Last we heard something really concrete on the next Witcher game, it was in pre-production—that was what CD Projekt Red said about The Witcher 4, codename Polaris, back in early 2022. That's definitely not the case anymore judging by CD Projekt's latest earnings report, which shows that around half the studio's developers are now working on the Witcher sequel.
As spotted by IGN, CDPR's Q3 report indicates the game has moved into full development with some 300 developers working on the next Witcher RPG. "The team is steadily growing, having reached almost 330 developers at the end of last month," CEO Adam Kiciński said in an earnings call today. "It's expected to grow to over 400 by mid next year."
