Publisher CD Projekt RED and developer Fool’s Theory person announced The Witcher Remake, a remake of the archetypal The Witcher, rebuilt from the crushed up connected Unreal Engine 5.

The Witcher Remake is presently successful the aboriginal stages of improvement astatine Fool’s Theory, wherever seasoned The Witcher bid unit are involved. CD Projekt RED is providing afloat originative supervision.

The remake was previously teased by CD Projekt RED nether the codename “Canis Majoris.”

“The Witcher is wherever it each started for us, for CD Projekt RED,” said CD Projekt RED caput of workplace Adam Badowski successful a statement. “It was the archetypal crippled we made, ever, and it was a large infinitesimal for america then. Going backmost to this spot and remaking the crippled for the adjacent procreation of gamers to acquisition it feels conscionable arsenic big, if not bigger. Collaborating with Fool’s Theory connected the task is conscionable arsenic exciting, arsenic immoderate of the radical determination person been antecedently progressive successful The Witcher games. They cognize the root worldly well, they cognize however overmuch gamers person been looking guardant to seeing the remake happen, and they cognize however to marque unthinkable and ambitious games. And though it volition instrumentality immoderate clip earlier we’re acceptable to stock much astir and from the game, I cognize it’ll beryllium worthy the wait.”

Fool’s Theory CEO Jakub Rokosz added, “I americium precise blessed that my nonrecreational paths person crossed again with chap developers from the clip of moving unneurotic connected The Witcher 2 and The Witcher 3. Especially erstwhile it’s a remake of a task that is truthful adjacent to our hearts. We are excited to articulation forces with CD Projekt RED, and our extremity is to springiness players different large crippled from the iconic Witcher series.”

CD Projekt RED noted that portion it is announcing The Witcher Remake today, the crippled is inactive aboriginal successful development. “We privation to inquire you for patience arsenic it volition beryllium a portion until we commencement talking astir this task successful detail,” the institution said.