We go inside CD Projekt Red's stylish Krakow office
And search for clues.
CD Projekt Red is expanding. The main Warsaw office has ballooned and the company has opened two other studios in Poland, one in Wrocław and one in Kraków - which is where I am now.
Today is the third anniversary of The Witcher 3
So let's remember why it's one of the best games of the generation.
The Witcher 3 turns three today, so what better time to remember why it's one of the games of the generation.
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.
Confirmed: The Witcher's Geralt is a fighter in Soulcalibur 6
Aardly a surprise.
It is confirmed: Geralt of Rivia, star of The Witcher series, will be a fighter in Soulcalibur 6. The castle grounds of Kaer Morhen will be his stage.
It will be the first time Geralt has appeared outside of a Witcher video game, which is something I'm sure Witcher creator Andrzej Sapkowski will be over the moon about - although if the Netflix Witcher series he's involved with takes off I'm sure he won't mind too much.
Geralt's Soulcalibur 6 cameo puts him in elite company: Yoda and Darth Vader were the iconic headline cameos in Soulcalibur 4, and Assassin's Creed's best-loved hero, Ezio, cameoed in Soulcalibur 5. His inclusion probably has a lot to do with Soulcalibur 6 being made by Witcher distributor Bandai Namco, and the company sniffing a cross-pollination opportunity, but it shows how popular The Witcher and Geralt have become nonetheless.
The Witcher 2, Crackdown and Fable are being enhanced for Xbox One X
UPDATE: Microsoft makes it official.
UPDATE 5PM GMT: Microsoft has confirmed it. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will, alongside Crackdown, Fable Anniversary and Forza Horizon, be enhanced for Xbox One X.
The Witcher 3 Xbox One X patch released, has two graphics modes
A separate PS4 Pro HDR patch coming soon too.
CD Projekt Red has released the Xbox One X patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The patch adds two new graphical modes: Performance and 4K.
The 4K mode locks The Witcher 3 at a 4K resolution with a stable 30 frame-rate. But the performance mode unlocks the game's resolution and targets 60 frames-per-second instead. This means your game will dynamically scale from 1080p up to 4K.
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.
Unpatched, the disc version of The Witcher 3 runs at 60fps on Xbox One X
We've struck Merigold!
If you put your disc of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in your Xbox One X and play the game unpatched it will run at 60 frames per second.
The Witcher 3 was one of the only games to ship with an unlocked framerate. Simply what you're seeing, then, is the extra grunt of Microsoft's new console at work.
NX Gamer compared the unpatched performance of The Witcher 3 on Xbox One X against patched performance on Xbox One.
Have you ever wondered what a Witcher musical would look like on stage at the theatre? Would Geralt sing and dance? With Roach? Would there be magic, monsters and romance?
CD Projekt Red: "This approach to making games is not for everyone"
The Witcher maker responds to issues of studio morale.
Some recent team-leader level departures from Cyberpunk 2077 led to speculation there was trouble in paradise - and paradise began sounding worse and worse the more CD Projekt Red company reviews on employee feedback site Glassdoor I read.
CD Projekt has said it will address a crashing problem some The Witcher 3 players have suffered after downloading the recently-released PlayStation 4 Pro update.
Reports on NeoGAF and reddit complained about The Witcher 3 crashing after the 1.50 patch was installed.
This patch, which adding 4K resolution support, came out last week. Digital Foundry did its thing soon after.
CD Projekt Red was apparently having so much fun with Geralt's skidding mechanic while making The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the team briefly turned him into a snowboarder, slapping a hat and a pair of goggles on him, a board under his feet and then shoving him down a snowy mountain.
The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro update has arrived
Crach an Craite of your finest open!
UPDATE 5TH OCTOBER: Digital Foundry has early impressions of The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro patch, observing checkerboard rendering at 1920x2160 resolution as well as a boost to presentation at 1080p.
ORIGINAL STORY 4TH OCTOBER: The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro patch has just arrived, adding 4K resolution support and a "slight" boost to performance. It took longer than "just a few days" after all.
"Yes, the game has just received an upgrade patch, enabling it to take advantage of the additional power offered by the PS4 Pro," CD Projekt Red told me. "When playing the game on a PS4 Pro system, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and all its additional content feature support for 4K resolution and a slight boost to performance."
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.
4K PS4 Pro update for The Witcher 3 coming in "just a few days"
I Kaer Morhen I thought I would!
UPDATE 9PM BST: CD Projekt Red has since downplayed the "few days" proximity to me. "PS4 Pro and Xbox One X: both technical updates are coming," senior PR manager Radek Adam Grabowski told me. "More details about them, including the exact moment when they will be released, are something we are going to announce when the right time comes." Will it be "just a few days", then, or significantly longer?
