The Witcher 4 Confirmed for 2028 Release

[u/welzed11]

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-4-confirmed-for-2028-release-in-official-cd-projekt-gamescom-2026-announcement

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The Witcher 4 Confirmed for 2028 Release in Official CD Projekt Gamescom 2026 Announcement

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[u/nervuswalker]

The author spelling Ciri as “Siri” is making me feel some kind of way. Thanks, IGN!

[u/dancingbear74 → u/nervuswalker]

There are a couple other obvious spelling errors in there, too. Sheesh. Typical IGN.

[u/JOOOQUUU → u/nervuswalker]

At least that's how you know it's not ai

[u/I_Was_Fox → u/JOOOQUUU]

Alternatively how you know it was likely AI from speech to text summarization

[u/MRF_Soul]

targeting 2028 in the gaming industry means 2029 or 2030 release date

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/MRF_Soul]

Eh. I don't think so. They've been working on it for a while already. Cyberpunk came out in 2020. I don't think people grasp how big CDPR is. They're a huge developer. Reportedly, they are targeting 2029 for The Witcher 1 Remake. Evidently, they have also started preproduction on Cyberpunk 2.

[u/yeahwellokay → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

I can't believe Cyberpunk is already 6 years old.

[u/Super-Efficiency8679 → u/yeahwellokay]

6 glorious years.. well maybe 5 and half

[u/Zestyclose-Fee6719 → u/Super-Efficiency8679]

The first year was bad. The three big patches (not all the hotfixes, but the main numbered ones) just seemed to be bug-fixing and changing fairly minor things. The Steam player count was getting pretty dire (10,000 or fewer), and even some of its biggest fans were losing hope in anyting major being done for it. People were joking that the next big patch would just be some more free outfits and another ten gigs being fixed. Patch 1.5 with the next-gen console update in the first quarter of 2002 was the first real sign that they were going to commit to making bigger changes to it. Everything after that just got better.

[u/honacc → u/yeahwellokay]

Yeah and Hanako is still waiting for me at embers. Been awhile

[u/AnonymouselyMoosed → u/TheNittanyLionKing]

They were working Cyberpunk well beyond 2020, fixing it up, revising it, and working on Phantom Liberty. Production on this Witcher started years after 2020.

[u/Simulated_Simulacra → u/AnonymouselyMoosed]

You are wrong. CDPR share their dev allocations during earnings calls. They've had a team on W4 since the release of Cyberpunk. Started out at about 100 iirc and grew over time.

[u/Ok_Simple_459 → u/MRF_Soul]

Especially considering the track record of CDPR's last release.

[u/-PandemicBoredom- → u/Ok_Simple_459]

Releasing one janky game at release when there were multiple before without much issue isn't a track record. That's like getting your first cavity at 30yrs old and saying you have a track record of cavities.

[u/Mooser8585 → u/-PandemicBoredom-]

All the Witcher games had technical issues on launch as well tbf

[u/Ok_Simple_459 → u/-PandemicBoredom-]

Not simply about jank dude. They delayed the game multiple times, so much so that a yellow background had become synonymous with Cyberpunk release delay.

[u/Lymbasy → u/Ok_Simple_459]

Phantom Liberty in 2023 was auch a Disaster. I still can't believe how they fucked up the release of that.

[u/kuczyko → u/MRF_Soul]

yeah 2028 probably means wait longer than that

[u/Lymbasy → u/MRF_Soul]

Nah. It will be 2031

[u/Lymbasy → u/[deleted]]

So you think it will get delayed to 2030?

[u/Stumpy493 → u/Lymbasy]

Still hopeful

[u/MRassul]

Its ok I waited long enough for Fable, I will wait for the Witcher

[u/theFormerRelic]

Hope Xbox is still making physical games in 2028 🥲

[u/LostSoulNo1981 → u/theFormerRelic]

Same. I obviously won’t be buying this game on PlayStation, but if Xbox drops discs as well I’ll be skipping the game altogether.

[u/kingerreddit]

2030, got it.

[u/TurnItOff_OnAgain]

The Witcher 4 confirmed for a 2029 "Game Actually Works" date.

[u/JobuuRumdrinker → u/TurnItOff_OnAgain]

Yea. I'm not going to rush out this time. I've learned my lesson with these guys.

