The Witcher 4 shows off a swanky UE5 tech demo at State of Unreal 2025, with Ciri hunting monsters and visiting circuses in Kovir
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Summary
The Witcher 4’s setting in Kovir was featured in the Unreal Engine 5 demo, which showed Ciri exploring a village and interactive elements such as a merchant in a cart, a horse called Kelpie and a bustling marketplace.
The demo highlighted the immersive potential of the Unreal Engine 5, with attention given to varying crowd density and dynamic details such as an innkeeper cheating at Gwent.
Kovir is a new location for The Witcher games, and its winter capital Lan Exeter, a major port city akin to Venice, will be a new area to explore.
The Witcher 4 is not expected to be released until 2027, according to gaming site Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