As to the '100 people working on Witcher' intrigue, Grabowski clarified that the comment, as expected, referred to the number of people working on Gwent.
ORIGINAL STORY 6PM BST: CD Projekt has said a PlayStation 4 Pro update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be available in "just a few days".
Turbulent development of Destiny, Witcher 3, Uncharted 4 and more revealed in new book
"To some people at Bungie, this felt like a necessary hail Mary…"
A new book has revealed the turbulent development of some of the biggest games in recent times.
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.
The Witcher 3 trailer Killing Monsters remade in MS Paint
Easely the best thing you'll see today.
What do you do when you have a bit of spare time on your hands - "I honestly had nothing better to do in my life" - and a fondness for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? Why, you remake one of the game's iconic cinematic trailers in MS Paint of course!
You pick a particularly grizzly Witcher 3 trailer called Killing Monsters and give it a cartoon look. Instead of people seeing Geralt intervene in a lady's roadside hanging in sumptuous CGI, they now see him slay human monsters as if doodled by a child which, well, rather alters the impact.
The redrawing comes from Kubstoff's YouTube channel, and that's their quote I used above. Kubstoff MS Paint-ified the Battlefield 1 cinematic trailer a month ago.
Famed Witcher cosplayer reimagines Geralt as a samurai
His hair's a bit bushido.
What if mutant monster hunter Geralt, the eponymous witcher in The Witcher books and video games, were a samurai? What if The Witcher 4 went East?
New Witcher 3 mod turns Geralt into Tony Hawk
If I die before I wake, at least in Skellige I can skate.
Have you ever played Witcher 3 and thought Geralt of Rivia wasn't extreme enough? Well then, you're in luck, because a series of new mods will fix that issue.
Sit comfortably, there's an official adult Witcher colouring book
Be sure to take your crayons Rivia!
Adult colouring books are a thing, don't tell me you hadn't noticed, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is also a thing, so what if...? Oh my good golly gosh it's happening!
The Witcher 3 can still look prettier as impressive new mod shows
Avallac'h at this.
There's a new mod available for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC that reworks textures and models to make the game look better.
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.
Snazzy Witcher 3 vinyl soundtrack coming
Leshen up!
Hey, hipster! Get those turntables out. A snazzy double soundtrack vinyl LP is coming for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The Witcher Netflix series begins production
UPDATE: CDPR wishes it "all the best". Doug Cockle not involved - yet.
UPDATE #2 18TH May 10AM BST: Actor Doug Cockle, who voices character Geralt in the English language Witcher video games, is not attached to the Netflix series. But he would like to be. He has put out a rallying cry on Twitter for anyone who feels similar to make their voices heard.
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?
The muscled man who has his own Witcher calendar - he as Geralt, naturally, and naturalistically - now stars in a fanmade Witcher film. And as with the calendar, the film is rather a tip top jolly corker.
CD Projekt Red confirms old forum hack
Witcher you are affected?
The old, obsolete CD Projekt Red forum has been hacked and users' email addresses, usernames and encrypted passwords stolen.
Data breach site Have I been Pwned? put the number of compromised accounts at 1.9m.
CD Projekt Red confirmed the news on its current forum last night.
Best-selling Steam games of 2016 revealed
Mix of old and new, big and small.
Happy New Year! Valve has revealed the top 100 best selling games on Steam in 2016. And given the size and dominance of Steam in the desktop gaming marketplace, the results are worth noting.
That's one hell of a Witcher cosplay calendar
Maybe not for the kitchen wall. Or work. Pictures inside.
It's the 'Geralt in the bathtub' photograph that sells it for me. Our muscled hero, butt naked, legs akimbo and dangling over the tub towards us, dignity hidden by a fortunate obstruction. It's a scene every bit as subversive in this impressive Witcher cosplay calendar as in the opening moments of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. You expected naked ladies but instead you can have naked Geralt. The literal cheek.
Former Witcher, Gwent designer Damien Monnier hired by Dying Light dev
To work on the new, open-world fantasy IP.
Former notable Witcher and Gwent designer Damien Monnier has a new job - one not a million miles away from his last. He's landed at Techland, Polish developer of Dying Light, as lead designer of a new IP.
The Witcher 3 Game of the Year Edition only Ł21 in GOG Monstrous Fall Sale
Geralt load of that!
The GOG Monstrous Fall Sale has begun and runs from today until 13th November. Eye-catching discounts include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition (which contains both expansions) for an alluring Ł20.99! Oh the benefit of CD Projekt owning GOG.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will not support PlayStation 4 Pro features
Ciri about that.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will not be patched or updated to support the 4K features of PlayStation 4 Pro.
