Summary
- Gwent may return in The Witcher 4, according to the game’s developers.
- A lengthy trailer for the game was shown during The Game Awards 2024 on December 12.
- A physical version of Gwent is set for release in 2025.
The development team behind The Witcher 4 recently hinted at the return of a beloved side activity from the previous game: Gwent. One of the first new game announcements to come from last week’s The Game Awards 2024 was the official first look at The Witcher 4, which CDPR confirmed to be working on back in 2022. The stunning, pre-rendered Witcher 4 trailer confirmed that Ciri will be taking over as the lead protagonist from Geralt, who will also make an appearance in the upcoming follow-up to his own acclaimed trilogy.
There are still many questions left unanswered about The Witcher 4, though some of the developers at CD Projekt Red have been sharing more information following the game’s action-packed showing at The Game Awards 2024. CDPR’s Adam Badowski recently stated that Witcher 4 will explain how Ciri became a Witcher after the events of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and it was later announced that newcomer Ciara Berkeley will take over from Jo Wyatt as the voice of Geralt’s former protégé as she comes into her own as a slayer of monsters.
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One question that hasn’t been addressed yet is whether fans will get to play more Gwent in The Witcher 4, and some of the staff at CD Projekt Red have suggested that the popular card game will indeed return. While speaking to gaming news outlet Easy Allies, Witcher 4 executive producer Gosia Mitrega said that she and her team love Gwent, and that she doesn’t think “anyone will be disappointed” in the next game. Witcher 4 game director Sebastian Kalemba added to this by saying that Gwent is “part of the experience” and repeated Mitrega’s assertion that the developers love it.
Gwent May Return in The Witcher 4
Gwent was first introduced to The Witcher series as an optional side activity in 2015’s award-winning The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, where players quickly fell in love with its fast gameplay and deep levels of strategy and customization. CDPR released a free-to-play standalone version in 2018 titled Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, though support ended late last year. A physical version of Gwent is scheduled to be released in 2025.
Meanwhile, it appears that Ciri might also follow her mentor Geralt’s footsteps toward the Gwent table in The Witcher 4, with fans already speculating on how the card game will impact Witcher 4’s storytelling and how CDPR will fine-tune its mechanics in the next installment of its epic RPG series. Gwent was already a fun diversion from the main plot of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and seeing how the game evolves in the future is an exciting prospect for those who have already poured numerous hours into it.
The Witcher IV is a single-player, open-world RPG from CD PROJEKT RED. At the start of a new saga, players take on the role of Ciri, a professional monster slayer, and embark on a journey through a brutal dark-fantasy world. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it aims to be the most immersive and ambitious open-world Witcher game to date.
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