The first statement on the release date of The Witcher 4 will not come in 2026

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The first statement on the release date of The Witcher 4 will not come in 2026
The waiting for The Witcher 4, which has been eagerly highly anticipated, seems to be more prolonged. CD Project, the game will not go out until the end of 2026 announced in a certain language. This statement was made in the income presentation of the company’s 2024 financial year. Some rumors pointed out that the game could be released in 2026, but the Witcher 4 will not be released before 2027.

“It will not be released in 2026”

In a presentation, where CD Project announced its financial objectives and management targets, it was announced that The Witcher 4 will not be released until the end of 2026. “Although we don’t plan to launch The Witcher 4 by the end of 2026, we’re still acting with this financial objective,” the presentation said.

The company’s finance manager Piotr Nielubowicz said in the question-answer section of the presentation, “We will not explain the exact release date of the game yet. The only thing we can share in order to provide more visibility for investors is that the game will not be put into the market within the first target time period in the incentive program that will end on December 31, 2026”.

It can be released in 2027

This approach of CD Project makes the year 2027 a greater possibility for the output of The Witcher 4. Of course, this should be read as the earliest release date, so it may shift to 2028. In general, the development processes of AAA games last between three and five years. As informal, The Witcher 4 was announced in 2022 as a roadmap. In November 2024, the CD Project said that The Witcher 4 entered “full production .. Currently, 411 people are actively working on the game. Meanwhile, the new generation of 2027 and 2028 may be the release date of Xbox and PS6. There has been such a rumor over these dates for years.