CD Projekt says that The Witcher 4 will not be smaller or worse than The Witcher 3 or Cyberpunk 2077.

CD Projekt's Q3 financial report announced that The Witcher 4 has finally reached full production. Chief financial officer Piotr Nelubowicz stated that the game, still codenamed Project Polaris has moved into full-scale manufacturing several weeks ago.

Charles Tremblay spoke to Eurogamer about the switch from the REDengine, which was last used in Cyberpunk 2077. He also discussed the switch to Unreal Engine 5 "I won't say it's simple," he said. "But I think we have some cool things going on, and hopefully that [the technology] will have some good showcase." The only thing I'll say is that changing our tech does not change that we will always be ambitious.

Tremblay continued by stating that Project Polaris, currently being worked on at CDPR by 400 of its 650 strong staff, will be bigger and better than any previous work the studio has done. "And the next title we make will not be smaller or worse. It will be bigger, better, more than The Witcher 3. It will be better than Cyberpunk, because for us it's unacceptable to launch in that way. We don't wish to go back."

Tremblay did not deny that the switch to a new engine would not be an easy one. "Even if we have some'sweaty' moments and even some bad things happen," he said. "I think that we will still try to make it better than what we have achieved in the previous years." So, technology shouldn't be a barrier for us.

The release date for the next Witcher game is still unknown. Given the numerous delays of Cyberpunk, it would not be surprising if the studio waited to announce anything until they had a firm schedule in place. Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt, will be returning to the game. However, Geralt will not be the main character.