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25th October 2013
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Sounds like Cyberpunk 2077 decided against multiplayer
Witcher encouraging words to hear.
There's been the suggestion of multiplayer in CD Projekt Red's new game Cyberpunk 2077 for a while. In 2013, studio head Adam Badowski even told me "we're going to add multiplayer features", although he also said "it will be a story-based RPG experience with amazing single-player playthroughs". Regardless, that was five years ago, and a lot has happened since then.
Witcher Netflix series reportedly helmed by Daredevil and Defenders writer/producer
But details are still Foggy.
The Witcher Netflix series will reportedly be adapted by the driving force behind Marvel's Daredevil and Defenders shows.
CD Projekt Red: "We leave greed to others"
Witcher maker tries to calm Cyberpunk 2077 concerns.
Witcher game maker CD Projekt Red has let off a zinger on Twitter while trying to calm fears Cyberpunk 2077 will be out to take more of our money.
How The Witcher 1 opening hour looks remade in The Witcher 3
Aardly changed?
What would The Witcher 1 prologue tutorial - where amnesiac Geralt is hauled in from the woods by his witcher pals and taken to the iconic castle Kaer Morhen - look like remade in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? After all, Kaer Morhen and Geralt's pals all appear in The Witcher 3.
Unseen footage from a forgotten Witcher game
History could have taken us drowner a very different path.
A decade before CD Projekt Red's The Witcher (1) was released, there was another Witcher game was being made.
New documentary unearths rare Witcher video game footage
Nekker coffee and have a watch.
A new Polish documentary has unearthed rare footage of old and unreleased Witcher games. On show are Metropolis' canned Witcher game from 1997, as well as CD Projekt Red's fumbled first efforts at a game.
Who's who in The Witcher's wonderful 10-year anniversary video
"Time is fleeting."
Developer CD Projekt has released a lovely video to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Witcher game series.
This Witcher fan film looks surprisingly good
Starring... not Geralt.
Can't wait for the Witcher Netflix series? This 30-minute Witcher fan film, Alzur's Legacy, looks surprisingly good. Perhaps it's because it's professionally made by a recognised Polish cast and competent crew - or perhaps it's because the main character isn't Geralt.
Meeting Andrzej Sapkowski, the writer who created The Witcher
Does he really hate games?
Andrzej Sapkowski has something of a reputation.
Finding the voice of The Witcher's Geralt in Horizon: Zero Dawn
See him Rivia own eyes.
Guess who pops up in Horizon: Zero Dawn? Oh I see, you read the headline. Yes Geralt of Rivia, The Witcher, how about that?
How a Bournemouth lecturer became Geralt of Rivia.
It's the middle of December, 10 days away from Christmas. I'm on a train chugging along the south coast of England, across chilly countryside under a darkening grey sky. It's almost idyllic but mostly bleak, and so very ordinary - I've watched industrial estates and small villages like these roll by a hundred times before. This isn't where you'd normally go looking for a superstar.
It's been a great year for Witcher 3 dev CD Projekt. Now what?
Witcher expansion! Cyberpunk 2077! And... virtual reality?
It's been a brilliant financial year for CD Projekt, crowned by the release of The Witcher 3, a critical and commercial success that has propelled the Polish company to sales and revenue an order of magnitude higher than anything it's enjoyed before.
Witcher feature film planned for 2017, will begin a series
Doesn't have anything to do with CD Projekt Red.
A Witcher movie, which is nothing to do with Polish game maker CD Projekt Red, now has a global release date of 2017. It will both introduce the world of the Witcher and serve as the beginning of a series to continue in film and on TV.
The Witcher is getting a pen-and-paper RPG
Developed by Cyberpunk 2020 company R.Talsorian Games
The Witcher is getting a pen-and-paper role-playing game spin-off, developer CD Projekt Red has announced.
The Witcher game that never was
Made in Poland but not by CD Projekt Red.
