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title: 'The Witcher 1 Remake Is Officially on Hold — Here''s Why'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=vXs6mEALsgM'
video_id: 'vXs6mEALsgM'
date: 2026-09-08
duration_sec: 517
channel: 'Mortismal Gaming'
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# The Witcher 1 Remake Is Officially on Hold — Here's Why

> Source: [The Witcher 1 Remake Is Officially on Hold — Here's Why](https://youtube.com/watch?v=vXs6mEALsgM)

## Summary

The Witcher 1 remake has been officially put on hold, according to a statement from CD Projekt Red. The remake, developed by Fool's Theory, is waiting for further development of The Witcher 4, as it will use the same assets, tools, and pipelines. This delay highlights the interdependence of major game projects and the technological shift to Unreal Engine.

### Key Points

- **Remake on Hold** [00:54] — CDPR confirmed to GameSpot that the Witcher 1 remake is officially on hold, waiting for further development of The Witcher 4.
- **Fool's Theory's Role** [01:07] — Fool's Theory is developing the remake, with a small team helping on The Witcher 4 and most of the Witcher 3 DLC, Songs of the Past.
- **Integration with Witcher 4** [01:50] — The remake was announced in 2022, and The Witcher 4 in 2024. The remake is integrated with Witcher 4's production, using the same assets, tools, and pipelines.
- **Engine Shift** [02:43] — The Witcher 4 uses Unreal Engine, a shift from CDPR's Red Engine, which may be a reason for the dependency.
- **Priorities** [03:24] — Fool's Theory's immediate priorities are the Songs of the Past DLC and the small team on Witcher 4, with the remake waiting on dependencies.
- **Release Timeline** [03:36] — The Witcher 4 is expected to kick off a second trilogy with releases within two years of each other, and the remake's timeline is uncertain.
- **Combat System Changes** [06:10] — The original Witcher 1 had a rhythm-based combat system that could be completely rebuilt in the remake.

### Conclusion

The Witcher 1 remake is officially on hold, waiting for The Witcher 4's development to provide the necessary assets and tools. This delay highlights the complexities of modern game development and the interdependence of major projects.

