Tucked in amongst a lot of dry business talk about sales milestones and long-term perspectives, CD Projekt recently confirmed to investors The Witcher 4 won’t be released by 2026, pushing its potential launch window into the unimaginably far-off year of 2027 and beyond.
“Even though we do not plan to release The Witcher 4 by the end of 2026, we are still driven by this financial goal,” CD Projekt chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz said, referring to the company’s stated ambitions of pulling in a net profit of 2 billion złoty (around $515 million USD) from 2023 to 2026.
The Witcher 4 was first revealed sans release date at The Game Awards 2024. A lengthy cinematic trailer depicted side character Ciri taking over as the series’ playable protagonist in place of long-time series face Geralt of Rivia.
“We’re kicking off a brand-new Witcher saga, this time with Ciri as the heart of the story!” game director Sebastian Kalemba said at the time. “It feels so good to finally be able to say those words — for the longest time we knew that we wanted Ciri to be the protagonist of The Witcher 4; it just felt natural to us and we believe that Ciri deserves it. In this game we want to explore what it means to truly become a witcher by following Ciri on her Path. This trailer is a taste of both that, and just how dark and grounded the world of The Witcher can be.”
The first entry in a new trilogy, The Witcher 4 is one of three Witcher projects currently in development, a group that also includes a remake of the franchise’s 2007 debut and a multiplayer-inclusive project codenamed Sirius at Boston-based subsidiary The Molasses Flood.
Rumors indicate Microsoft is also targeting 2027 for its follow-up to the Xbox Series X/S, which means fans may have to wait for a whole new console generation to roll around to get their hands on the long-awaited Witcher sequel.
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