CDPR Feels “Great Responsibility” After Witcher 4 Wins Most Wanted Game Award

The Witcher 4 has been voted Most Wished Recreation on the Golden Joystick Awards 2026, beating the likes of Fable and Resident Evil Veronica. CD Projekt Crimson manufacturing director Małgorzata Mitręga accepted the award close to the top of the November 11 present, simply earlier than Resident Evil Requiem was topped the evening’s huge winner. It is a step up from final yr, when The Witcher 4 got here in an in depth second in the identical class with 16.68% of the vote towards GTA 6’s 18.03%. GTA 6, which launches on November 19, wasn’t on this yr’s poll. Here is what Mitręga stated on stage:

It is a enormous, enormous honor for us, but it surely’s additionally an incredible accountability. Everyone knows it. We’re working exhausting, giving coronary heart and soul there, all the talents we’ve, ardour we’ve, and moments like which are such a lift for us, for the stamina, to (maintain) it going, to ship (for) you when the time is correct.

The Witcher 3 additionally had evening, with its Remastered re-release from September profitable Greatest Remake/Remaster. That brings the 2015 RPG to 12 Golden Joysticks, greater than every other recreation within the present’s historical past. That tally consists of the Studio of the 12 months prizes CDPR received throughout its unique run and a Greatest Efficiency award for Geralt actor Doug Cockle. With the Songs of the Past growth due in 2027, that quantity might maintain climbing. The Witcher 4, alternatively, continues to be some time away. CDPR is targeting a 2028 release window for that one. In fact, “concentrating on” isn’t a promise, so 2028 is finest handled as a aim for now.