Let's get this out of the way. Zephy is a MASSIVE Witcher Fangirl. I've red 2/3 of the books (Too lazy to learn polish just to read the last one, luckily the U.S edition is coming out July 1st of this year.) I've played the games (Well, only a little of 2) And this had me stoked.

Let's go a few weeks back, during the teens of january. CD Projekt Red released a teaser trailer for "Cyberpunk" which got most people hard with anticipation, but left me with a sour taste. Prerendered trailers always seem to overglorify the games that they are made for. Case in point: Dead Island. The trailer made it out to be an emotional journey, but it ended up just being a bunch of drunk people in a zombie version of Borderlands 2.

But, I digress. Back in the Cyberpunk trailer, near the end, there was a hint to TW3 Existance, but almost nobody caught it. On twitter, if I recall, a CDPR employee said "Yeah, we're going to reveal something soon, but on a more...established franchise" (Paraphrased).

And Lo! The new issue of Gameinformer (Which I should be recieving soon) features The Witcher 3 as it's cover story. Apparently, it runs on a new engine, Is 20x bigger than Witcher 2, and is going to be open world with seamless loading.

Holy. s***. It also pretty much confirms the next generation of consoles, as it states it's being released on "All High-End platforms available"

Also, beard.

Sources: http://kotaku.com/5981680/the-witcher-3-announced-first-artwork-revealed