Earlier this year, CD Projekt Red confirmed that players would embark on a new adventure with Geralt through The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past DLC, showcasing preliminary content for this journey at Gamescom in August.
However, the Polish publisher has also confirmed that The Witcher 4 is not expected to release until 2028 (possibly due to strict platform certification requirements), which means the development progress of the original The Witcher remake will be affected. Nevertheless, there are signs suggesting that the next mainline entry in The Witcher series is likely to launch in the first half of 2028.
CD Projekt Red recently posted a job opening for a Legal Counsel in the Commercial and Intellectual Property department of its legal team, with the contract lasting until April 30, 2028. The job description states that responsibilities include "providing ongoing legal advice for CD Projekt Red's various operations, including copyright review of game assets, terms of service, player communications, and ensuring product compliance with relevant laws and regulations."
Although the job posting does not specify the project, the contract end date of April 30, 2028, combined with responsibilities involving asset copyright review, player communications, and product compliance, easily leads one to associate this with an upcoming game marketing campaign that could last until the end of April 2028.
Given that The Witcher 4 has been confirmed as the studio's next major title, while the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel is still far from release, and the remake of the original The Witcher has already been slated to launch after The Witcher 4, it is highly likely that The Witcher 4 will be released around the time this contract ends.
Although this speculation may seem a bit of a stretch, the possibility of The Witcher 4 launching in May 2028 is certainly worth noting. Beyond the timeline hinted at by this job posting, CD Projekt Red has a tradition of releasing Witcher series titles in May. The original The Witcher was released in October 2007, while The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt launched on May 17, 2011, and May 19, 2015, respectively. If the fourth installment also chooses a May 2028 release date, it would align quite well with the series' previous launch windows.
With The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expected to be CD Projekt Red's primary focus next year, we probably won't see more news about Ciri's first adventure as a witcher in the short term. Let's hope the final product meets the standards demonstrated in the technical demo revealed by the studio in 2025.