Poland's getting a limited edition Geralt Witcher stamp
It's not fair.
Poland is getting a limited edition run of The Witcher stamps featuring grizzled mutant hunk Geralt of Rivia. Well jel.
CD Projekt Red told us about undiscovered 'secrets' in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
So we thought we'd hunt them down.
All done with The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine are you? No you're not! You missed something - you all did. And no it isn't the secret Witcher 3 painting on the hill.
Warning: The Witcher 3 GOTY Edition won't let you carry over save data
Will have a separate Achievements list too.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's impending Game of the Year Edition will include all of the game's DLC, but there's one notable caveat: your save data from the original game won't transfer over to this complete collection.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed the release date for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition as 30th August. In some territories it will be known as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.
That Tuesday, 30th August release date appears to be worldwide and for all three platforms: PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
The Game of the Year edition includes the base Witcher 3 game as well as both expansion packs - Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine - and all downloadable content.
Gwent closed beta delayed until October
"Delivering a good game is more important to us than keeping a deadline."
The Witcher 3's virtual card game spin-off Gwent has been delayed. Originally it was slated to enter closed beta on PC and Xbox One in September, but now it's been pushed back until 25th October.
"Unfortunately, we feel we need some extra time with the game before we hand it off to you for testing," developer CD Project Red said in a statement. "We know we can make a first impression only once, and want to be sure everything is ready before we blast off.
"Delivering a good game is more important to us than keeping a deadline. Still, that doesn't mean we don't realise that delays can be disappointing, and we apologise for making you wait."
The Witcher 3 fine art prints are gorgeous indeed
Feeling flush?
The Witcher 3 now has a collection of fine art prints.
PlayStation Store summer sale looks surprisingly good
David Dickinson would be so excited.
According to the date but perhaps not the sky it's summer - so there's a summer sale on the PlayStation Store. It's under way now and there are some eye-catching bargains.
An intrepid modder is reworking The Witcher 3 so it can be played in first-person.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year edition spotted
UPDATE: CDPR confirms game in a statement.
UPDATE 1PM BST: CD Projekt Red has, in a statement given to Eurogamer, confirmed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition.
Big Xbox summer sale kicks off tomorrow
The Division! The Witcher 3! Halo 5! More!
Microsoft's big Xbox summer sale kicks off tomorrow.
Ah when creativity inspires creativity! Behold the work of professional artist Astor Alexander, who has made characters from The Witcher series, Mario, Zelda, BioShock and Metroid look very different indeed. He's turned them into pulp book covers, noir detective images and even Renaissance-style paintings.
Out of bounds The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine Easter Egg discovered
Were Yennefer meant to see it?
High up on the furthest mountain in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine there's a secret. You can't get there normally because it's out of bounds. But if you use a mod to run the game in debug mode and unlock the game's camera then you can teleport Geralt there. Then you'll see it.
Witcher 3 patch 1.22 fixes floating body parts, beehive money exploit
Science of the limbs.
Horse's tail disappearing? Body parts floating in mid-air? Marlene not talking to you? Sounds like you need The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt patch 1.22 (out now).
Note that this patch fixes the Beehive White Orchard money exploit in Witcher 3. Why don't you leave that poor dwarf alone.
There's no new content for The Witcher 3 and there won't be now - we know that - but there is a relatively long list of issues addressed.
Standalone Witcher card-game Gwent announced
UPDATE: Confirmed for PS4 too.
As expected, the rumoured Witcher 3 card game Gwent has been announced as a standalone game at E3.
This is the "new type of video game format previously unexplored by the studio" that CD Projekt Red mentioned earlier in the year.
This version of Gwent looks slicker, and has a full multiplayer and single-player mode.
The Witcher 3's Gwent set to be a standalone game
Got to hand it to CD Projekt.
CD Projekt plans to release Gwent, the card game that's a part of The Witcher 3, as a standalone game.
There's a way of exploiting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to earn lots and lots of money, and it involves rolling a beehive into town and then having the bees sting and kill a dwarf, obviously.
The Witcher 3 is a fantastic-looking game - but modders are making it look even better.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt patch 1.2 adds enemy level-scaling and a lot more
A book that shows missing Gwent cards and where to find them!
There's a huge new patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that introduces key new features such as level-scaling for enemies; a book that shows you how many Gwent cards you're missing and where you can find them; and an overhaul for the user interface. Cor blimey.
Patch 1.2 (2.6-2.8GB on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One depending on region; 4.5GB on GOG; 2.5GB on Steam) coincides with the release of second Witcher 3 expansion, Blood and Wine, which is out now and you should buy, as our Witcher 3: Blood and Wine review points out.
