'The Witcher' To Release Standalone, Single-Player GWENT Game Later This Year

The Witcher‘s GWENT will receive a new, standalone, single-player game that will launch later this year, according to a new report from IGN.

The game, which is codenamed Project Golden Nekker, is currently being developed by CD Projekt Red‘s GWENT team. The gameplay will not require users to own any other editions of GWENT in order to engage in the full single-player experience.

GWENT first appeared as a minigame in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt before turning into a standalone multiplayer title in 2016. In 2018, GWENT then received its own spinoff dubbed The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker. 

“It’s not another Witcher Tales [game] but something different,” GWENT Comms Lead Pawel Burza said in a statement to IGN. “We’re aiming to provide a captivating single-player for players who prefer it over competitive multiplayer GWENT.”

During a GWENT World Masters developer update stream, game director Vladimir Tortsov announced that the title’s official reveal will arrive soon.

“We want to announce stuff that we’re working on when the time is right,” he said. “I’m really excited about this project coming together and I hope you like it as much as I do.”

Tortsov also shared updated art for to accompany the already sizable lot of imagery available for the upcoming title. Four images showcase The Barbarian, The Golden Nekker, Living Fire and Fire Elemental in the form of GWENT cards, which could provide a hint at what to expect from the first units in Project Gold Nekker.

Stay tuned for more information on The Witcher‘s upcoming single-player GWENT game.

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