The decision was made in 2022, years before Cyberpunk 2077's troubled launch, the CEO says
Behind the Polish Curtain: CD Projekt Red's move away from its in-house REDengine in favor of Unreal Engine 5 traces back to late 2021, when Epic unveiled its genuinely impressive Matrix Awakens tech demo. In a recent interview, the company's co-CEO, Michał Nowakowski, explained how the Polish studio settled on switching engines for its open-world games – noting that CD Projekt was never founded to chase its own technological breakthroughs in the first place.
Songs of the Past takes Geralt to a new region before The Witcher 4 targets 2028
Something to look forward to: CD Projekt Red had already promised plenty of Witcher news at Gamescom, and it delivered more than expected. The studio has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, a substantial overhaul launching September 29 as a free upgrade for existing owners. It also provided the first proper look at Songs of the Past, a new paid expansion arriving in 2027.
Something to look forward to: Development studio Rebel Wolves, largely comprised of CD Projekt Red veterans, has spent the past year showcasing its upcoming open-world RPG, The Blood of Dawnwalker. This week, the company outlined the game's unique structure and release details, including the full system requirements.
In context: The RISC-V chip architecture is just ten years old, while the x86 standard was first introduced in 1978. Yet, someone is trying to bring a somewhat working emulation of Intel's CPU technology to the newer, open-standard instruction set with moderately successful results.