CD Projekt Red announced that it has significantly accelerated the development of The Witcher 4, codenamed Polaris. In the company’s last financial report, CDPR stated that nearly half of its total staff is currently working on “Polaris.”
Half of CDPR is working on Witcher 4
The Polish game developer shared the report showing its financial situation the other day. Accordingly, the company generated revenue of 443 million Polish Zloty in the third quarter of 2023. This corresponds to 112 million 487 thousand 933 dollars.
The report also included information about the status of the new games. The company’s most notable new release seems to be Witcher 4, codenamed Polaris. In July, the Polaris team consisted of 260 developers, representing more than a third of CDPR. However, this figure increased to 330 people in the last quarter.
With the release of Cyberpunk 2077’s expansion pack, Phantom Liberty, in October, resources have been directed to the new Witcher game. CD Projek Red CEO Adam Kiciński also thinks that the Polaris team will grow even further, reaching 400 people by 2024.
Announced earlier this year, Polaris is being developed using Unreal Engine 5. However, CDPR stated that it would take a significant time to get used to the new engine, so Witcher 4 will be released at least three years later.
The Witcher 4, for which almost half of CDPR’s resources have been allocated, seems to be introduced in 2025 at the earliest. However, it should be noted that with the support of Unreal Engine 5, it will be the company’s most ambitious project so far.
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