CD Projekt's 'Witcher IV' release date expected to be after 2026, says finance chief

FILE PHOTO: Cd Projekt headquarters is pictured in Warsaw, Poland January 21, 2020. Picture taken January 21, 2020. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

GDANSK (Reuters) - Game developer CD Projekt's release date for "Witcher IV", the first installment in a new trilogy expanding the universe of its blockbuster medieval fantasy franchise, will be after 2026, finance chief Piotr Nielubowicz said on Tuesday.

Nielubowicz said the company would not announce a precise launch date yet but indicated the post-2026 timeframe "to give more visibility to investors".

(Reporting by Adrianna Ebert and Rafal Nowak; Editing by David Goodman)