- CD Projekt Red joint CEO Michał Nowakowski says the following Witcher the trilogy may not get any expansions
- Studio’s “ambitious” plan to release The Sage in a six-year timeframe “would be difficult”
- This means The Witcher 4 could be launched as a complete product
CD Projekt Red has proposed that the next Witcher trilogy, which starts with The Witcher 4may not get any extensions.
Speaking in the company’s latest earnings call after the announcement of The Witcher 3: Wild Huntthird extension, Songs from the pastCD Projekt Red joint CEO Michał Nowakowski answered questions about the news, as well The Witcher 4which is currently in full production.
At one point, the joint CEO was asked if the company saw any room for potential expansions for the upcoming game “given the very ambitious project pipeline,” referring to CDPR’s plan to release a new trilogy of Witcher game within six years.
Nowakowski doesn’t seem to think this would be ideal, saying: “As you mentioned in the question, the plans are quite ambitious.
“Specifically, it is to publish three Witcher games within a six-year period. It would be difficult, to be very honest, for us to add an expansion to the upcoming trilogy. This is where we are here and now with this particular issue.”
The Witcher 3 launched in 2015 and has so far received two major expansions, Hearts of stone and Blood and Winewithin 10 years, incl Songs from the past expected to arrive next year.
Because of CDPR’s admitted “ambitious” plan to start and complete a new Witcher saga within six years, it sounds like each game will be around the same size as The Witcher 3so not only does it sound like a huge amount of work, but it also seems counterproductive to have the development team step away from the following sequels to add new content to previous games if they want to hit their target releases.
That’s even if the studio can stick to its timeline and release three games in the time it takes to make one massive role-playing game (RPG).
In the same earnings call, Nowakowski revealed that the team “had a moment where our plans for Songs from the past would be released this year”, but decided with the development team that “the game will launch in 2027 to achieve the best possible result from a consumer point of view, which in the end, frankly, is all that really matters.”
CDPR has also confirmed that the expansion will be at Gamescom 2026; however, there will not be a hands-on demo on the show floor, but rather a presentation of sorts.
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