Witcher 4 trailer introduces new Witcher

CD Projekt Pink has unveiled its first have a look at The Witcher 4, with a six-minute trailer that premiered throughout The Sport Awards.

The Witcher 4 has immediately turn out to be one of the anticipated upcoming video games, marking the primary new chapter in The Witcher saga in practically a decade. It faces excessive expectations since 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt claimed the Sport of the Yr award at that yr’s The Sport Awards.

The announcement of The Witcher 4 additionally got here with a stunning reveal: gamers is not going to be taking up the position of Geralt of Rivia. As a substitute, they’re going to play as Ciri, who has turn out to be a Witcher in her personal proper. This follows the occasions of The Witcher 3, the place a lot of the story is centered round Geralt defending her from an apocalyptic pressure generally known as The Wild Hunt.

Six minutes on this planet of The Witcher

Ciri exhibits off her monster-hunting bonafides

The new Witcher 4 trailer makes use of a customized construct of Unreal Engine 5 to indicate off Ciri as the sport’s new protaganist. The trailer opens with a younger lady being ready to be sacrificed to a monster generally known as the Bauk. Fortunately, Ciri exhibits up simply in time earlier than the bird-headed monster with too many limbs can devour the sacrifice.

In fact, in typical Witcher style, even after defeating the monster, Ciri is left upset within the people she’s defending when she discovers that the younger lady she saved was sacrificed anyway.

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A brand new starting for The Witcher franchise

A deal with Ciri preserves The Witcher 3’s ending

The Witcher 4 marks a daring departure from the trilogy that made Geralt of Rivia a family title. The sport’s announcement trailer revealed an older and extra battle-hardened Ciri. Set a while after the occasions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Witcher 4 will discover Ciri’s subsequent chapter as she confronts new challenges, historical enemies, and, after all, her ever-present connection to the Elder Blood.

Gamers did spend a while controlling Ciri in The Witcher 3 in flashback sequences, so this should not be that surprising of a flip for followers of the sequence. Her distinctive talents, akin to her potential to teleport whereas enjoying as her in The Witcher 3, will enable CD Projekt Pink to additional evolve the RPG gameplay that is helped make the sequence so successful.

Leaving Geralt out of the brand new recreation additionally preserves his completely satisfied ending within the earlier recreation. There are three potential endings to The Witcher 3, with each Ciri and Geralt dying in a single, and the opposite two seeing Geralt retire to an property to reside out his days with one of many feminine characters who serves as his love curiosity within the recreation. Taking part in as Ciri means we are able to all hold imagining Geralt having fun with his retirement.

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The brand new trailer for The Witcher 4 is a cinematic scene showcasing a few of Ciri’s talents that spotlight her potential as a powerful protagonist for the brand new recreation. Sadly, the trailer would not present any particulars on what gamers can anticipate throughout gameplay. That is seemingly as a result of the sport continues to be within the early phases of improvement, with CD Projekt Pink solely just lately confirming that the sport is in lively improvement. This case is paying homage to Bethesda’s 2018 Elder Scrolls VI reveal trailer, a recreation that also appears years away from launch.

Including to the anticipation is the shadow of CD Projekt Pink’s troubled launch of its final main challenge: Cyberpunk 2077. The corporate will undoubtedly be eager to keep away from a repeat of that have and tackle the criticisms round releasing an unfinished recreation. So, whilst you may not be enjoying as Ciri in 2025, you may be assured that the corporate is dedicated to delivering a cultured, bug-free expertise for the following entry of their flagship franchise when it lastly launches.