Level-scaling can be turned on and off, and does not affect experience point gain or loot received. The Gwent book is called 'The Miraculous Guide to Gwent' and is either given by the scholar during the prologue or can by bought from a merchant near St. Gregory's Bridge in the Gildorf district of Novigrad.
Don't expect Cyberpunk 2077 at E3 - or any time soon
"We still have a lot of work to do..."
There are whispers and speculation but I can tell you Cyberpunk 2077 will definitely not be at E3 this year. That comes from the horse's mouth: CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski himself.
Watch as you're led around the new Witcher 3 land of Toussaint
You will not be Bordeaux.
CD Projekt Red has released a video showing off the brand new Toussaint region from upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine.
Don't expect The Witcher 4 any time soon - or maybe ever
"I can assure you we are not working on another Witcher."
According to CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski, the company doesn't have a next Witcher game in any kind of development. Nor is one planned.
Witcher 3: Blood and Wine release date officially announced
Merlot's beard!
CD Projekt Red has officially announced the release date for the second, and final, Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine. It is 31st May, a day later than was rumoured yesterday.
The release date arrives as the embargo lifts on Blood and Wine coverage. I spent a few hours with the game and also talked to key figures in the development team; one person told me Blood and Wine was "a graphical upgrade from the base game", and another confirmed there would be no new content released for Witcher 3 after the expansion arrives. There will, however, be patches.
Blood and Wine is available individually for Ł15.99 or can be bundled with the game's first expansion, Hearts of Stone, for Ł20.
Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is "a graphics upgrade from the base game"
"It's like a fresh development," says CD Projekt Red.
A year ago I sat in a room with a downcast Adam Badowski, studio head of CD Projekt Red, and we talked about The Witcher 3 'graphics downgrade'. He wanted his game to visually knock people's socks off but instead it faced criticism.
The second, bigger Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine may be released 30th May.
That's according to an apparent Steam listing for the game that jumped the gun yesterday and has since been taken down. A screenshot was captured on Twitter (via IGN) and looks authentic.
Among the expansion details on Steam was word that players will own a vineyard in the new content, be able to dye their armour, and collect a new Skellige-themed deck for card game Gwent. There's also mention of a grand tourney to take part in.
No new content for The Witcher 3 after Blood and Wine comes out
"This is the last thing we deliver and we focus on Cyberpunk."
There won't be any new content released for The Witcher 3 after second expansion Blood and Wine, game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has told me.
New Witcher 3 Blood & Wine screenshots are vibrantly colourful
Careful not to Châteauneuf-du-Pape yourself with excitement.
Here's an easy story to digest: pictures. Specifically, a clutch of new screenshots for upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Blood & Wine.
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.
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture nominated for 10 BAFTA Game Awards
Her Story, Witcher 3, Life is Strange tipped for prizes.
This year's BAFTA Game Awards include a whopping 10 nominations for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture.
First Witcher 3: Blood and Wine screenshots show grand new city and palace
A Place in the Sun.
The first screenshots of second Witcher 3 expansion, Blood and Wine, have been released. They show a grand city and the palace of Beauclair basking in the sun, as well as a vineyard in the new Toussaint region, which is famed for its wine.
GOG.com winter sale deals now live
Witcher 3 is Ł25, Pillars of Eternity half price.
GOG.com has launched its annual winter sale, which is set to feature new discounts each day until 13th December.
New GOG sale finally offers juicy Witcher 3 discount
Morhen I was expecting.
GOG now offers the first significant Witcher 3 discount I'm aware of, slicing 50 per cent off the price, bringing the game to Ł25. The offer kicks off a Black Friday-inspired, five-day discount binge known as the 'Only on GOG.com' sale.
Green Man Gaming will now tell you where game keys come from
Transparency follows spat with Game Deals subreddit.
Green Man Gaming, following a spat with popular subreddit Game Deals, has made a change and will now tell buyers where game keys come from.
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.
Witcher 3 patch 1.11 tackles Skellige's Most Wanted quest at long last
Many nips and tucks to New Game Plus.
Patch 1.11 for The Witcher 3 finally appears to fix the long-running issue some people have been having with the Skellige's Most Wanted quest.
"Fixes issue occasionally preventing players from completing quest titled Skellige's Most Wanted," say the notes, and there are a couple of other related tweaks to the quest too.
Community manager Marcin Momot shared the notes on Twitter moments ago. As to the patch's availability he said, "PC should be out in just a few hours and consoles will be following shortly as well." There's no word on file size.
Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone adds Taxman to sting money exploiters
"Make no mistake, you cannot evade this."
Remember that Witcher 3 money exploit in starting area White Orchard where you could kill cows for their hides, meditate for a couple of hours, and then do it all again? It was patched and fixed brilliantly with a grotesque cow boss who shows up if you try it on, but that's not the point. Point is, if you did it, or any money exploit like it, you may be in for a fine - an in-game fine.
