{"id":2109159,"date":"2026-08-24T16:06:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109159"},"modified":"2026-08-24T16:06:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T13:06:28","slug":"cd-projekt-red-is-targeting-a-2028-release-date-for-the-witcher-4-per-a-new-update-from-the-developer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2109159","title":{"rendered":"CD Projekt Red is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a 2028 release date for The Witcher 4, per a new update from the developer"},"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<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">CD Projekt Red is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a 2028 release date for The Witcher 4, per a new update from the developer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">CD Projekt Red is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a 2028 release date for The Witcher 4, per a new update from the developer<\/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=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\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\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"updated_at\">\n<p>Updated on   <time datetime=\"2026-08-24T16:06:28+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Aug. 24, 2026, 4:06 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/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=\"81eb3d46-b163-447e-9fbd-dd76a1b93498\" data-name=\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" data-follow-text=\"Follow The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\" title=\"Follow The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past\"><br \/>\n  Follow The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Songs of the Past<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>CD Projekt Red has posted a quick update about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a>, narrowing down the release date for its upcoming RPG sequel. &#8220;This is our biggest, boldest, and most ambitious game to date,&#8221; says CD Projekt Red joint-CEO Michal Nowakowski, shortly before confirming the studio is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a release date in 2028. Bear in mind, then, that this could always slip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know it&#8217;s a bit of a wait, and you&#8217;d love to play it sooner\u2013but let the team cook. It will be worth the wait,&#8221; he says. He gives us a few more bytes of information, too; noting the team is &#8220;hard at work on a brand new saga&#8221; with &#8220;more than 500 developers&#8221; working on the game (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-animator-joins-the-witcher-4-developer-cd-projekt-red\">one of which, we think, is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33&#8217;s cinematic animator)<\/a>. Nowakowski reiterates the game will have a huge, immersive open world, intense action-packed gameplay, and a deep, impactful story. Certainly sounds like The Witcher to me.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Witcher 4 - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LN7QtUeSo84?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LN7QtUeSo84\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Witcher 4 &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LN7QtUeSo84\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, all eyes are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">The Witcher 3<\/a>&#8216;s new DLC, Songs of the Past. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got a lot of the expansion to show off, including a taste of its dark story, and the new continent it will bring.&#8221; Gamescom will be the first time the studio is showing off this unexpected DLC &#8211; and I&#8217;ll be seeing the game and chatting to the devs at the show. Expect more news later this week.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Witcher 3&#8217;s expansion Songs of the Past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-expansion-songs-past-team-size\">is being made by as many people as made The Witcher 3<\/a> &#8211; potentially even more. What else do we know about Songs of the Past? Well, we know that the expansion will star Geralt rather than Ciri, who&#8217;ll lead The Witcher 4, by the way, but we don&#8217;t know anything about timelines. It makes sense for Ciri to be involved somehow given the expansion&#8217;s positioning before The Witcher 4, but whether it takes place after the events of The Witcher 3 or before them, we&#8217;re currently none the wiser. Maybe there are flashbacks to a &#8220;Past&#8221; referenced by the title, or maybe it takes place in the past. We&#8217;re due to find out more later in the summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red also teases &#8220;one or two surprises&#8221; coming elsewhere at the show. It remains to be seen what these are. <\/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>CD Projekt Red has posted a quick update about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\">The Witcher 4<\/a>, narrowing down the release date for its upcoming RPG sequel. &#8220;This is our biggest, boldest, and most ambitious game to date,&#8221; says CD Projekt Red joint-CEO Michal Nowakowski, shortly before confirming the studio is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a release date in 2028. Bear in mind, then, that this could always slip.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know it&#8217;s a bit of a wait, and you&#8217;d love to play it sooner\u2013but let the team cook. It will be worth the wait,&#8221; he says. He gives us a few more bytes of information, too; noting the team is &#8220;hard at work on a brand new saga&#8221; with &#8220;more than 500 developers&#8221; working on the game (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/clair-obscur-expedition-33-animator-joins-the-witcher-4-developer-cd-projekt-red\">one of which, we think, is Clair Obscur: Expedition 33&#8217;s cinematic animator)<\/a>. Nowakowski reiterates the game will have a huge, immersive open world, intense action-packed gameplay, and a deep, impactful story. Certainly sounds like The Witcher to me.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"The Witcher 4 - Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LN7QtUeSo84?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LN7QtUeSo84\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">The Witcher 4 &#8211; Official Cinematic Reveal Trailer | The Game Awards 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LN7QtUeSo84\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, all eyes are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">The Witcher 3<\/a>&#8216;s new DLC, Songs of the Past. &#8220;We&#8217;ve got a lot of the expansion to show off, including a taste of its dark story, and the new continent it will bring.&#8221; Gamescom will be the first time the studio is showing off this unexpected DLC &#8211; and I&#8217;ll be seeing the game and chatting to the devs at the show. Expect more news later this week.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Witcher 3&#8217;s expansion Songs of the Past <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-expansion-songs-past-team-size\">is being made by as many people as made The Witcher 3<\/a> &#8211; potentially even more. What else do we know about Songs of the Past? Well, we know that the expansion will star Geralt rather than Ciri, who&#8217;ll lead The Witcher 4, by the way, but we don&#8217;t know anything about timelines. It makes sense for Ciri to be involved somehow given the expansion&#8217;s positioning before The Witcher 4, but whether it takes place after the events of The Witcher 3 or before them, we&#8217;re currently none the wiser. Maybe there are flashbacks to a &#8220;Past&#8221; referenced by the title, or maybe it takes place in the past. We&#8217;re due to find out more later in the summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red also teases &#8220;one or two surprises&#8221; coming elsewhere at the show. It remains to be seen what these are. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News CD Projekt Red is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a 2028 release date for The Witcher 4, per a new update from the developer CD Projekt Red is &#8220;targeting&#8221; a 2028 release date for The Witcher 4, per a new update from the developer Image credit: CD Projekt Red News by Dom Peppiatt Deputy Editorial Director Updated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,253],"class_list":["post-2109159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-eurogamer-net"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2109159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2109159\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2109159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2109159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2109159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}