Because we all know they for one would do lore justice. And this time instead of filling the gaps in Howard’s stories with something new like they did with Sapkowski, they could just sew all Conan stories into a single game and it would literally take the player on a trip around basically the entire Hyborean Europe and beyond.

Totally not gonna happen though, not from CD Projekt Red at least, they already announced that all their game in forseable future will be Witcher and Cyberpunk related.

Also, as much as I like Conan, I don't quite think he's quite got the Witcher's potential in video game form. At least not in a Witcher like RPG. Conan is not nearly as interesting and nuanced character as Geralt, and from a gameplay standpoint he's a straight-up fighter, no magic signs, no alchemy, no mutagens. I think the people behind Batman Arkham games making a Conan game set in a single but vast location and focused on combat and stealth, like the first Arkham game, would work best. In fact Howard's Conan story Red Nails, set almost entirely in the enclosed ancient city of Xuchotil would work perfectly as basis for such a Arkham style game.

Also not going to happen (at least for the foreseeable future) in terms of the necessary licensing rights.
Which still lie exclusively with Funcom, and they aren't exactly known for Witcher-like singleplayer aRPGs.

They also got hold of the exclusive license to the Dune franchise I think last year, and guess what they're going to squander it on? Well yes, a fucking MMO, of course.

As weird and impossible as this may sound I'd love to see CDP work (by contract with EA, of course) on a Ultima X game. I think they could make some interesting things related to the evolution of Britannia and its characters and the way the Avatar would have to deal with the Virtues in a grim, nihilistic setting. They could even engage Richard Garriott to return as Lord British again (in fact it'd be the only way they'd get to make a new Ultima because of copyright ownership), this time as an ageing and decaying ruler, which can no longer hold his kingdom together.

Wishful thinking which will never materialize, of course. :|

Having a pretty extensive Conan collection (including the Conan pen-and-paper RPG) -- being a big fan -- I would love to see an action-oriented Conan RPG with CDPR's care and attention to detail. Funcom's Conan Exiles is 1/2 of a good game -- if it only had NPC's and a strong story to go with the survival mechanics. I'd much rather see a company like CDPR that wants to tell stories.

What shouldn't be that hard to acquire license-wise and what is still completely unexplored in terms of a good singleplayer, narrative-driven RPG experience would be Warhammer 40K.
Centered around an established character like Geralt (Gregor Eisenhorn probably being the only one you could do something with in this regard) or a Cyberpunk2077-like "blank slate" (wearing extra-thick plot-armour) could be a way to tell an interesting and engaging story, even in an universe which is predominantly defined by intergalactic warfare.

Doesn't Ultima belong to EA? I'm pretty sure I remember them releasing some shitty online Lord of Ultima thing a few years back. And when Garriott made his new shitty online Ultima thing he couldn't actually call it Ultima, which is why we got Shroud of the Avatar.

Well they have made a fantasy game series (Witcher) and have a future/cyberpunk game coming.... how about a game set in the modern era with a spy/espionage theme going, I'm sure they could find an existing IP that has a decent fanbase they could build off of and the current IP holder is not using at the moment *Cough* Alpha Protocol *Cough*

Conan is more nuanced than a lot of people give him credit for. But a lot of it is psychological, deriving from his unique perspective on civilization, that has to be inferred. He will rob a noble woman because she has more than enough, then beat up an entire bar to protect a hungry beggar whose being abused.

If I remember correctly, it's a bit of a copyright mess. EA has the rights to the Ultima series but I think they're not allowed to make a new Ultima game unless they obtain permission from Garriott because of intelectual property. And that's probably why EA never dared to use the Ultima setting again (which would generate massive hype over the RPG community and likely make tons of $$$$, if done correctly).

But I could very well be mistaken and EA has 100% ownership over the IP and they just don't care. Well, since there was already an old Conan game, we may just as well use the Wishlist if anyone is interested:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/conan_the_cimmerian

https://www.mobygames.com/game/conan-the-cimmerian

Either way, the ball is in EA's court. And the last thing anyone wants is EA getting within a mile of CDP Red.