The Witcher 3 next-gen isn’t in development hell according to CD Projekt

CD Projekt announced on Thursday that it’s taking over development of The Witcher 3‘s next-gen update, which it had outsourced, and is evaluating how much extra work the new version of the game needs. Despite how gloomy this may sound, the developer clarified on Friday that the update isn’t in “development hell,” but also didn’t provide a release window.

“I’ve been looking at headlines that popped up here and there over the internet, and I’ve seen one that really drew my attention, which is, ‘Witcher 3 next-gen delayed indefinitely,’ which sounds like the game is in some sort of development hell,” Michal Nowakowski, CD Projekt senior vice president of business development, said during the company’s investor teleconference on Friday. I want to make it clear that this is not true. Many people have implied that the launch will be in June next year.

It is worth noting, that The Witcher’s original announcement about the delay in the next-generation update was made through the Twitter account of CD Projekt. The tweet stated that CD Projekt was taking development of the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X versions of the game in-house, and that it was delaying the game’s release and evaluating potential new dates.

“The game is going to be finished in-house. Nowakowski said that we are evaluating our time and that it requires some investigation. No one is saying that the game has been delayed by a huge time difference. That’s as much as I can say about Witcher next-gen, but I really want to emphasize that fact.”

CD Projekt also clarified on the call that the work taken on by the team to develop The Witcher 3‘s next-gen version in-house won’t affect development of the studio’s next game.

Despite all this, the call didn’t involve any specifics on when the next-gen version of The Witcher 3 might actually be released, but at least we know for sure now that it isn’t going to be June 2023.