The Witcher 3 is out today, and so we've hauled another exciting Witcher-related article out of the Eurogamer archive for you to read again or enjoy for the first time if you missed it. Here, Robert Purchese reveals the story of the Witcher game that never was in an article first published in June 2014.
Departed Witcher 3 devs: "There is no bad blood"
"We did everything to make sure nothing bad happens."
Two key members of The Witcher 3 team officially departed CD Projekt Red last week: lead gameplay designer Maciej Szcześnik and gameplay producer Marek Ziemak.
The Witcher gets a board game spin-off
By Fantasy Flight Games.
Popular fantasy series The Witcher is getting its very own board game later this year.
Seeing Red: The story of CD Projekt
How the studio behind The Witcher went from a Polish car park to open world glory.
The Witcher 3 comes out on Tuesday, 19th May, and so we've hauled an exciting Witcher-related article out of the Eurogamer archive for you to read again or enjoy for the first time if you missed it. Here, Robert Purchese reveals the story of Witcher developer CD Projekt in an article first published in November 2013.
A total of 15 people - ha!
A total of 15 people - ha!
CD Projekt Red announces 6 million The Witcher sales
Oh, what a bit of Polish will do.
Polish studio CD Projekt Red has announced 6 million combined The Witcher sales on this, the series' sixth birthday.
In that relatively short period of time Red has gone from being a nobody into an internationally renowned somebody, crafting a next-generation RPG prestigious enough for Microsoft to feature during its important E3 Xbox One presentation this year.
To mark the occasion I travelled to Poland to see the studio with my own eyes and meet the people responsible for it. That story, CD Projekt's story, will be told in an article coming soon.
The Witcher 2 development tools released for free
Create your own Witcher mods or entirely new RPGs.
The Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt Red has released its RPG-creation toolkit for users to tinker with.
Ever wondered what the author of The Witcher books thinks about the games?
UPDATE: CD Projekt Red managing director responds.
Update: CD Projekt Red has been in touch and passed on a comment written by studio head Adam Badowski in response to this interview.
The Witcher series sells over four million copies
Selling every witch way.
The Witcher and its sequel The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings have cumulatively sold over four million copies, developer CD Projekt RED has announced.
The first Witcher was only released for PC and Mac, while its sequel launched last year on PC before receiving a snazzy enhanced edition on Xbox 360 a few months back. A Mac release is expected later this year, and the Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition will see and Xbox 360 release in Japan come August.
The series is based on Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski's bestselling fantasy novels about an amnesiac monster hunter named Geralt.
Witcher 2 dev to reveal first details on "second triple-A RPG" tomorrow
UPDATE: First piece of artwork released.
UPDATE: CD Projekt has released the first piece of art from the title. Take a look below.
ORIGINAL STORY: The Witcher developer CD Projekt will unveil its new role-playing game tomorrow during a press conference, it has confirmed to Eurogamer.
It will NOT announce Witcher 1 for consoles, as speculated today.
The Witcher 1 to launch on PS3 and Xbox 360, shops suggest
CD Projekt announcement due tomorrow.
2007 fantasy RPG The Witcher 1 will launch on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, shop listings have suggested.
The Witcher is down for PS3 and Xbox 360 on the Danish version of Blockbuster, and the Danish version of CoolShop has the PS3 version listed (via VG247).
Is this the "major announcement" developer CD Projekt teased for its summer press conference, set for tomorrow evening? In February CD Projekt Red confirmed two "A" games were due out in 2012. Is The Witcher on consoles one of them?
Witcher dev giving away "legendary" PC RPG free on GOG.com on Thursday
Plus: More detail on "extraordinary" Spring Conference announcement.
CD Projekt Red will give away a "legendary" PC RPG for free on GOG.com this Thursday, 5th April, Eurogamer can reveal.
The Witcher 2 sold 1.1 million copies in 2011
The Witcher 1 sold 400,000.
