{"id":205841,"date":"2022-10-27T11:15:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T09:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=205841"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:22:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:22:09","slug":"a-remake-of-the-witcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-remake-of-the-witcher\/","title":{"rendered":"A remake of The Witcher in Unreal Engine 5 has been announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Witcher just celebrated its <strong>15th anniversary of the original game<\/strong>, and along with the celebration came some exciting news for fans of the series. CD Projekt Red, the developers of the series, announced that a <strong>remake is in development<\/strong>. Not just any remake, though, one using Unreal Engine 5. But what does this mean for fans of the franchise?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"The Witcher: Enhanced Edition\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/34ef0e2d-bbbd-4548-bd9b-843b5eb9b6f6\/1415266469\/the-witcher-enhanced-edition-1-logo.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">The Witcher: Enhanced Edition<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-witcher-enhanced-edition-1.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-witcher-enhanced-edition-1.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remake is currently in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewitcher.com\/en\/news\/46225\/the-witcher-remake-is-in-development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"early stages of development\">early stages of development<\/a> and is being <strong>built from the ground up<\/strong> in Unreal Engine 5. For the most part, it&#8217;s being <strong>created by Fool&#8217;s Theory<\/strong>, a Polish development studio that has often given support to larger studios. The studio was also involved in The Witcher 2 and now 3, Divinity Original, Sin 2, and Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision to build the game entirely from scratch<strong> in Unreal Engine 5<\/strong> is a good call as it will keep the story in alignment with the new The Witcher Trilogy currently being worked on. Many believe this remake will help the <strong>series feel like a whole<\/strong> instead of just two different games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only that, but it will also <strong>improve the original game<\/strong>, which was rather clunky. This will give old and new fans a much better experience than the original. The Witcher is one of those older games that&#8217;s difficult to go back to after all these years. This means many new players will lose out on the story&#8217;s narrative covered in the first trilogy. Therefore a remake could be <strong>just the answer<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"A remake of The Witcher in Unreal Engine 5\" class=\"wp-image-205847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-664x374.jpg 664w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-238x134.jpg 238w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-436x246.jpg 436w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-304x170.jpg 304w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/10\/A-remake-of-The-Witcher-in-Unreal-Engine-5-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More studios have been releasing remakes and remastered versions to <strong>draw attention to their games<\/strong> and excite fans. While some didn&#8217;t impress much, like GTA San Andreas, others shone out and made definite improvements in visual impact and overall gameplay, like Final Fantasy VII. Others, like The Last of Us, decided to make significant visual and audio improvements without changing too much of the game sequencing &#8211; keeping faithful to the original.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Right now, there&#8217;s not much more information, so we don&#8217;t know precisely in which direction The Witcher&#8217;s remake will go, but it remains exciting for fans of the franchise. It will also give new players a great introduction to the lore before the launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/the-witcher-4.en.softonic.com\/articles\/cd-projekt-red-new-witcher-trilogy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new Witcher trilogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Witcher just celebrated its 15th anniversary of the original game, and along with the celebration came some exciting news for fans of the series. CD Projekt Red, the developers of the series, announced that a remake is in development. Not just any remake, though, one using Unreal Engine 5. But what does this mean &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/a-remake-of-the-witcher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A remake of The Witcher in Unreal Engine 5 has been announced&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9221,"featured_media":205846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[3709,1617],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-205841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionthe-witcher-enhanced-edition-1","tag-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205841"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322984,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205841\/revisions\/322984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205841"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=205841"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=205841"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=205841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}