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CD Projekt Red’sThe Witcher4was finally revealed at The Game Awards recently, bringing with it the end of an almost 10-year wait for fans who couldn’t wait to see what was next in the franchise. This has now left some questions about whetherThe Witcher 4is connected to theNetflixseries, and thankfully, the game’s director and executive producer disclosed whether there’s a link between the two.
The incredibly appealingcinematic trailer forThe Witcher 4cemented the long-standing rumor that the next game would place an older looking Ciri in the forefront of the action, as the protagonist can be seen fighting off a horrific cave monster called a Bauk, something similar to what Netflix’s Ciri fought off when she faced an aeschna with Geralt, a long rough-skinned water creature that resembles a stump overgrown with algae. Now with several seasons of the Netflix show under its belt, fans have begun wondering if CD Projekt Red has thrown in some events from the series into the game during its development.
Is The Witcher 4 Influenced By The Netflix TV Series?
In a YouTube interview with Games.ch,The Witcher 4developers from CD Projekt Red, game director Sebastian Kalemba and executive producer Małgorzata Mitrega, discussed if there were any connections between the Netflix show andThe Witcher 4. Kalemba explained that “there’s always some synergy between transmedia” when it comes to franchises as big asThe Witcherbut that the team wasn’t going to “rely on it” when it came to the development of the game. Mitrega confirmed thatThe Witcher 4’s storytellingand their goal for the game are going to be “our origin thing always.”So, it seems as thoughThe Witcher 4won’t have any obvious connections to Netflix’sThe Witcher.
Interestingly, Mitrega did add that CD Projekt Red does place a lot of focus onThe Witcher’s lore and also from the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, but that Ciri’s journey in their upcoming game, which serves as a sequel, “is mostly what we want to tell the world.” For fans who can’t get enoughGwentin their lives, it seems as though the popularcard game may return toThe Witcher 4. Recently, in a separate interview, Mitrega revealed that she and her team love Gwent, and that she doesn’t think “anyone will be disappointed” in the next game who are card playing enthusiasts.
As for Netflix’sThe Witcher,season four has revealed a host of new cast facesthat are joining the show, which includes Gareth David-Lloyd, who voiced Solas inDragon Age: The Veilguard, and Dragon Age: Inquisition, as well asGame of Thrones' Gary Oliver, plus many more. Netflix has yet to confirm a release date or a solid premiere window for season four, but it looks as though it might be released sometime before the end of summer 2025.
