CD Projekt Red aims to “push boundaries” with Unreal Engine 5

Each Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt function prime examples of CD Projekt Pink‘s technical pedigree, with each video games working on the corporate’s bespoke RED Engine. Nonetheless, the studio plans to make use of Unreal Engine 5 for all future initiatives, prompting some concern. Now, one developer is eager to reassure followers that a lot because the instruments have modified, CDPR’s ambition and tradition hasn’t.

The primary video games anticipated to make use of Unreal Engine 5 developed by CD Projekt Pink are The Witcher 4, code-named ‘Polaris’, and The Witcher Remake, a reimagining of the 2007 RPG game. Nonetheless, no screenshots or footage from both has been shared on the time of writing.

Regardless of this, the present capabilities are inflicting some unease that options like Cyberpunk 2077 path tracing received’t function in future CD Projekt Pink video games. That’s not forgetting the optimization woes demonstrated by Ark: Survival Ascended performance and different UE5 video games.

All that stated, Jakub Knapik, international artwork director at CD Projekt RED has shared some ideas that ought to assist considerably allay any doubts. Talking to WCCFTech, Knapik says:

“For positive, Unreal is a special engine with a special stability by way of the way it’s constructed in comparison with REDengine, and we will certainly put in loads of effort and share loads of ardour with our companions with a purpose to harness Unreal Engine’s best strengths and develop its capabilities so we will create the video games we want to make for our gamers. What’s extra, we once more goal to push technical boundaries whereas doing so; we’ve not made our ambitions any smaller within the slightest in terms of that.”

Whereas this assertion admittedly lacks specifics, it’s clear that CD Projekt RED plans to push Unreal Engine 5 in thrilling new instructions that may undoubtedly stress the best graphics cards of at the moment and tomorrow. In any case, Cyberpunk 2077 can nonetheless show to be fairly the take a look at for the likes of the GeForce RTX 4090.

Sadly, with The Witcher Remake release date seemingly being a few years away, we’ll have to attend some time longer to see these ambitions in motion.