The Witcher 4 Devs on Whether Gwent Will Return: “We Don’t Think Anyone Will be Disappointed”

There’s a protracted listing of causes for why The Witcher 3 is as beloved as it’s, however certainly, Gwent needs to be excessive on that listing. An elaborate card gathering and battling minigame that spanned the whole thing of the expertise, Gwent amassed an enormous fan following immediately upon The Witcher 3’s launch, to the extent that CD Projekt RED would go on to additionally spin it off into a number of standalone tasks.

Just lately, the Polish studio formally unveiled The Witcher 4, and naturally, questions on whether or not the beloved card sport will return have already begun popping up. In fact, the sport goes to set itself aside from its predecessors in some key methods – a brand new protagonist being chief amongst them – although it seems like Gwent might be returning nonetheless.

Requested about the identical in a latest interview with Simple Allies, although CD Projekt RED builders didn’t explicitly affirm that Gwent might be featured in The Witcher 4, they did very strongly recommend it. 

“We like it,” mentioned govt producer Gosia Mitręga. “We actually love the sport, and we additionally actually rigorously at all times take heed to the neighborhood. That is all we are able to say, however I don’t suppose anybody might be upset.”

Sport director Sebastian Kalemba added: “It’s part of the expertise, proper? We additionally love Gwent.”

Given the huge success that Gwent noticed with The Witcher 3 and the standalone spinoffs that it spawned, the omission of Gwent would definitely have been a shock. The cardboard sport has greater than its fair proportion of followers, so its return within the sequence’ subsequent instalment is certain to be a crowd-pleaser, to place it mildly. 

Different particulars have additionally emerged on The Witcher 4 since its announcement, with CDPR confirming that its world might be roughly as giant as The Witcher 3, revealing particulars about its fight, promising an excellent larger emphasis on choice-and-consequence mechanics, and extra. Former sequence protagonist Geralt of Rivia can be set to return, with Doug Cockle voicing him once more, although it’s unknown what the extent of his function within the story might be.