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Forums - Gaming Discussion - CD Projekt still telling investors that their 2nd AAA RPG will release by 2021

Immersiveunreality on 23 March 2019

Aaaaand im already hyped for it.

Really would be awesome if it is another Witcher game already and would be interesting to see how they will improve on that franchise this time cause they always take such massive leaps when compared to previous games.

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VAMatt on 24 March 2019

They can say whatever they want. I'll believe it when I see it.

With that said, even if they miss the launch window by a year or two, it is still nice to know that they're working on another big game.



Cyran on 24 March 2019

There was ~4 years between each Witcher game so it a bit surprising they planning 2 AAA games within 2 years of each other. I suppose the one thing that make it possible is each Witcher game required a new or significant over haul of the game engine. It possible the unannounced game will be running the same REDengine 4 as cyberpunk 2077 or there will be a REDengine 5 but the changed will be more like between REDengine 1(Witcher 2) and REDengine 2 (Witcher 2 enhanced edition) vs the major overhaul between REDengine 2 and REDengine 3 ( Witcher 3).



Korvo_Attano on 24 March 2019
Cyran said:
There was ~4 years between each Witcher game so it a bit surprising they planning 2 AAA games within 2 years of each other. I suppose the one thing that make it possible is each Witcher game required a new or significant over haul of the game engine. It possible the unannounced game will be running the same REDengine 4 as cyberpunk 2077 or there will be a REDengine 5 but the changed will be more like between REDengine 1(Witcher 2) and REDengine 2 (Witcher 2 enhanced edition) vs the major overhaul between REDengine 2 and REDengine 3 ( Witcher 3).

Plus they probably have a ton of money now, so there are two different teams workin on games. If not three since the have Gwent as well, albeit a much smaller game that only needs supporting/updating now.



Immersiveunreality on 24 March 2019
Cyran said:
There was ~4 years between each Witcher game so it a bit surprising they planning 2 AAA games within 2 years of each other. I suppose the one thing that make it possible is each Witcher game required a new or significant over haul of the game engine. It possible the unannounced game will be running the same REDengine 4 as cyberpunk 2077 or there will be a REDengine 5 but the changed will be more like between REDengine 1(Witcher 2) and REDengine 2 (Witcher 2 enhanced edition) vs the major overhaul between REDengine 2 and REDengine 3 ( Witcher 3).

And they also doubled with the amount of devs working for them,CDPR is becoming a giant.



Dr.Vita on 24 March 2019

The Witcher 3 is my game of the generation, I would love to see them continue with this franchise with the same quality.




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haxxiy on 24 March 2019

Oh yes. Give me that Ciri game.



 

 

 

 

 

CuCabeludo on 24 March 2019

Best RPG developer in the world right now.



Cyran on 24 March 2019
shikamaru317 said:
Cyran said:
There was ~4 years between each Witcher game so it a bit surprising they planning 2 AAA games within 2 years of each other. I suppose the one thing that make it possible is each Witcher game required a new or significant over haul of the game engine. It possible the unannounced game will be running the same REDengine 4 as cyberpunk 2077 or there will be a REDengine 5 but the changed will be more like between REDengine 1(Witcher 2) and REDengine 2 (Witcher 2 enhanced edition) vs the major overhaul between REDengine 2 and REDengine 3 ( Witcher 3).

I think it will have a new engine and be next-gen only probably.

CD Projekt currently has about 800 full time employees. 400 are working on Cyberpunk to try and get it ready as quickly as possible (that is 150 more full-time devs than Witcher 3 had). 100 work on GOG, CD Projekt's digital store, and their self-publishing division. That leaves 300 devs unaccounted for. CD Projekt released 2 games last year, Gwent and Thronebreaker, but they were both small projects, I doubt either had a team larger than 30 devs. So that leaves over 200 devs unaccounted for, which are presumably working on the 2nd AAA game they are talking about, believed to be a new Witcher with a different protagonist (probably Ciri, making the Witcher 3 ending where she chose to live as a Witcheress canon). Those 200+ devs have likely been working on the 2nd AAA RPG since CDP announced it to investors back in 2016. With nearly 3 years of development by 200+ devs, it could be quite far along by now, by comparison Witcher 3 took 4 years to make with 150-250 full-time devs working on it. Presumably, once Cyberpunk is out, about 200 of the 400 Cyberpunk devs will shift to the 2nd AAA game, bringing it's team size up to around 400 so that they can finish it before the end of 2021 to meet their deadline, while the other 200 Cyberpunk devs continue to work on DLC for Cyberpunk 2077, including the multiplayer mode that CDP has mentioned could come as DLC previously. 

I hope you right, the more quality RPG's out there the better.  I looking forward to Cyberpunk and I always welcome more games in the Witcher universe if that what the unannounced RPG will be.  There strategy page do list the untitled project as a RPG so I agree it a good chance it will be a Witcher game with a new main character.