Witcher 3 patch 1.10 is a monster, full notes revealed
UPDATE: It's 15GB on consoles!
UPDATE 4PM BST: The patch is 15GB on console and between six-15GB on PC, community manager Marcin Momot has revealed. The Hearts of Stone expansion will be a separate download (comes out 13th October). But according to Momot, speaking in an email, the HOS download will be "considerably smaller".
ORIGINAL STORY 1.45PM BST: Witcher 3 patch 1.10 has been detailed and the notes stretch on for pages - there are more than 600 changes! "The update itself is right around the corner and should be here in a matter of days," community manager Marcin Momot said on the game's forum - and that's on all platforms.
Among the many points is word an Xbox One memory management issue has been fixed, as have the mini-freezes on the console when looting. There is no specific mention anywhere of PlayStation 4, but there are many more quest-specific performance issues fixed besides.
"We are not talking with anyone regarding selling CD Projekt Red or GOG. Period."
Company Board wants rumours "put to bed".
CD Projekt Red has issued a formal statement to Eurogamer this morning in response to an unfounded rumour that spread yesterday.
First Witcher 3 expansion gets a release date
Hearts of Stone for Geralt characters level 30 or higher.
The Witcher 3 expansion Hearts of Stone will be released 13th October, CD Projekt Red has announced. This is the first of two planned expansions; the second, Blood & Wine, arrives Q1 2016.
Hearts of Stone will introduce a new gameplay mechanic called Runewords that "significantly" affect gameplay, says the press release. "Each Runeword will impact a different aspect of in-game mechanics and will allow the players to experiment with various strategies and tactics." It also has new monsters, new characters and a new romance.
Hearts of Stone can be accessed any time throughout The Witcher 3 campaign but is designed for Geralt characters level 30 or higher. It takes place in the wilds of No Man's Land, near Novigrad and Oxenfurt, and involves a contract to kill a bandit captain who possesses the power of immortality. No pressure. Your path through the expansion is up to you. You can recruit break-in artists and party with a ghost, apparently. Judging by the below trailer, Geralt is also a prisoner for at least some of it.
The Witcher 3 sells 6m copies in six weeks
And had a development budget of Ł53m, CD Projekt reveals.
CD Projekt has announced that The Witcher 3 sold 6m copies in six weeks.
As of the financial period ending 30th June the exact count was 6,014,576 copies sold. We're nearly two months on now, so presumably it's significantly higher.
The company revealed the numbers in a financial presentation and summary of a board report.
UPDATE: Players upset over lack of REDKit.
UPDATE 17/08/2015: Witcher 3 players have criticised CD Projekt for failing to release a REDKit mod tool.
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 3 is getting a New Game Plus mode
UPDATE: And here's how it works.
UPDATE 28/07/2015: CD Projekt has revealed how The Witcher 3's upcoming new game plus mode works.
Two Witcher 3 expansions combine to equal roughly The Witcher 2 in length
CD Projekt Red tells us more about them.
The two planned Witcher 3 expansions will, combined, "be like the length of The Witcher 2", game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz told me when I visited the studio in May.
"Those expansions will be big," he said. "If you summarise these two expansions, probably the length of the two expansions will be like the length of The Witcher 2. Those are really big, with different locations, different characters, different stories, different items, cut-scenes, everything."
The first expansion, Heart of Stone, arrives October. It's around 10 hours in length. The second expansion, Blood & Wine, arrives first-quarter 2016, and is around 20 hours in length. "But from my experience," Tomaszkiewicz added, "it always grows. It's like in The Witcher 3: we plan the main story for 50 hours and the side activities for 50 hours. It should be 100 hours. And it's not. It's hard to plan actually because you're adding stuff - adding, adding, adding to fill the world."
The Witcher 3 sells 4m copies in two weeks
"... a sign that we did something right."
The Witcher 3 has sold 4m copies in two weeks, maker CD Projekt Red has announced.
In an open letter, CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski wrote: "4 million RPG fans spending their hard-earned money on our game is a sign that we did something right, and you can be sure that we'll harness all that positive energy and make the upcoming expansions worthy of the grand adventure that you're telling us Wild Hunt already is!
"Until then, keep on enjoying Wild Hunt, do not forget to grab your weekly set of free DLCs, and stay tuned for constant updates and enhancement to the game we are continuously working on."
The Witcher 3 digital copies won't load on some Xbox Ones
UPDATE: The error has been fixed.
UPDATE 04/09/2015 5pm: The error regarding digital copies of The Witcher 3 on Xbox One has been fixed.