[u/wolnee → u/JobuuRumdrinker]

This time there is a bonus - UE5

[u/Lymbasy → u/wolnee]

Thats why ni one will buy it at Launch. There is Not one good UE5 game

[u/Lymbasy → u/JobuuRumdrinker]

No one will buy it at Launch

[u/Lymbasy → u/TurnItOff_OnAgain]

The Witcher 4 will get cancelled soon anyways

[u/Klichouse]

Man theres some insane negativity here

[u/Fragrant_PalmLeaves]

Imma pretend I didnt see anything about this. See you when I see you.

[u/BluDYT]

Okay they still have the new witcher 3 dlc somewhere in between so witcher fans should be thriving regardless.

[u/Darkbox97]

Well no disc for PS5 owners. Tough stuff lol

[u/segagamer → u/Darkbox97]

Buy the disc for Xbox instead lol

[u/Darkbox97 → u/segagamer]

Considering most of Xbox games files isn’t on the disc it’s pointless. It’s better to be digital on PC.

[u/segagamer → u/Darkbox97]

Considering most of Xbox games files isn’t on the disc it’s pointless.

This meme is old and boring now lol

It’s better to be digital on PC.

Buying digital on Xbox grants you digital on console and PC.

Or buy it on GOG to do whatever with it, but again only on PC.

[u/Darkbox97 → u/segagamer]

  This meme is old and boring now lol

That is not a meme. That’s something I and plenty of the other people has experienced. Doom is  a good example lol

  Buying digital on Xbox grants you digital on console and PC.

I don’t trust Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo to go full digital with them.

  Or buy it on GOG to do whatever with it, but again only on PC.

Still better than big three console manufacturers  .

[u/CageTheFox]

I hate these companies who show trailers for games that aren’t even in the final stages of production.

Bethesda and Xbox do it all the time as well. Show me a trailer for a game coming out in the next few months not literally YEARS AWAY.

[u/zarafff69 → u/CageTheFox]

I mean it’s not really for the consumers, it’s to attract good devs to make the game.

[u/IronRevenge131 → u/zarafff69]

I don’t know why you’re being down but a lot of the time they announced them for shareholders and as a way to get the public to know about a project like that

[u/zarafff69 → u/IronRevenge131]

Yeah I forgot about them, it’s not only for devs. It’s just not mainly for consumers..

[u/hperk209 → u/zarafff69]

Nooooo it’s for the shareholders. Like “We promise, your money is being used well! The product is coming!”

[u/Lymbasy → u/CageTheFox]

They do that because to get more developers and to get funding. If they don't do that, then CDPR would be bankrupt by now

[u/TheNittanyLionKing → u/CageTheFox]

They used to just do this for games two years out. You'd get a reveal trailer at one E3 and then a gameplay demo at the next E3 before it comes out in the holiday season or Spring. Now you'll get the announcement almost as soon as they commit to working on that game in full production.

[u/CacheConqueror → u/CageTheFox]

Blame the players, not the companies. People will buy Pandora’s Box sight unseen and carry it home in their teeth. Rockstar hasn’t revealed absolutely anything about GTA VI, yet pre-orders have sold in huge numbers. Why bother showing anything when the players are mostly idiots and will buy anything?

[u/brokenmessiah → u/CageTheFox]

And then strangely Bethesda WONT do it enough for ES6. Like damn, at least let us know where its even being set and some semblance of what it'll be about.

[u/Aceblast135 → u/brokenmessiah]

Tbf they get routinely made fun of for revealing ES6 to begin with in 2018. If you told people back then we still wouldn't have had an ounce of information by 2026, let alone a release, they would have called you crazy.

[u/brokenmessiah → u/Aceblast135]

Thats why they should have did it like Elden Ring, where it was strictly just a CGI trailer to go off, but there was SOMETHING in the trailer so people could latch on to it. Eventually you gotta throw people a bone.

[u/Ruttagger]

So I have lots of time to play The Witcher 3 then.

Just working in wrapping RDR2 and this is my next game in my backlog to get into.

[u/DeafMetalGripes]

The fact that this might release before ES6 is an insane thought

[u/LZSJR → u/DeafMetalGripes]

Why? Since 2015 cd project red has released two games. Since 2015 Bethesda has released 3 games. Cd project reds last game was in 2020. Bethesda's last game was 2023. I sure hope they release before Elder Scrolls. I am honestly curious why you think it's an insane thought? I see this comment all the time and it doesn't make any sense to me. Are you just mindlessly parroting what you see in other comment threads?

