The development of the Witcher’s Haste is paused until CD Projekt Red creates The Witcher 4

The release of the desktop role -playing game “Witcher” was paused while CD Projekt Red is working on The Witcher 4 under the code name Polaris. Board games developer R. Talsorian Games announced a break in August, but now he said that he did not know when he could continue to work on the game.

“We are doing well in Talsorian, although the news, to put it mildly, is disappointed,” said the manager and leading developer Cody Pondsmith. “We have no exact deadlines yet, since many issues with CD Projekt Red have not yet been resolved”.

Polaris will be released no earlier than 2025, so the break may be long. Although larger details of history, most likely, will be recorded in the early stages of development, later content can be reduced for several reasons, as a result of which it is unclear what stories actually fall into the main game.

Pondsmith said that its story takes place between The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, is not directly related to Polaris, but Talsorian and CD Projekt Red are closely cooperating to guarantee that the witness canon remains consistent.

“The new content that we planned is not directly related to the“ Witcher 4 ”, but affects many parts of the“ Witcher ”story, which are an integral part of the entire canon,” he said.

Pondsmith delved into this topic in the initial announcement:

“Since CD Projekt Red begins work on the fourth video game“ Witcher ”, we collaborate to ensure that the information between our two products remains as related as possible. We had countless meetings that lasted several days, discussing the ENT Continent and the direction of the Witcher franchise. We came to the conclusion that at the moment it will be extremely difficult or probably impossible to continue working on the TTRPG plot and at the same time keep in touch with the upcoming CD Projekt RED plans “.

Fans of The Witcher Ttrpg may be worth expecting new content, since Pondsmit made it clear in his message that the game was “not dead”.

He also said that small releases of content are possible:

“At present, we do not have any plans to issue a significant new content during this break, but we hope that we can release free loaded content on our website, focusing on the well-established concept of the“ witcher ”that will not be Touched “Witcher 4”.