GOG Summer Sale 2015 kicks off with Witcher 3 discount
UPDATE: Ethan Carter for Ł6, Sunless Sea for Ł7.50, and loads more.
UPDATE 9TH JUNE: There's been a bumper update to the Sale, the headline addition being Telltale's excellent adventure games. The entire Walking Dead series - Season 1, Season 2, 400 Days - is only Ł10.67, and The Wolf Among Us is down to Ł4.79. The new Game of Thrones series is half-price at Ł11.49.
This week's free Witcher 3 DLC is...
FINAL UPDATE: New Game Plus mode out now on PC and Xbox One. PS4 by tomorrow.
UPDATE 17/08/2015: The New Game Plus mode for Witcher 3 is rolling out now.
The latest Witcher 3 patch is... 1.07
UPDATE: Fuller, more voluptuous patch notes released.
UPDATE 10TH JULY: Below are the fuller patch notes, as released on the game's forum (spotted by PCGamer).
The optional new movement style for Geralt apparently toggles between two types of responsiveness. Community manager Marcin Momot wrote on the forum that, "Some players have been reporting that Geralt's responsiveness was not up to their preferences so we are introducing a toggle to switch between two types of responsiveness. Once you play it, you'll be able to choose the one that fits you better." Hmm, curious.
Introduces an alternative movement style for Geralt. To enable, go to the Gameplay\Movement Response submenu.
Splatoon is Wii U's fastest-selling new franchise in UK
But not enough to topple The Witcher 3.
Splatoon is the Wii U's fastest-selling new franchise to date in the UK, overtaking undead Ubisoft launch title ZombiU.
The Witcher 3 features a creepy Doctor Who Easter egg
Something to marble at.
If you go down to Witcher 3's churchyard today, you're in for a spooky surprise.
The Witcher 3 Xbox One patch set to add 30fps frame-rate cap
And increase on-screen font size.
The next Xbox One patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will target the game's frame-rate, developer CD Projekt Red has said.
A 30fps cap will be introduced via the patch, although it is unknown as yet if this will be optional.
Writing on Twitter, community coordinator Marcin Momot explained that the lock "should" be there in patch 1.03.
The Witcher 3 biggest UK launch of 2015 so far
Sales up 600% on Witcher 2.
Open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has scored the biggest UK release of the year so far, smashing Battlefield Hardline's week one sell through by an impressive 53 per cent.
Launch week sales were up 608 per cent on its predecessor The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which came out in 2011, although only for PC and then later on Xbox 360.
63 per cent of physical copies were sold on PlayStation 4, 32 per cent on Xbox One and five per cent on PC. Of course, the lion's share of PC sales will be digital (Chart-Track's data does not include download sales).
Witcher 3's latest patch tidies up Nvidia Hairworks performance
Out now on PC, console soon.
CD Projekt has released a patch for the PC version of The Witcher 3. It brings the open world role-playing game up to version 1.03.
The update focuses on improvement performance in cut-scenes and gameplay, as well as when Nvidia Hairworks is running, which some players have reported causes issues. Nvidia Hairworks lets users simulate and render fur and hair, adding thousands of dynamic hairs to characters and creatures.
Elsewhere, the patch adds additional graphics settings.
New Witcher 3 CGI trailer tops the lot
If you go down to the woods today...
The Witcher games are synonymous with lavish CGI trailers and the newly released A Night to Remember Witcher 3 video tops the lot.
What it does better than any Witcher video before is give an idea of what you'll be playing, not lose itself in glitz and glamour and have no real bearing on the actual game.
You track down an enemy because you've been paid to, you drink a potion in preparation, and your medallion rumbles as danger is near.
Xbox One, PS4 battle with rival Witcher 3 console deals
PS4 just Ł279 with Tesco code, Microsoft bundles in Ori.
Sony and Microsoft are both using next week's launch of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to stage their own battle for UK console supremacy.
Witcher 3 on Xbox One uses dynamic scaling to boost resolution
Five minute gameplay video shows 900p to 1080p range.
The people behind upcoming open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3 have a trick up their sleeve when it comes to the resolution of the Xbox One version.
The Witcher 3 dev battles leaked footage, spoilers
After retailer sells game early.
The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red has spent the weekend taking down leaked gameplay footage from early copies of the role-playing game threequel.
This new Witcher 3 trailer - any one sense a launch coming up? - may as well be titled "The One That Reminds You How Gory The Game Is".
Oh do the heads roll. Takes a little while to get going, but then - schnk! - limbs, heads and even torsos start coming apart like Ikea joinery.
It's not just splatter-gore - there's a good look at some of the game's monsters, and even a bit of playable character Ciri in ferocious action at the end.
The Witcher 3 PC is Ł32.49 at Green Man Gaming
UPDATE: Promotion is over, but will return later.
