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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by nvrspyx on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:37PM (#33362892)
I don't think that holds if you read the first paragraph of the article. Fool's Theory, a separate studio, is doing the remake in UE5; not CDPR. With that said, this will allow Fool's Theory to help as a support studio for Witcher 4 after the remake since they'll be using the same toolset.
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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by mortenjorck on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:52PM (#33363097)
Exactly; while CDPR and Fool's Theory will be working on different games, they'll be able to share resources extensively given the common platform. I wouldn't be surprised if they divide up work on a lot of the Witcher-specific extensions to Unreal's scripting, AI, and so on.
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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by whack24 on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:04PM (#33363256)
This reminds me of how Game Freak sent their recent Pokemon remake out to another studio to work on with different technology while Game Freak makes new franchise IP. 2 examples doesn't make a pattern but is this a known business strategy within game development?
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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by peruvian on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:11PM (#33363362)
Not only is this common but it's how some companies have built their reputation and money, see Bluepoint: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluepoint_Games#Games_develope...
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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by daemin on Thursday October 27, 2022 @06:25PM (#33364820)
That's true, although Fool's Theory is full of former CDPR people that worked on W3 and CP. I'm assuming it will be a similar situation to that of Spokko where eventually it might be brought under the CDP umbrella. (That's just speculation though, I don't have any insider knowledge on this).
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