CD Projekt RED has finally officially revealed The Witcher IV, the new title in the famous RPG series that this time will abandon Geralt's adventures to see us follow in the footsteps of a new Witcher, his now grown goddaughter Ciri, in what the developers call "the most immersive and ambitious Witcher open-world ever made".

Here are some details, the announcement trailer pre-rendered on Unreal Engine 5 with game assets and a set of images from it.

In the trailer, which lasts almost six minutes, Ciri, the adopted daughter of Geralt of Rivia, is presented as she takes on a witcher contract in a remote village terrorized for generations by a fearsome monster that demands human sacrifices. Framed as a short self-contained Witcher story, the trailer showcases Ciri's new abilities and tools, including a chain and advanced magical powers.

The heart of the trailer is Ciri's perspective as a stranger to the village. As the villagers say goodbye to one of their own - a young girl they are preparing for a traditional ritual sacrifice - Ciri chooses to intervene. With the aim of killing the beast and at the same time saving the girl, Ciri finds herself at odds with the prejudices and superstitions of the people she tries to protect, leading her to confront a painful lesson from witchers: monsters exist in all forms.

The trailer is pre-rendered in a custom build of Unreal Engine 5 on an as-yet-unannounced NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU. Made with the same technology that The Witcher IV is built on, using assets and models from the game itself, it aims to provide players with a cinematic look at the kind of experience the game aspires to offer. The trailer was created thanks to the close collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and Platige Image, who are no strangers to The Witcher universe, having been responsible for the introductory cinematics of the previous installments of the series.

The Witcher IV is a single-player open-world role-playing game from CD PROJEKT RED. At the beginning of a new saga, players take on the role of Ciri and embark on a journey through a brutal dark fantasy world. Based on Unreal Engine 5, the game aims to be the most immersive and ambitious Witcher open-world game yet.