{"id":292906,"date":"2024-12-10T18:15:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T17:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=345460"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:38:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:38:42","slug":"it-is-likely-that-the-witcher-4-will-no-longer-feature-geralt-as-a-punishment-to-his-voice-actor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/it-is-likely-that-the-witcher-4-will-no-longer-feature-geralt-as-a-punishment-to-his-voice-actor\/","title":{"rendered":"It is likely that The Witcher 4 will no longer feature Geralt as a punishment to his voice actor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been almost ten years since the release of The Witcher 3, and fans of the butcher of Rivia are eagerly awaiting the fourth installment that CD Projekt is still creating, step by step, without even advancing the release date yet. However, <strong>in August we saw the light at the end of the tunnel: Doug Cockle, who voiced the witcher in the previous games<\/strong>, announced that although he would not be the protagonist, Geralt would return in one way or another. 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After all, the game is going to be a success, with or without him. But now we have learned that, at the time, Cockle <strong>was carried away by rumors and admitted to speaking without knowing. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he stated, <em>&#8220;I went online and said something about it, and then I got a slap from CD Projekt because&#8230; I don&#8217;t know how true it is. <strong>I believed a rumor, I thought I saw someone from CD Projekt saying that Geralt would be in The Witcher 4<\/strong> but that he wouldn&#8217;t be the main character, and now I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s true, because they came and told me &#8216;We haven&#8217;t said anything, shut up!'&#8221;<\/em>. If Geralt doesn&#8217;t appear, you know who to blame.<\/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 3: Wild Hunt\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/bbc524fe-9b2d-11e6-971b-00163ec9f5fa\/2393352746\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-logo.png\" 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 3: Wild Hunt<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt.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-3-wild-hunt.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been practically ten years since the release of The Witcher 3, and fans of the Butcher of Rivia are still eagerly awaiting the fourth installment that CD Projekt is creating, step by step, without even advancing a release date yet. 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Lost in the Continent According to reports, CD Projekt wasn&#8217;t too pleased [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":292907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":2},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3217,6582,6650],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-292906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionthe-witcher-3-wild-hunt","tag-the-witcher-3","tag-the-witcher-4","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It&#039;s been practically ten years since the release of The Witcher 3, and fans of the Butcher of Rivia are still eagerly awaiting the fourth installment that CD Projekt is creating, step by step, without even advancing a release date yet. 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