Last year, CD Projekt Red shared its plans for the future of the company revealing that they will be working on multiple games and expansions for Cyberpunk and The Witcher franchises. Recently, CD Projekt Red released the latest update for Cyberpunk 2077 which included the next-gen editions for the game on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Today, CD Projekt Red revealed that there is a new Witcher game in development. The studio also shared that they will be shifting from their proprietary REDengine and are moving to Unreal Engine 5.
“One of the core aspects of our internal RED 2.0 Transformation is a much stronger focus on technology, and our cooperation with Epic Games is based on this principle,” Pawel Zawodny, CTO of CD Projekt Red said. “From the outset, we did not consider a typical licensing arrangement; both we and Epic see this as a long-term, fulfilling tech partnership. It is vital for CD PROJEKT RED to have the technical direction of our next game decided from the earliest possible phase as; in the past, we spent a lot of resources and energy to evolve and adapt REDengine with every subsequent game release. This cooperation is so exciting, because it will elevate development predictability and efficiency, while simultaneously granting us access to cutting-edge game development tools. I can’t wait for the great games we’re going to create using Unreal Engine 5!”
Tim Sweeny, Founder and CEO of Epic Games said “Epic has been building Unreal Engine 5 to enable teams to create dynamic open worlds at an unprecedented scale and level of fidelity. We are deeply honored by the opportunity to partner with CD PROJEKT RED to push the limits of interactive storytelling and gameplay together, and this effort will benefit the developer community for years to come.”
CD Projekt Red also confirmed that the development of the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion will continue to use REDengine.