{"id":562492,"date":"2026-03-13T08:47:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice"},"modified":"2026-03-13T08:47:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T08:47:22","slug":"the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 next-gen development shifts to in-house, postponed until &#8220;further notice&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red has announced a delay for the next-gen version of <strong>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/witchergame\/status\/1514285276302135304\">According to the company<\/a>, it has decided to have its in-house development team conduct the remaining work. Because of this, it is currently evaluating the &#8220;scope of work to be done&#8221; so it is postponing the Q2 release until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the company said the game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/cyberpunk-2077-the-witcher-2-ps5-xbox-series-x-s-release-delayed-to-2022\">was being developed by its external team<\/a> mainly, which is Saber Interactive. This is the company it had worked with before on Switch and also with updates in the past.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/the-witcher-3-next-gen-development-shifts-to-in-house-postponed-until-further-notice\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CD Projekt Red has announced a delay for the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. According to the company, it has decided to have its in-house development team conduct the remaining work. Because of this, it is currently evaluating the &#8220;scope of work to be done&#8221; so it is postponing the Q2 release until further notice. Last year, the company said the game was being developed by its external team mainly, which is Saber Interactive. This is the company it had worked with before on Switch and also with updates in the past. 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