CD Projekt Red announced this today during their investor call. Singleplayer campaign for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is going to be a standalone release called Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. It's supposed to be released later this year.
User Prace_Ace on Reddit has written more details.
EDIT: New info from a Gwent Reddit.
Source: Reddit
User Prace_Ace on Reddit has written more details.
Some further information:
- Thronebreaker will be an RPG game, not a card game.
- It will be standalone, users will not need to download Gwent to play it.
- In-game actions will be decided by the outcome of Gwent games.
- 30+ hours of gameplay.
Gwent accounts WILL BE connected to Thronebreaker accounts if you have one, but you don't need a Gwent account to play Thronebreaker.
In previous statements, CDPR has pointed out the replayability, decision making and that it will feature multiple difficulty modes. You'll be able to level up the protagonist (Meve), your gear and build a camp to recruit units (which was inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic).
This might be the very first standalone campaign, with more to come based on the success of Thronebreaker. This campaign will focus on Northern Realms, the next one will feature another faction (Skellige, Nilfgaard, ...). Also, CDPR has released a teaser video one year ago, but a lot of things might have changed since then, so take it with a grain of salt.
Originally, the game was called "Gwent Thronebreaker", but they removed the Gwent from its name. There's no official statement so far, but the Community Manager "Burza" mentioned some information every once in a while, stating the game got bigger and bigger over time and isn't mainly about the card aspects any more. So it is indeed less about Gwent and more about the Witcher universe with some Gwent mechanics attached to it.
EDIT: New info from a Gwent Reddit.
- It will be launched in parallel to Gwent and will only be available on the same platforms, no additional platforms
- Gwent and Cyberpunk are developed by totally separate teams
- Marketing is fitting around the development process, not the other way around
- Someone asked about using Gwent currency to make in-game purchases in Thronebreaker, but they reaffirmed that they will be separate programs
- Thronebreaker is aimed at two groups: Gwent players and Witcher fans (who may not have played Gwent yet because it's not as connected to Witcher lore as Thronebreaker will be)
Source: Reddit
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