cyberpunk 2077 in a dramatic narrative trailer during The Game Awards last night, leading players to speculate on everything from potential release windows to the identity of its protagonist (yes, that was Ciri). But lest players forget, the next Witcher game was actually announced a long time ago, in a far more cryptic manner that implied it might not have been a direct sequel.
The Witcher 4 was originally announced in a promotional image posted on social media, depicting what looks like an amulet of representing a Witcher school (pictured below). It was originally captioned, "A new saga begins." On that occasion, CDPR's PR Director Radek Grabowski posted on X (then called Twitter) to remind fans not to call the upcoming game The Wticher 4, as that wasn't what it had announced.
CDPR's full press release from that day made it clear: this was "the first official confirmation of a new game in The Witcher series," not the announcement of The Witcher 4. But last...
