Earlier this month, CD Projekt Pink introduced that it was growing a brand new Cyberpunk recreation, a number of Witcher video games, and a brand new IP. A kind of Witcher video games was given the codename “Canis Majoris” and CDPR known as it a “full-fledged” Witcher title. Now, the corporate has revealed that “Canis Majoris” is definitely a remake of the very first Witcher recreation.
The official Witcher Twitter account posted the information this morning, revealing that CDPR is working with developer Idiot’s Principle to make The Witcher utilizing Unreal Engine 5. Idiot’s Principle developed Seven Enhanced Version and Seven Drowned Move, nevertheless it has additionally offered developmental assist on video games like Divinity: Authentic Sin II, Baldur’s Gate III, and Outriders.
As you possibly can see, it is going to possible be a very long time earlier than we truly get to play this recreation, as CDPR is already asking for persistence from followers.
“The Witcher is the place it began for us, for CD Projekt Pink,” CDPR head of studio Adam Badowski writes in a press launch. “It was the primary recreation we made, ever, and it was an enormous second for us then. Going again to this place and remaking the sport for the following era of avid gamers to expertise it feels simply as large, if not greater. Collaborating with Idiot’s Principle on the venture is simply as thrilling, as among the individuals there have been beforehand concerned in The Witcher video games.
“They know the supply materials effectively, they understand how a lot avid gamers have been wanting ahead to seeing the remake occur, and so they know easy methods to make unimaginable and impressive video games. And though it is going to take a while earlier than we’re able to share extra about and from the sport, I do know it will be well worth the wait.”
Idiot’s Principle CEO Jakub Rokosz says the staff is happy to affix forces with CDPR to provide gamers one other nice recreation within the Witcher collection, particularly “a remake of a venture that’s so near our hearts.”
Whereas nothing else was revealed concerning the remake, this reveal helps us piece collectively CDPR’s subsequent decade or so of improvement. You may learn concerning the firm’s different in-development tasks, like a brand new Cyberpunk recreation and a brand-new IP, right here.
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