Fantastic PC (and soon Xbox 360) RPG, The Witcher 2, sold 1,110,055 copies last year, developer CD Projekt Red has revealed.
Witcher dev's two 2014/2015 "AAA+" games are simultaneous PC, next-gen console releases
One is new IP, one is The Witcher 3.
The next two major titles from Polish developer CD Projekt Red, scheduled for 2014/15, will be simultaneous multi-platform releases for PC and next-generation consoles, detective Eurogamer has discovered.
GOG.com to take on Steam, Origin with addition of new games
Will come at a new, higher price point.
GOG.com is set to take on Valve's Steam and EA's Origin with the addition of newer games to the service.
VideoWitcher 2.0 developer diary
Witcher update detailed.
Witcher update detailed.
Hungry like the Wolf.
Those sex cards, eh? I was determined to collect as many of them as I could. If that meant going out of my way to safely escort a barmaid home late at night, so be it. Convincing a dryad that sex is not just for procreation, that it's fun and can relieve stress? No problem. I couldn't help myself. It was like sexy Pokémon.
Eurogamer Expo Sessions: CD Projekt presents The Witcher 2
On multiple endings and erotic themes.
Expo! It's been a hell of a weekend for developer session speakers at the Eurogamer Expo so far. We've had Peter Molyneux and Tim Willits and all sorts. Today we've got CD Projekt showing off The Witcher 2. Senior producer Tomasz Gop and level designer Marek Ziemak were on hand to show how things are going for good old Geralt now he's in a new game engine with refined combat, improved dialogue systems and a newer and much bigger story.
The Witcher 2 will have 16 endings
And just four load screens.
CD Projekt has boasted that The Witcher 2 will have a whopping 16 game endings, whereas the first game had only three.
The Witcher: Versus coming to iPhone
Portable version of browser duel game.
The Witcher is to get a spin-off for iPhone and iPod Touch, reports Destructoid.
New leaked Witcher 2 footage appears
See Geralt fight a Kraken.
CD Projekt has pointed Eurogamer towards another leaked video of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, this time caught off-camera during a presentation.
Witcher 2 is separate from White Wolf
Latter was only "suspended", says dev.
Polish developer CD Projekt has told Eurogamer that The Witcher 2 and The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf were always - and still are - separate projects.
The Witcher 2 is heading to consoles
Don't expect it "too soon", says developer.
CD Projekt has revealed plans for a console version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, no doubt hoping to realise what canned project The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf could not.
DRM removed, UGC in Witcher patch
Five player-created adventures for the RPG.
Polish developer CD Projekt has patched its cult low-fantasy RPG The Witcher to version 1.5, removing the game's DRM security protection and adding five bonus adventures created by players.
As well as removing copy security measures, you'll now be able to play The Witcher without the disc in the drive of your machine.
The five community quests - Deceits, Blight of the Bogs, Wraiths of Quiet Hamlet, The Wedding, and Merry Witchmas - were created with the D'jinni adventure editor first released last year.
CD Projekt confirms console Witcher halt
Wasn't happy with the level of quality.
Polish developer CD Projekt RED has confirmed that work on The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf has been temporarily suspended.
Speaking on the official website, CD Projekt RED boss Adam Kicinski said the console adaptation was simply not on track to meet the desired level of quality within the desired timeframe.
"The decision to suspend work on ROTWW was one of the most difficult in the history of our company," writes Kicinski, translated by Google. "We put this project in the hearts of many, a huge amount of energy and money."
Publishers "scared" to scrap DRM
Witcher dev advocates "free market".
The Witcher developer CD Projekt believes PC piracy can be fought by offering greater value, but said publishers are too scared to let go of the DRM safety blanket.
The Witcher - Enhanced Edition
The game the original should have been.
The game the original should have been.
The Witcher Enhanced Edition dated
Revamped RPG due in September.
Polish developer CD Projekt has finally set a new date for its Enhanced Edition of The Witcher.
