It’s been speculated for a very long time and now it’s official. The Witcher 4 has formally been introduced at The Sport Awards 2024 with a prolonged cinematic trailer and the reveal of the protagonist: Cirilla.

Ciri is all grown up within the new Witcher saga

We now have our very first look at The Witcher 4 which facilities round Ciri, who has chosen the witcher path. She is considerably older than after we final noticed her in The Witcher 3. We see Ciri in a small village that’s about to sacrifice a younger lady to a monster. The witcheress intervenes, naturally.

Sport director Sebastian Kalemba commented to IGN: “There was an intention behind this selection. It was removed from roulette. It wasn’t random. I bear in mind we had discussions 9 years in the past, we have been speaking about who’s subsequent? The very, very prompt reply was Ciri. There are a lot of causes behind that. We’ve already talked about a number of. However she actually deserves a stage and we wish gamers to essentially expertise her story as a result of she has a lot to inform, a lot to show. The quantity of challenges which are in entrance of her give us a lot superb vitality and gas to create an epic saga that we had no selection however to go along with it. All of us felt that that is the way in which. I consider that is the tremendous proper selection.”

However how does that match into The Witcher 3 endings? Franchise and lore designer Cian Maher of CDPR commented: “The one complication might be the concept there may be an ending wherein Ciri can die in The Witcher 3. There are hints in that ending that spotlight the truth that she most likely doesn’t die.”

No launch date has been given, clearly, however not too long ago CDPR commented that the sport needs to be launched 1-2 years after a full reveal. Assuming the complete reveal is at present, one or two years from now we’ll be enjoying the brand new Witcher recreation if all goes effectively.