Witcher 4 confirms protagonists

Ciri will be the protagonist The Witcher 4CD Projekt Red has confirmed. This reveal was part of the game’s first theatrical trailer, which premiered at the 2024 Game Awards.

CDPR initially confirmed this The Witcher 4 was in development as of March 2022, but did not give the game an official title. Instead, it was simply referenced by its codename. Project Polarisa nickname it has used ever since – until today.

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New details about The Witcher 4 have leaked online

New information about The Witcher 4 has leaked online, revealing some behind-the-scenes details and the game’s tentative release window.

The company last mentioned the words “The Witcher 4” on December 12th as part of the game’s world premiere trailer, which debuted at The Game Awards 2024. With a running time of over six minutes, the newly shared promo serves as a thorough introduction to the setting of the upcoming role-playing game. She also confirms its protagonist Ciri, Geralt’s adopted daughter, who played a central role in it The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Ciri is a full-fledged monster hunter in The Witcher 4

The video shows an older, more experienced Ciri who now appears to be a full-fledged monster hunter. Therefore, the trailer seems to prove one thing The Witcher 3 ends as canon. Ciri is seen taking on a sorcerer’s assignment in a rural village terrorized by a none-too-friendly monster hungry for ritual sacrifices. Your quest ends roughly as you’d expect from a story penned by CDPR, a studio that isn’t too keen on giving quests happy endings. Looking back at the TGA 2024 trailer, game director Sebastian Kalemba confirmed that Ciri will be “the heart of the story” in the upcoming RPG.

The Witcher 4 world premiere trailer was likely pre-rendered on an Nvidia RTX 5090

In a press release accompanying the newly unveiled trailer, CDPR confirmed the obvious: the TGA 2024 video has been pre-rendered. This was achieved using a custom build of Unreal Engine 5, the company’s engine of choice for the fourth installment The Witcher Game. The developer also revealed that the rendering process used an unannounced RTX GPU from Nvidia, likely the widely available RTX 5090, which is expected to be the crown jewel of the upcoming RTX 50 series. Nvidia’s upcoming graphics card lineup is expected to be officially announced at the next edition of CES, starting on January 10, 2025. The announcement itself could come a little earlier, as CES exhibitors often unveil their show lineups a day before the event.

The Witcher 4 still waiting for an official release date. While a recent GOG listing and the actor’s resume suggested a late 2025 release, that’s likely a placeholder time frame, not least because CDPR just confirmed that the game won’t go into full production until November 2024 . Consequently The Witcher 4 may not go on sale until 2027.

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The Witcher

The Witcher is a 3D action RPG series developed by CD Projekt Red featuring the exploits of Geralt of Rivia. The fantasy series “The Witcher” is based on the books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.