CD Projekt Says The Witcher 4 Won't Be at The Game Awards This Year, but We Do Know One Game That Will Be

CD Projekt has ruled retired an quality from The Witcher 4 astatine The Game Awards this year, contempt its cinematic uncover trailer premiering during past year’s show.

While acknowledging The Witcher 4’s information successful the Most Anticipated Game class astatine The Game Awards 2025, joint-CEO of CD Projekt, Michał Nowakowski, took to societal media to negociate expectations, confirming its hotly anticipated sequel is being kept nether wraps for now.

“I’m precise blessed to spot The Witcher 4 nominated successful the Most Anticipated Game class astatine The Game Awards,” Nowakowski began. “Thanks to everyone who has already voted — your enactment means a batch to us. We won’t beryllium bringing immoderate caller contented to TGA this year, but we’re, arsenic always, excited to ticker the amusement and observe this astonishing industry’s large nighttime alongside each of you.”

So, that rules retired much of The Witcher 4, past seen via a hugely awesome Unreal Engine 5 tech demo successful June, immoderate clip soon. When mightiness CD Projekt person much to show? Given CD Projekt has indicated The Witcher 4 won’t beryllium retired until 2027 astatine the earliest, possibly The Game Awards 2026 is simply a harmless bet. According to CD Projekt's latest fiscal report, 447 radical are presently moving connected The Witcher 4, up somewhat from the fig reported astatine the extremity of July. Clearly, it is CD Projekt's absorption close now.

And don’t spell expecting thing from Cyberpunk 2, either. CD Projekt precocious said it’s inactive “laying the foundations” for the sequel portion ramping up unit astatine its improvement studios. That one’s adjacent further out.

Still, we bash cognize of 1 rubric that volition beryllium astatine The Game Awards this year: Exodus. The authoritative Twitter leafage for the crippled confirmed that a caller Exodus trailer volition beryllium shown astatine The Game Awards connected December 11. Exodus is simply a caller sci-fi RPG successful improvement astatine Archetype Entertainment, a workplace founded by erstwhile BioWare developers James Ohlen, Chad Robertson, and Drew Karpyshyn, and published by Wizards of the Coast.

While you hold for that, cheque retired each the nominations for The Game Awards 2025.

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