The Witcher (Next-Gen): Game Director Announced + Exclusive for the Epic Games Store?

The development of the next The Witcher is official since yesterday. More details about CD Projekt RED’s next RPG expected today followed bits of information.

Developer CD Projekt Red has officially announced a game director for the new game project – and he didn’t do the same thing for previous RPG parts. This is Jason Slama, who previously held the position of game director on the Trading Card spin-off Gwent: The Witcher Card Game At least as far as the mark is familiar.

slama himself confirmed Twitter, that he will next lead the development team for The Witcher, which begins a new saga and therefore cannot focus on Geralt of Rivia. There is no further information including planned platform or release period.

Another circumstance caused a lot of speculation: CD Projekt Red collaborated closely with Epic Games for the game and technically relies on Unreal Engine 5. Whether the PC version of the next The Witcher will also be available exclusively in the Epic Games Store and possibly avoid it. Popular Steam Platform?

Steam fans can sleep in peace, despite the multi-year partnership with Epic Games, because it won’t come to that. “We don’t plan to make the game exclusive to just one store,” the developers said in a reply. Twitter, In this regard, the previous passage should also be followed with the new The Witcher. CD Projekt RED recently offered its own game on Steam in the Epic Games Store and in its own store GOG.com.