Witcher 3 director recently discussed RPG games and said two new titles stand out because they feel fresh and different and take him back to RPG golden era: Crimson Desert and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. He said “I think that this [idea] is growing these days, because when you look at Clair Obscur, or Crimson Desert right now, those games are different. They are not a copy of other AAA games, but delivering something quite fresh. And I’m really glad of it because I’m starting to feel like I did in the 1990s when I played games on my 286 PC, or even on the Atari where every game was a different game. Every game was some unknown.” He said that most games now only focus in make money and are not original, he wants more devs take risks like expedition 33 and games feel new again

The Witcher 4 is leaving CD Projekt Red’s REDengine behind and moving to Unreal Engine 5. But according to co-CEO Michał Nowakowski, it wasn’t because of Cyberpunk 2077’s messy launch. When asked about the decision, he said: “The issue with Cyberpunk was not really REDengine itself.” He explained that CD Projekt Red’s goal was never to become a tech company: “The dream of the company was actually never to make technology.” The focus was always on creating ambitious games and telling stories in the most immersive way possible. The moment that changed everything was seeing The Matrix Awakens demo running on Unreal Engine 5. That convinced CD Projekt Red to partner with Epic instead of continuing to build REDengine.