Fans Take Differing Stances as CD Projekt Red Announce a New ‘The Witcher’ Title to Kickstart Epic Games Partnership

Published 03/22/2022, 3:50 PM EDT

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2022 is already shaping up to be a treat for the gaming community. Due to the delay in 2021, a sheer number of widely anticipated titles are on their way to an official release later this year. from Pokemon Legend Arceus to Hogwarts Legacy and now the announcement of a brand new Witcher game, 2022 has seen it all already, and it’s just the third month of the year.

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Fan’s react to The Witcher: A New Saga Begins announcement

Recently, CD Projekt the developers behind the widely hyped “The Witcher” series have recently announced a new Witcher game. With the current teaser, ‘The Witcher: A New Saga Begins’, CD Projekt has taken the gaming community by storm. Let’s have a close look at what fans have to say about this big announcement.

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Hopefully!

The excitement is real!

Please don’t push it to 2025!

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Unreal!

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As per the blog post, “This is an exciting moment as we’re moving from REDengine to Unreal Engine 5, beginning a multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games. It covers not only licensing but technical development of Unreal Engine 5, as well as potential future versions of Unreal Engine, where relevant. We’ll closely collaborate with Epic Games’ developers with the primary goal being to help tailor the engine for open-world experiences.

However, unfortunately, nothing more has been disclosed yet. The blog post also highlights the point that the development time frame or release date, is not available yet. Something worth noting here is that game is still in its development stage and it could take a while to get an official release window. Evidently, now it seems like players have to wait a bit longer to get some more updates on the upcoming title.

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The details on the blog post are majorly focused on the deal with Epic, as compared to what all fans can expect from the upcoming title. Hopefully, this time CD Projekt won’t disappoint its fans with another unfinished diaster.

What’s your take on the upcoming The Witcher game? Also, do you think it will be out in 2023? Let us know in the comment section below.

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Vitasta Singh

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Vitasta Singh is an eSports writer at EssentiallySports. She is currently pursuing her Masters in English Literature from Lovely Professional University. Before joining EssentiallySports she used to write articles for Silver Mantle Solutions on various niches such as games, fitness, business, entertainment, and fashion.
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Pritam Priyedarshi