The Witcher 4was officially announced at The Game Awards on Thursday, ending the night as one of the events biggest announcements by far. With an extensive cinematic reveal trailer, CD Projekt RED revealed that the next instalment in the franchise will star Ciri as its new protagonist- but though weve known that Geralt wouldnt be the protagonist of newWitchertitles any longer for a while now, is he still going to have some role to play?As it turns out, he will. Doug Cockle, the voice actor of Geralt of Rivia, let slip earlier this year that he would be reprising his role as the old Witcher in the series next instalment, even if he wouldnt be returning as the protagonist this time. That has now been officially confirmed by CD Projekt RED in a statement to IGN.Geralt will appear in the game, but we dont want to spoil his role precisely. Youll have to wait to learn more for now, a spokesperson for the studio said.Cockles voice as Geralt of Rivia was, of course, heard at the end ofThe Witcher 4srecent announcement trailer, but there- we now have official confirmation.Not much else is known aboutThe Witcher 4just yet, other than the fact that its being built on Unreal Engine 5, and that it will kick off a new trilogy of open world action RPGs. Stay tuned for more information in the coming months. The game entered full production earlier this year.