CD PROJEKT RED Confirms The Witcher 4 Targets 2028 as Legal Counsel Contract Runs to April 30

CD PROJEKT RED has confirmed that The Witcher 4 is targeting a 2028 release, and a new job posting for a legal counsel on a fixed-term contract until April 30, 2028 points to a launch near the end of that month. Wccftech reported the posting on November 13, 2026.

Inside the Legal Counsel Posting

The ad seeks "an enthusiastic Legal Counsel to join the Business & IP division of the Legal Team at CD PROJEKT RED on a fixed-term contract until 30 April 2028," the studio wrote. Duties include "providing ongoing legal advice on matters related to CD PROJEKT RED's business, including asset clearance, terms & conditions, player communications and compliance of our products with applicable laws and regulations."

The posting gives no title or launch date. Wccftech tied the April 30, 2028 end date and the asset-clearance and player-communications duties to a marketing campaign closing in late April. The Witcher 4 is the studio's next game, with the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel further out and The Witcher remake scheduled after the fourth entry.

The series' release history supports a May window. The first Witcher game launched in October 2007, while The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings arrived on May 17, 2011, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on May 19, 2015. The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion is set to be the studio's main focus until its launch next year.

CD PROJEKT RED's Recent Deal Record

According to akta.pro company records, CD PROJEKT RED deepened co-development with Fool's Theory in May 2026, covering The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion for 2027 and a Witcher 1 Remake on Unreal Engine 5, with roughly 190 developers at the studio founded by former CD PROJEKT RED staff. In March 2026 the company entered a technical co-marketing partnership with Nvidia to integrate RTX Mega Geometry path tracing into The Witcher 4, demoed at GDC 2026 at about 80 fps on an RTX 5090 and about 58 fps on an RTX 4070. The same records put The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at more than 65 million copies sold since its 2015 launch.

Earlier Witcher 4 Milestones

In November 2026, The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game at the Golden Joystick Awards, while The Witcher 3 Remastered took Best Remake/Remaster and extended its record to 12 Golden Joystick awards, gamesradar reported. Earlier that month, gamesradar reported that CD PROJEKT RED used AI company Respeecher to retouch Polish Geralt voice actor Jacek Rozenek's voice for The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, with his approval after his voice changed following a 2019 stroke. In November 2026, gamesradar also reported that CD PROJEKT RED hired three former Kingdom Come: Deliverance lead developers, including Karel Kolmann, Zdeněk Glatz and Zbyněk Zelinka, to work on Cyberpunk 2 and The Witcher 4.

Songs of the Past Expansion Window

The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion is scheduled for 2027, according to akta.pro company records, and is co-developed with Fool's Theory. The studio's own announcement covered the first steps of the expansion's journey at gamescom in August 2026.