Cyberpunk 2077 Next-Gen Moved to Q1 2022, The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Due in Q2 2022

CD Projekt RED has just published a note to investors, announcing the delayed release of Cyberpunk 2077 side by side-gen to Q1 2022. The Witcher 3 next-gen has also been delayed to Q2 2022.

CD PROJEKT South.A. (hereinafter referred to equally "the Visitor") wishes to provide an update regarding its publication schedule for 2021 as concerns the release of dedicated versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Chase for next-gen consoles (Xbox Series 10|S and PlayStation 5). The Direction Lath of the Company hereby announces that, based on recommendations supplied past persons supervising development, it has decided to allocate additional time to both projects. The Visitor currently intends to release the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 in the commencement quarter of 2022, and the next-gen version of The Witcher three: Wild Hunt in the 2nd quarter of 2022.

CD Projekt RED did say in their latest one-half-year study that information technology was by no means guaranteed that either Cyberpunk 2077 next-gen or The Witcher 3 next-gen would keep their previously announced late 2021 launches. Notwithstanding, to have them both delayed is a bit surprising, not to mention that nosotros would take bet on Cyberpunk 2077 next-gen beingness moved further away rather than The Witcher 3 side by side-gen, peculiarly later the recent rating of The Witcher 3 for PlayStation five and Xbox Series X by both PEGI and ESRB.

Cyberpunk 2077 still has to get a lot of DLCs, both free and paid. Meanwhile, The Witcher 3 next-gen is expected to add some free DLCs inspired past the Netflix series (whose eight-episode-long 2nd season is scheduled to air on December 17th while the production of the 3rd flavor will commence in early on 2022), as revealed during this yr's WitcherCon event.

That's in addition, of course, to the expected next-generation console enhancements such every bit ray tracing support, faster loading times, and more.