CD Projekt Red Says The Witcher 4 Will Rely Primarily on Human Developers
Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski said AI may assist specific parts of development, but CD Projekt Red has no plans for fully AI-made games.
CD Projekt Red says The Witcher 4 will continue to be made mainly by people, with AI treated as a supporting tool rather than the force behind a complete game. The studio has acknowledged that the technology can assist development, but its current plan keeps human developers at the center of The Witcher 4 and its future games.
During CD Projekt Red’s September 2 earnings call, joint CEO Michał Nowakowski said AI is becoming part of game development while outlining clear limits for its use. “We are still predominantly using people and this is our plan, to make games where we’re not walking away from that,” he said. The studio is also “not planning to rely on AI making complete games.”
AI will remain a development tool at CD Projekt Red
Nowakowski did not reject AI outright. He described it as one tool among many that can help with certain parts of production, adding that it could become more useful in some areas over time. For The Witcher 4, those tools will assist the people responsible for building the RPG rather than replace them.
Complexity is part of the reason. Nowakowski said handing a game as complex as CD Projekt Red’s work to an LLM or relying on “vibe coding” would not be the right or ethical path. His comments keep careful human work at the center of the studio’s plans for The Witcher 4 and whatever follows it.
CD Projekt Red is not speaking for the whole industry
Nowakowski also kept the policy specific to CD Projekt Red instead of presenting it as a rule for the entire games industry. He said other developers must make those judgments for themselves, leaving each company to decide how far it wants to take AI-assisted development.
CD Projekt Red has not promised an AI-free development process. It has said something more specific for players watching The Witcher 4: AI may assist with parts of production, but the studio does not plan to use it as a substitute for making complete games.
The comments arrive as CD Projekt Red continues work on The Witcher 4, which has a previously announced 2028 target. The studio has also said more than 500 developers are working on the new Witcher saga, giving Nowakowski’s remarks a clear production context even as the team keeps most details about the game under wraps.
CD Projekt Red’s position leaves the door open to AI tools without promising an AI-made RPG. Tell us what you think of the studio’s approach in the comments, and follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam, and Telegram.
The Witcher IV
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