Witcher 2 still needs a publisher

By Robert Purchese Published 18 September, 2009

CDProjekt not fussed about leak.

Developer CDProjekt has said The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings still needs a publisher, which suggests that Atari - partner for The Witcher - is now out of the picture, following Rise of the White Wolf disputes.

The news comes from a statement issued by developer boss Adam Kicinski after an internal trailer of the sequel leaked onto the internet overnight.

"Of course, we can't and won't try to deny the facts. The movie that appeared on the various sites yesterday presents our newest project, The Witcher 2, which we've been working on for some time," Kicinski told Voodoo Extreme.

"We made something about half a year ago to present the first playable version of the game. Currently we are looking for a potential publisher (or publishers) for this title, and this leak is an uncontrolled side effect of that process.

"For today, we are not commenting on anything that concerns the game itself," he added.

You can find that leaked Witcher 2 trailer over on Eurogamer TV right now.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (3) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • hiddenranbir #1 2 years ago

    I'll publish it. We can set up office in my spare room.

    Team Ranbir Publishing!

  • cheeky_pete #2 2 years ago

    I think they should just publish it directlythemselves. Mind you CDProjekt also owns gog.com so they are aware of the powers of digital distribution, but they should just use Steam, D2D or whatever save Atari or another publisher making another region based fiasco.

  • SheffieldSteel #3 2 years ago

    When they say they need a publisher, I don't think they mean "my goodness, how are we possibly going to distribute this game?" They mean, "who is going to pay the bills until development is finished?"

    Because that's how games tend to be funded these days.
    Edited by 1 at 07/01/10 @ 16:21