UPDATE 07/05/2015 8pm: Green Man Gaming has ended its Witcher 3 pre-order promotion, though it noted that it will "reinvigorate the offer in the run up to launch".
New Witcher 3 dev diary and live gameplay Q&A
UPDATE: Yesterday's video in full and why Dice Poker isn't in the game.
UPDATE 06/05/2015: Yesterday's live Witcher 3 gameplay session focused on combat and how different character builds approach it. It gave a real, in-depth look at the game's different sets of perks and how you can customise your Geralt hero to suit your style.
The game's difficulty was also demonstrated, the same monster encounter being played on the game's most difficult setting and then the game's easiest setting. Incidentally, I played the game on a normal difficulty setting earlier this year and it was challenging.
The Witcher 3 doesn't use the 'easy, medium, hard' naming convention, by the way, but opts for "Just the Story, Story and Sword, Blood and Broken Bones, and Death March" instead. Death March makes enemies tougher and hit harder, and it also stops you regenerating health while meditating, and scales down stat bonuses, meaning every slight edge you can get will count.
GOG Galaxy enters open beta for all to try
Steams like a good idea.
GOG Galaxy, the client that's a little bit like Steam, has entered open beta for all to try.
This is the optional, carefully-does-it next step for the download games store, bringing the community and their game collections together.
GOG Galaxy introduces multiplayer and matchmaking, social features like friends lists, plus stat tracking, achievements and all that stuff. There's cross-play with Steam as well, so you're not in an 'either or' situation.
The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight free with Nvidia GTX 980 and GTX 970
GP-oooh, nice deal.
Nvidia is bundling The Witcher 3 and Batman: Arkham Knight with its GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards.
Microsoft apologises for using PC footage in Xbox One Witcher 3 trailer
1080p/60fps gameplay raises suspicions.
Microsoft has apologised for including PC gameplay footage of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in a Xbox One trailer.
Fans spotted the slip-up after watching the footage running at 1080p/60fps.
The Xbox One version of The Witcher 3 only outputs at 900p/30fps (the PlayStation 4 version outputs at 1080p/30fps).
Watch nine minutes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt footage
Xbox YouTube channel advertises PC gameplay.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red has revealed nearly nine minutes of new footage from its upcoming medieval action-RPG series.
Charles Dance, best known recently for his fabulous turn as Lannister patriarch Tywin in Game of Thrones, will star in The Witcher 3 (due out in under a month).
Xbox One The Witcher 3 bundle revealed for Ł309.99
Pre-orders now live at Game.
A new Xbox One bundle has been revealed, this time paired with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
New Witcher 3 trailer has a bit of it all
"Drink with me you c**ksucker!"
It's out next month, The Witcher 3, and this is as close to a launch trailer as we may get.
It's got everything - a tapestry of shots teasing every aspect of the game, and with a slightly patronising narrator. But hey, not everyone follows the game as closely as we do.
It also has a brilliantly foul-mouthed dwarf who invites you pleasantly for a drink then calls you "c**ksucker" by way of address. There's a vampire with a potty-mouth too.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to receive two major expansions
Dev pegs them at 30 hours of content combined.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red has revealed two major expansions to its upcoming fantasy RPG.
Entitled Hearts of Stone & Blood and Wine, these two add-ons should take players in the neighborhood of 30 hours to complete.
Hearts of Stone is pegged to be the shorter of the two expansions with a roughly 10-hour playtime. Set in the wilds of No Man's Land and Oxenfurt, series stalwart Geralt of Rivia will get roped into a contract with a mysterious figure called the Man of Glass. We suspect it won't be a crossover with Samuel L Jackson's character from Unbreakable.
Watch the first 15 minutes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Sans the opening cinematic.
Want to see how The Witcher 3's opening quarter hour begins? Well you're in luck, as that's a thing that exists today on the internet. And on this very page, too!
The Witcher 3 could take over 200 hours to complete
If you do all the side-quests.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt could take completionists over 200 hours to wrap up, according to senior game designer Damien Monnier.
Geralt's beard grows as you play Witcher 3
"The longest is really long but it's not Gandalf-long."
German magazine Gamestar recently published an article about upcoming fantasy role-playing game Witcher 3, and it revealed a raft of new information.
The Witcher 3 was going to include ice-skating - but it was cut
Plus an all-new, extended look at the game in action.
CD Projekt revealed an all-new, extended look at The Witcher 3 in action as they presented a panel at this year's PAX East.
New Witcher 3 GDC gameplay footage
"It's not even on the highest setting."
New Witcher 3 gameplay footage was shown at GDC, demonstrating, it seems, on Nvidia's streaming tech, Grid.
