CD Projekt Red not too long ago it has within the pipeline, together with a number of entries in The Witcher sequence. One of these had the codename “Canis Majoris” and it was then confirmed to be a “full-fledged” Witcher recreation developed in Unreal Engine 5 by an exterior studio. Now, CDPR has shed extra gentle on the mission. As it seems, Canis Majoris is definitely a remake of the primary title within the sequence.

Polish studio Fool’s Theory is remaking The Witcher below CDPR’s supervision. It’s within the early levels of improvement, so the sport is probably going no less than a few years away. CDPR says it will likely be some time earlier than it begins speaking in regards to the mission in additional element. However, it confirmed that Fool’s Theory is rebuilding The Witcher Remake from the bottom up utilizing the identical toolset that CDPR is using for different video games within the sequence. For what it is price, the Fool’s Theory workforce consists of builders who labored on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Going again to the place all of it started for CDPR makes plenty of sense. The Witcher got here out in 2007 and whereas it was pretty properly obtained, it arguably wasn’t till The Witcher 3 (and based mostly on the supply novels) that the franchise reached a a lot increased degree of recognition. It’s not a stretch to think about that gamers who got here into the sequence later can be interested in Geralt of Rivia’s earlier adventures.

What’s extra, The Witcher was solely launched for PC and Mac. While PS3 and Xbox 360 variations have been introduced at one level, they by no means got here to fruition. It appears unlikely that CDPR would not launch console variations this time, given the bigger viewers of gamers it will possibly faucet into. Meanwhile, the current-gen model of The Witcher 3 is