The Witcher 4 Will Not Focus on Geral of Rivia, Voice Actor Claims
CD Projekt Red is working on the next game in The Witcher franchise. The Polish developer confirmed in 2022 that it had started work on The Witcher 4. The game, codenamed Polaris, will be the first in a new Witcher trilogy. The studio has yet to reveal any details about the upcoming RPG, but The Witcher 4 will reportedly feature Geralt of Rivia, though not as a protagonist. The iconic character’s voice actor has said that the titular Witcher will not play a central role in The Witcher 4.
The Witcher 4
Doug Cockle, voice actor for Geralt in the first three Witcher games, has revealed in a new interview that the silver-haired monster hunter will appear in The Witcher 4, but will not be the game’s protagonist.
“The Witcher 4 has been announced. I can’t say anything about it yet,” Cockle said in the interview (as noted by VGC). “What we know is that Geralt will be part of the game, we just don’t know how much. And the game won’t be focused on Geralt, so it’s not about him this time,” Cockle said.
However, the voice actor did not want to make any further statements about the protagonist of The Witcher 4. “We don’t know who it is, I’m curious to find out!”
Cockle, who voiced Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, said he has not yet seen the script for the next game in the series.
The Witcher games in development
The Witcher 4 was first announced by CD Projekt Red in March 2022. At the time, the studio had stated that work had begun on the game, but did not give a release date. CD Projekt Red had also confirmed that it had partnered with Epic Games to develop The Witcher 4 on Unreal Engine 5.
Later that year, the studio provided more details about the future of The Witcher franchise, confirming a new trilogy spearheaded by project ‘Polaris,’ a remake of the first game — The Witcher — built in Unreal Engine 5 and codenamed ‘Canis Majoris,’ and a multiplayer Witcher title, codenamed ‘Sirius.’ CD Projekt Red has yet to confirm a release timeline for its upcoming Witcher projects. The studio has also confirmed that it is working on a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel.