The Witcher editor, add-on and patch
Busy day for monster-slayers.
CD Projekt has released a free downloadable adventure add-on, a game editor and a patch for The Witcher on PC, all available from www.thewitcher.com.
The Prince of Neutrality adventure add-on is the game's first official DLC, offering two hours of extra gameplay. The developer says you will get to visit the outskirts of Kaer Morhen and meet other witchers glimpsed in the main single-player campaign in more detail, and there is more than one possible outcome to the story.
On top of that, there are new NPCs and other "new graphical assets" at work, and the content has been localised into English, French, Italian, German and Spanish as well as the developer's native Polish.
Completely polished this time.
CD Projekt has revealed plans to re-release PC role-playing game The Witcher in May.
Play it for a spell.
Atari has released a demo of The Witcher, giving you a chance to poke around the early bits of Geralt's monster-slaying adventure through the world created by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
Oh look, mistletoe!
Stop clowning around; it really is bastardly cold out there. Still, it's good for one thing: keeping my PC from overheating. All I have to do is wrap up warm and open my window, then pop in one of these festively fantastic frolics and laugh away merrily - probably with a vat of mulled wine close-by to ensure I am well and truly smashed. I'm only giving it serious consideration because there are some games worth seriously considering.
None more black.
Let's talk about the term "role-playing game", shall we? It's one of those phrases that has slipped into the gaming vernacular so easily that we tend to forget what it actually means, and end up using it all wrong. Common wisdom has it that any game in which your character earns experience and levels up accordingly can be tucked away under the RPG blanket. For me, that's only half right. The clue's in the name - role-playing. Games in which you create a role and then act out that character in the gameworld. Without the freedom to come up with your own virtual identity, what you're really talking about are adventure games with a few RPG trimmings.
So, by my reckoning, The Witcher is only half an RPG. The role you play is non-negotiable - you're Geralt, a white-haired growly-voiced amnesiac anti-hero. Nor can you choose his profession. It is, after all, rather set in stone by the verb-slaughtering title of the game. He's a witcher, a professional slayer of the supernatural, wandering from town to town ridding the countryside of foul beasts using swords, magic and a little bit of alchemy. You'll be using the same swords for pretty much the whole game (though you can augment them), your armour options are limited and you've got a fairly rigid vengeance-fuelled goal in mind. If you're looking for one of those games where you can craft your own jewel-encrusted golden armour, and spend months tinkering with optional side-quests, then move along. This one isn't for you.
If, however, you're a fan of compellingly realised environments, commendably realistic social interactions and full-blooded fantasy storytelling then pull up a pew, since The Witcher has a lot to offer.
The Witcher gets limited edition
Eye of newt, toe of frog, more.
Atari has opened the lid and shown us what's inside the Limited Edition version of The Witcher, which is due for release here on 26th October.
Witcher, NWN2 exp, D&D Tactics.
The latest release schedule from Atari has concreted dates for three of its upcoming role-playing games.
Doing what he does best.
If you were magical you'd probably know that Eurogamer TV is showing an exclusive video of The Witcher.
It's a glorious cinematic that shows the hero, Geralt, battling all sorts of baddies - from money-grabbing swine to drooling beasties. It's ever so atmospheric.
The Witcher is based around Polish novels that follow the adventures of a professional and mutant monster hunter, Geralt.
Hands on with CD Projekt's monster-slaying RPG.
"RPGs are like McDonald's burgers," says one of the team at CD Projekt. They're everywhere, and it's difficult to distinguish between them. RPGs are all the same. Rat-punching to level up. Twee character design. A world where the good battle dark forces to free the land of tyranny. And orcs. Orcs everywhere. Punch them. Level up. Go on. Now go and buy a leather waistcoat.
In spring. No, it's not a real verb.
Atari has announced today that it has inked a deal with Eastern European publisher / developer CD Projekt to bring forthcoming fantasy role-playing title The Witcher to Europe next Spring.
