Is Unreal Engine 5 The Right Move To Win Back CDPR's Reputation?
That path is made even more treacherous by the studio's transition to UE5, an engine haunted by its reputation for performance stutters and shoddy PC ports. If The Witcher 4 is meant to fully exorcise the ghosts of the past, there is little margin for error. While many fans are understandably wary of this migration, the reality is far more complex than a standard licensing deal. CDPR and Epic Games have entered a 15-year strategic partnership to actively overhaul Unreal Engine 5's open-world architecture and remedy its notorious PC optimization issues. If this collaboration pays off, the techn
It might even continue to move up the rankings. Three more million copies sold, and it will leapfrog the two best-selling Call of Duty games - Black Ops 3 and 2019's Modern Warfare. If it can sell another ten million copies, then it will be level with the original Overwatch and have sold more than Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow. More potential Cyberpunk-laced heartbreak for Nintendo. Unfortunately for Cyberpunk, it's unlikely to ever become CDPR's best-selling game ever. That title currently belongs to The Witcher 3, and it's unlikely that it will ever be relin