- The Witcher 4 has hired Expedition 33’s cinematic animator, Lucie Hennet.
- According to the developer’s LinkedIn, Hennet joined CDPR in February after working with Sandfall for 20 months.
- The developer was responsible for refining facial motion capture and building the cinematics for Expedition 33.
Without a doubt, The Witcher 4 is one of the most anticipated games of all time. With a budget of $800 million attached to the project, CD Projekt Red is giving the sequel the best chance to succeed by providing it with the elite talent from around the industry.
The Polish studio has hired developers from highly successful titles like Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 and Mass Effect. Now, a developer from last year’s Game of the Year winner has also joined the development team for the RPG.
Why It Matters: The Witcher 4 is the most important title in CD Projekt Red’s history, as the studio has a lot riding on the game’s success. Hence, bringing in the best developers to work on the RPG is a smart move from the Polish studio.
Lucie Hennet, the cinematic animator for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, has joined CD Projekt Red after leaving her post at Sandfall Interactive. According to the developer’s LinkedIn profile, Hennet joined the Polish studio this February to work on The Witcher 4 after being at Sandfall for 20 months.
During her time at the French studio, the animator was responsible for refining facial motion capture, building the animation pipeline for the cinematics, and overseeing the motion capture sessions. Hence, Lucie Hennet was one of the main reasons Expedition 33’s emotional story translated so well to the players.
CDPR has also confirmed that The Witcher 4 will follow narrative lessons from the previous titles. Hence, the story will certainly pack an emotional punch, and there is no one better to translate that into UE5 than an animator who worked on Expedition 33.
With some of the best talent in the industry now working on the project and CDPR utilizing new Unreal Engine 5 technology, it’s hard not to get excited for The Witcher 4 and the storyline of Ciri.
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