## Transcript

What's going on everybody, Mortem here, this time bringing you a video about what is going on with the Witcher 1 remake.
Because, given all of the recent Witcher related news, the Witcher 3 remaster, the Witcher 3 DLC, Songs of the Past, at some point during all of that, you may well have asked yourself, hey, weren't they remaking that first game?
And the answer is, yes, but not right now, as it turns out. So, like I said, pretty natural question to ask, and ask they did over at GameSpot. They specifically requested from CDPR a statement about it, and CD Projekt Red actually provided.
So, this is straight from the source, as it turns out, and I will link that article down below to be clear. But, with everything else going on in the world of gaming right now, this was a sort of blink-and-you'll-miss-it type of story,
and so I wanted to just take a second to talk about it, but don't let me bury the lead here. The simple fact of it is that the Witcher 1 remake is officially on hold, and it is waiting for further development of The Witcher 4 in particular.
Now, there's some more to talk about there and stuff I want to talk about, but that's the main thing to know. Congratulations. You know what's going on with the Witcher 1 remake. Now, as for the things I wanted to talk about, just a quick recap. If you don't know, the Witcher 1 remake is meant to be developed by Fool's Theory.
Fool's Theory is a developer that has been working with CDPR on a few different things. A small portion of their team is actually helping with The Witcher 4 already, and are doing most of, from what I understand, the development of the upcoming Witcher 3 DLC, Songs of the Past.
However, before that, Hull Theory made two other games, and I have reviewed them both, if you're curious, one of those being Seven, The Days Long Gone, and the other being Thaumaturge. both were pretty good doing interesting things in their own right, and I'm personally glad to see
them moving up in the world and covering all of these other things in another franchise that is obviously really important to people. But the first thing I want to point out beyond that is that the Witcher 1 remake was announced in I believe it was 2022 and The Witcher 4 was announced in 2024 And somewhere along the way according specifically to the statement that they gave GameStop The Witcher 1 remake was integrated with The Witcher 4 production process
because of some of the things that they were depending on in unison. It seems like the remake is meant to be using everything that The Witcher 4 is using in terms of assets and whatnot.
In particular, they straight up say that they need the necessary assets, tools, and pipelines to actually pave the way for The Witcher 1's remake process to be efficient. And I think that is just really interesting for a game that is apparently supposed to have been
in development for like four years already. However, I think I might understand at least briefly what this is about, and that is, I would say that we know that Witcher 4 is going to be using Unreal Engine, which is a shift from the Red Engine that CDPR was previously using,
their own proprietary engine. And there's a pretty big technology shift there, and I'm wondering if that doesn't have something to do with what's going on here, but that is, of course, just speculation on my part. Either way, that is probably at least in part why some of Fool's
Theory is actually working on The Witcher 4 in particular, on top of working on the DLC, Songs of the Past. So, because of all that going on right now, The Witcher 1 remake is on hold
until they get caught up with those things. So, it looks like Fool's Theory's immediate priorities These are the songs of the past DLC. Obviously, that's the big thing that's not going on. And then the small team they've got working on The Witcher 4
and whatever dependencies are holding up progress on the remake. Now, as a bit of a byproduct of that situation, I do find myself wondering when both of these games are going to release because The Witcher 4 is supposed to kick off effectively a second trilogy
that they plan to release in relatively quick succession, like within two years of each one. as it looks like they'll probably be using, of course, the foundation made by The Witcher 4, but that is apparently also the case for The Witcher 1 remake, and depending on how
long it takes to get the codependent part of that done, obviously has a big effect on when we see either of these games, but I do just find myself wondering which one is going to actually show up first or if they wind up showing up around the same time Obviously only time will tell but it just an odd situation around it in particular and if anything I would say goes to
show how modern game development can quickly spiral out of initial projection because just judging by the time the Witcher 1 remake was initially announced things have taken a bit of a turn in terms of like you know what their overall plans and goals and strategies are and
that's why we're here whereas effectively on pause waiting on other things to happen. Now before I wrap up this particular video, I did want to talk a little bit about, like, The Witcher 1 in particular. This part is just purely my own thoughts on what I might actually want from a
Witcher 1 remake, but I played The Witcher 1 close to its actual release. I was apparently one of very few people who bought and played the original, which did not sell very well in the United States, and while there are certainly people who love that franchise infinitely more than I do, I will
always remember The Witcher 1 as being a game that kind of showed me that the scope of what games could really be was a bit beyond what my imagination had told me at the time. Not that the original Witcher was like the first game to do like mature themes or anything, it was just the
first game that I played at a time where it was just something that finally clicked for me, I guess you could say. And in that way, I've always remembered the original Witcher. I also don't really look at it through rose-tinted glasses at all. I do think playing The Witcher 1 is a rough
game with a lot of problems, even today. And in that way, I think there's a lot of things a remake could do for that original title. And with them building off of the bones of whatever The Witcher 4 winds up being to make that particular remake and reimagine content and everything, it means
it's a lot open to interpretation as far as, like, the skills and the combat system go. Now, obviously, I think all of those changes are inevitably going to be controversial, As this is a big IP that is effectively changing something old that people have grown accustomed
to and then there are a ton of people who have never played it who don't care either way and I'm sure there's going to be a ton of back and forth when we finally get these details but in particular I would say the combat has like this rhythm based thing to
it so like when you would time your attacks and stuff and a lot of it played out automatically otherwise which is a very odd system overall and given the engine switch and everything else I could see them completely chucking that out the window
and rebuilding it from the ground up to be a more modern action kind of thing, the way The Witcher 4 is likely going to be. However, I could also see a situation where they don't want to copy whatever The Witcher 4 does combat-wise wholesale either,
but with it being a remake, They just have a ton of leeway to actually change that system a ton, as opposed to a remaster trying to stick to the original beats, let's say. But another thing I'm really curious about is what they'll do about the voice acting.
So I think there's a lot of great things to love about The Witcher, and in some ways it is the charm of how, like, weirdly bad the voice acting is. Like, some of it's really good, and then every once in a while you hear lines where it was like,
geez, you probably could have done something more than like the first take, which I want to, with all of my being, assume that that was. But as with any big change to the combat system, depending on what they choose to do there,
also naturally affects all of the progression systems and the way that worked in the original game, which I actually kind of enjoyed. But long story short, there's just tons of stuff they could choose to change or keep about the Witcher 1 remake,
and I find myself just infinitely curious about how they wind up tackling it, because I don't envy them all of those decisions they will ultimately have to make. But, you know, it's an important game to me, and I'm very interested in seeing what winds up becoming of it,
and I'll certainly be checking it out when it does finally release, but from the sounds of things, that will not be soon. So, we'll check in on this one in a couple of years, I imagine. As for today's video, however, that is pretty much going to do it.
Certainly hope you enjoyed it. If you did, by all means, like, comment, subscribe, or YouTube Jazz, but regardless of any of that, truly, Just thank you so much for watching. I really do appreciate it. May you wander in wisdom and have an amazing day.