The Latest Breaking News from Philipp Weber

The Witcher 4 narrative lead also wanted Geralt as the protagonist at first, but he "will always have an important role"

CDPR's Phillipp Weber can "understand that many people feel like this"

GamesRadar · Aug 29

The Witcher 3 hasn't had an expansion in 10 years because "good things take time" and Songs of the Past was dead for a while, says CD Projekt Red dev

"We were heartbroken when our story disappeared in the vaults"

GamesRadar · Aug 27

The Witcher 3 devs tried to give NPCs "fear reactions" but it got cut after a few horrifying weeks when "women were just dropping their babies, left and right"

CD Projekt Red couldn't quite get it right

GamesRadar · Aug 18

I'm grateful The Witcher 4 isn't following this annoying RPG trend — a key Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 policy lives on with the sequel

The Witcher 4 dev CD PROJEKT RED has confirmed it's following the same "no fetch quest" policy it had for The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and I'm grateful.

Windows Central · Jun 30, 2025

The Witcher 4 narrative lead says CD Projekt Red "can't break" the stuff that people want from a Witcher game: "We have to do that"

"A lot of the narrative lessons from The Witcher 3, we use them exactly the same way."

GamesRadar · Jun 29, 2025

The Witcher 4 is learning lessons from CDPR's past: no fetch quests, an eye on Cyberpunk 2077's fan-favorite characters, and devs who "care about the art we're making"

Interview | Narrative director Philipp Weber opens up on the importance of consequences and "trusting your gut" when it comes to storytelling

GamesRadar · Jun 26, 2025

'Do it fast, do it dirty': The Witcher 4's narrative director discusses the studio's philosophy and what made The Witcher 3 so great

Now that's a GDoc that I'd like to see.

PC Gamer · Jun 16, 2025

Years before becoming The Witcher 4's narrative director, Philipp Weber's first job at CDPR was spending days throwing quest ideas into a GDoc for The Witcher 3

Things were "a little bit vibe-based"

GamesRadar · Jun 15, 2025

"Suddenly a lot of people who loved Skyrim started paying attention to The Witcher 3": CDPR says an old E3 demo was a turning point for its defining RPG

A whole new world

GamesRadar · Jun 14, 2025

The Witcher 4's narrative lead is holding onto some of his earliest Witcher 3 feedback for the RPG's sequel: "We don't do fetch quests"

Only the good stuff

GamesRadar · Jun 14, 2025