CDPR has officially announced that work is underway on a remake of the first Witcher.
This is information that probably no one expected today. The production in question is being developed on Unreal Engine 5 and is known to be one of the recently announced projects. Until now it has been hiding under the name “Canis Majoris”.
Overall, the game is at an early stage of production. Early enough that CDPR is not even giving any dates yet. Importantly, it’s being made by the Polish studio “Fool’s Theory,” with CDPR itself providing creative supervision.
The remake of the first Witcher is now official.
It seems that CDPR in general does not intend to rush this time. Where the anticipated release date was supposed to appear, it only said:
The Witcher Remake is what you might know by the codename “Canis Majoris”. It’s still early and we want to ensure that the game is created with the utmost care and attention to detail, therefore, while we’re excited to share the news with you, we want to ask you for patience as it will be a while until we start talking about this project in detail.
There is no month, or even a year provided. However, one can guess that since it has been announced, it is more likely a plan for the coming years, maybe months.
“The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD PROJEKT RED. It was the first game we made, ever, and it was a big moment for us then. Going back to this place and remaking the game for the next generation of gamers to experience it feels just as big, if not bigger,” said Adam Badowski, Head of Studio, CD PROJEKT RED. “Collaborating with Fool’s Theory on the project is just as exciting, as some of the people there have been previously involved in The Witcher games. They know the source material well, they know how much gamers have been looking forward to seeing the remake happen, and they know how to make incredible and ambitious games. And although it will take some time before we’re ready to share more about and from the game, I know it’ll be worth the wait.”
The feedback on this is as positive as possible and hardly surprising. The masses of people have been waiting for something like this.