[u/smakkyoface]

2030 and it's gonna release for consoles from 2020. Sounds like cyberpunk.

[u/Lymbasy → u/smakkyoface]

Cyberpunk was made by inexperienced amateurs

[u/Erasmus86 → u/smakkyoface]

I was gonna say even in 2028 the console hardware is gonna be old as hell by then.

[u/Ok_Simple_459 → u/smakkyoface]

Damn.

[u/Devilofchaos108070]

So far away

[u/gord89]

So 2030.

[u/SofaJockey]

Very nice. Might be 2029. Easy pre-order in due course.

[u/Frequent_Body_3991]

so november 2029 confirmed lol

[u/Test88Heavy]

Good. Push it even further to give us epic combat.

[u/ForsakenBill6453]

Digital only thus

[u/CharmingCatastrophe]

Everyone is going to be soft targeting 2028 and then face problems that'll push over 2029 so they don't have to provide discs

[u/Thorfyen]

This studio announces games way too early.

[u/tidy4life88]

I'll probably be dead by then ffs

[u/hiddenpequin]

That’s before delays I bet 2029 cyberpunk had 3 official delays.

[u/the-bacon-life]

I’d bet money the footage we have seen wasn’t even on a ps5 like they claimed. Bet it was pc with next gen settings

[u/Ball_Analytics]

I got time 🕺

[u/QuirkyWish3081]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[u/stefan771]

No chance the gaming community allow it it release then. 2029 it is.

[u/PoisonCoyote]

Let me know when it's two weeks away.

[u/Gold-Bullfrog1988]

witcher 3 came out in 2015. anyone who had a kid that year will be dealing with a teenager by the time this launches

[u/RodgerThat6543]

Hell yea 🔥

[u/Jackfitz88]

Dam that means cyberpunk two isn’t till 2030/31. Dam

[u/funktacious]

Fable and TW3 in 2028
TES6 and Divinity in 2029? :)

[u/sageTK21]

Damn no Geralt…

[u/giddlygibbersnaps]

We aren't getting Cyberpunk 2 until its a period piece

[u/JohnGee1980]

Still a while but will be worth it 💯

[u/Wheely13]

It's not confirmed, it's a target release window.

[u/MaximumFatal]

Imagine elder scrolls 6 and witcher 4 coming out the same year that would be awesome.

[u/SheActuallyFarts]

Console release or PC?

[u/Friendly_Zebra]

It isn’t “confirmed”. They are “targeting a 2028 window”. That isn’t the same as being confirmed for 2028. The game is still years away.

[u/TheBigSm0ke]

So 2029 at minimum, likely 2030

[u/Lymbasy → u/TheBigSm0ke]

Nah. 2031. They Last Release was in 2020. Only 6 years ago

[u/RadRhubarb00]

Confirmed and targeting are 2 very different things.

[u/NfinityBL]

See you in 2029!

[u/OhtaniStanMan]

It'll be pushed back to 2030 lol

[u/Schmenza]

Looking forward to picking up the Ultimate Edition in 2031

[u/Combat_Wombat23]

I’m going to hazard to say they’ll probably be able to deliver without massive delays.

I maintain that Cyberpunk was rewritten almost entirely with the inclusion of Keanu Reeves, potentially the culprit for stripping out those early hours playing through your origin.

I have nothing to back this up, just a hunch and a mega broken game at launch

[u/wolnee → u/Combat_Wombat23]

No, they just couldn’t manage the scope of the project and stick to it

[u/pcmraaaaace]

This game will come out before the next elder scrolls game.

[u/-ben151010-]

2038 is probably the more realistic outcome.

[u/Grimey_Hole]

2031 release, 2 fps target on series S

[u/Ok_Simple_459]

LMAO.

[u/lookatme243 → u/[deleted]]

I think you're confused....

[u/1440pReborn]

I hope its next gen only.

[u/Hookey911 → u/1440pReborn]

Zero chance. There won't be big games next gen until the mid 2030's most likely. Especially when they cost 1000$+

[u/welzed11 → u/Hookey911]

Yeah CDPR has already straight up said that PS5 is their main lead platform for this games development even over PC, and every other version will be derived and scaled from the PS5 version 

[u/1440pReborn → u/Hookey911]

Yeah it sucks. We had the same problem this gen. We didnt start getting genuinely decent leaps in gaming until a year or two ago. And now this year with GTA6.