The Witcher 4 director on lessons learned from the "struggles" of Cyberpunk 2077's release: "It's a continuation of the evolution, improvement, and transformation"

The Witcher 4 screenshot showing a huge towering beast.

To tell the story of Cyberpunk 2077 is to share a miracle, like turning water into wine or the Coney Island hot dog eating contest; the RPG had an embarrassing launch in 2020, but it eventually recovered almost completely. Now, developer CD Projekt Red is taking everything it learned from that experience and applying it to The Witcher 4. 

"There were of course struggles right after Cyberpunk, but what defines us is the lesson you got through it," game director Sebastian Kalemba tells Inverse in a new interview. "So with The Witcher and the new project we are working on right now — yeah, it's a continuation of the evolution, improvement, and transformation we are going on.