{"id":1789941,"date":"2026-02-24T13:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1789941"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:54:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:54:47","slug":"the-witcher-4-probably-gets-clair-obscur-expedition-33-cinematic-animator-as-full-scale-production-on-the-game-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1789941","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 4 (probably) gets Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cinematic animator as full-scale production on the game continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      The Witcher IV<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Witcher 4 (probably) gets Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cinematic animator as full-scale production on the game continues<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">RPG royalty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Witcher-4_Ciri-UE5-demo.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"The Witcher 4 - UE5 demo - Ciri\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Witcher-4_Ciri-UE5-demo.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>CD Projekt Red<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-02-24T13:54:47+00:00\">Feb. 24, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"2d255428-aa96-4f54-a57e-9077fa95a9f9\" data-name=\"The Witcher IV\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Witcher IV\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Witcher IV\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Witcher IV\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Witcher IV\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Witcher IV\" title=\"Follow The Witcher IV\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Witcher IV<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve known for a while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a> is in proper production, with developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-witcher-1-lead-story-designer-talks-final-cg-cutscene\">CD Projekt Red<\/a> hoping to have it ready to go sooner rather than later. Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-witcher-4-wont-be-out-until-after-2026-so-could-it-be-a-next-generation-game\">a launch in 2026 has been ruled out<\/a>. Now, we&#8217;ve potentially learned about an exciting new addition to its roster of devs.<\/p>\n<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/clair-obscur-cinematic-animator-joins-the-witcher-4-studio-cd-projekt-red\/\">VGC<\/a> has revealed cinematic animator Lucie Hennet, who worked at Sandfall Interactive &#8220;from May 2023 to the end of 2024,&#8221; has now joined the Polish studio as an on-site cinematic animator. Needless to say, having some of the talent that made 2025&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> possibly make the jump to one of the most anticipated RPGs around is exciting.<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re assuming, as we know CDPR&#8217;s Polish team is hard at work on the fourth Witcher game while the company&#8217;s North American studios are developing the online multiplayer Witcher spinoff and the sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>. You can see part of Hennet&#8217;s behind-the-scenes work on Expedition 33 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/4Nevy1\">her ArtStation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we wait for a proper in-game look at The Witcher 4 and a tentative release window, there&#8217;s more movement happening around the IP beyond Project Sirius (the multiplayer spinoff). Fool&#8217;s Theory has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedvoxel.com\/the-witcher-1-remake-delayed-to-2028\/\">paused development<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-remake\">full-blown remake of The Witcher 1<\/a> in order to support CDPR with the new instalment, but it&#8217;s still happening at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we&#8217;ve also been hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-expansion-rumours-analyst-100-percent-certain-cd-projekt-red-will-release-significant-new-content-this-year\">rumblings of a new Witcher 3 DLC coming this year<\/a> and being handled by the same studio, so chances are we may return to the Continent soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>We&#8217;ve known for a while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a> is in proper production, with developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-witcher-1-lead-story-designer-talks-final-cg-cutscene\">CD Projekt Red<\/a> hoping to have it ready to go sooner rather than later. Still, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/the-witcher-4-wont-be-out-until-after-2026-so-could-it-be-a-next-generation-game\">a launch in 2026 has been ruled out<\/a>. Now, we&#8217;ve potentially learned about an exciting new addition to its roster of devs.<\/p>\n<p>A report by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.videogameschronicle.com\/news\/clair-obscur-cinematic-animator-joins-the-witcher-4-studio-cd-projekt-red\/\">VGC<\/a> has revealed cinematic animator Lucie Hennet, who worked at Sandfall Interactive &#8220;from May 2023 to the end of 2024,&#8221; has now joined the Polish studio as an on-site cinematic animator. Needless to say, having some of the talent that made 2025&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/clair-obscur-expedition-33\">Clair Obscur: Expedition 33<\/a> possibly make the jump to one of the most anticipated RPGs around is exciting.<\/p>\n<p>At least that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re assuming, as we know CDPR&#8217;s Polish team is hard at work on the fourth Witcher game while the company&#8217;s North American studios are developing the online multiplayer Witcher spinoff and the sequel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>. You can see part of Hennet&#8217;s behind-the-scenes work on Expedition 33 via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artstation.com\/artwork\/4Nevy1\">her ArtStation page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While we wait for a proper in-game look at The Witcher 4 and a tentative release window, there&#8217;s more movement happening around the IP beyond Project Sirius (the multiplayer spinoff). Fool&#8217;s Theory has reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twistedvoxel.com\/the-witcher-1-remake-delayed-to-2028\/\">paused development<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-remake\">full-blown remake of The Witcher 1<\/a> in order to support CDPR with the new instalment, but it&#8217;s still happening at some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, we&#8217;ve also been hearing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-expansion-rumours-analyst-100-percent-certain-cd-projekt-red-will-release-significant-new-content-this-year\">rumblings of a new Witcher 3 DLC coming this year<\/a> and being handled by the same studio, so chances are we may return to the Continent soon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News The Witcher IV The Witcher 4 (probably) gets Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cinematic animator as full-scale production on the game continues RPG royalty. 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