Charismatic CD Projekt Red gameplay designer Damien Monnier can be heard narrating the demo, which shows Geralt in a forested area as the sun rises.
The appealing scene gets an applause before Monnier announces, "It's not even on the highest setting. We're saving this for when you buy the game - we want you to get a bit of a slap across the face." The rascal.
The Witcher 3 PC system requirements revealed
Yennefer sure whether to upgrade.
CD Projekt Red has revealed the PC system requirements for The Witcher 3, due for release 19th May.
Witcher 3 dev: "Market is afraid of badly polished games on next-gen"
"We don't want to release the game with bugs."
Yesterday's announcement of a further delay to The Witcher 3 - to 19th May 2015 - cited "many details that need to be corrected" and rued how "we set the release date too hastily". It came from the Board of CD Projekt.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt delayed again, now due May 2015
"We set the release date too hastily."
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red has announced a further delay to the game, and a new release date of 19th May 2015.
The Witcher 3 will have a second playable character
UPDATE: It's Ciri.
UPDATE 15/12/2014 8.51pm: The Witcher 3's second playable character has been revealed to be Ciri, a silver-haired woman described as "a powerful, living weapon capable of both healing and destroying the world she inhabits".
Witcher 3 dev CD Projekt turns cluster-migraine-suffering fan into NPC
"I didn't even think they'd get my letter!"
For one man, The Witcher 2 went beyond being simply an enjoyable experience. For Nick, it was therapeutic.
CD Projekt announces generous Witcher 3 DLC plan
All 16 pieces free for everyone.
Everyone who buys The Witcher 3 will receive all 16 planned pieces of downloadable content (DLC) for free, developer CD Projekt Red has announced.
That's buying any edition from any shop on any platform and at any point in time. No small print: buy the game and that's it.
In an open letter, CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwiński lambasted the current state of affairs, where DLC acts either as carrot dangling in front of certain shops, or as supplementary revenue-booster at launch.
The extravagant Witcher 3 intro cinematic is here
You'll never see crows in the same way again.
Well, I've never seen a crow do that.
Solo Dragon Age: Inquisition has ~200 hours of content
And a main story that lasts 20-40.
Finishing everything - literally completing - Dragon Age: Inquisition will take between 150 to 200 hours, BioWare reckons. The main story, however, will take 20 to 40.
The Witcher 3's Geralt: "The truth is, he was a relatively handsome man"
And a bit more about sailing in the game.
Two important questions for a Friday: is Geralt too handsome in The Witcher 3 - a genuine concern - and what more can we do while sailing in the game?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to be demoed live on EGX show floor
CD Projekt to show off its stunning 2015 role-player.
Gamer Network, which also publishes this website, has announced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is being demoed live next month at EGX.
GOG.com adds movies section with documentaries aimed at gamers
Tries to convince Hollywood to sell TV shows and movies DRM-free.
Digital distributor GOG.com is trying to convince Hollywood to let it sell TV shows and movies DRM-free.
Here's a 35 minute The Witcher 3 gameplay video
E3 and Gamescom presentation unveiled.
Developer CD Projekt has released a 35 minute gameplay video of open world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The video, below, picks up the action after the griffin hunt sequence shown during Microsoft's E3 press conference in June. It is the same gameplay shown to press behind closed doors at E3 and again at Gamescom last week. There's developer commentary, too.
We see series star Geralt, on horseback, visit the city of Novigrad. The player would be several hours into the game. We won't spoil what happens.
The Witcher 3 includes Gwent, a Hearthstone-esque card game
UPDATE: CD Projekt issues statement on Xbox One-exclusive physical items.
UPDATE: CD Projekt has issued Eurogamer a statement on the reaction to its announcement of Xbox One-exclusive physical items for the Collector's Edition of fantasy role-playing game The Witcher 3.
Witcher Adventure Game closed beta invites go out
For those who pre-ordered The Witcher 3 on GOG.
The video game version of The Witcher Adventure Game (board game) has entered closed beta and invites have been sent out.
Those invites are few and are reserved for people who pre-ordered the The Witcher 3 role-playing game from CD Projekt's shop GOG. Those who pre-ordered the game earliest will be invited in, and invites will be sent in small batches over the weekend, CDPR told me. More will be sent out on Monday.
Also involved in the testing phase will be GOG Galaxy, the new GOG client that connects gamers to each other and handles various multiplayer and social elements. It's a bit like Steam.
The Witcher 3's next-gen wolf fur in action
"Our ultra is pretty much the peak in games."
When CD Projekt executive producer John Mamais told Eurogamer at E3 that The Witcher 3 would feature more realistic fur when played on PC with ultra settings enabled, he wasn't kidding.
Huge Witcher 3 leak reveals ending details, monsters, plot
"We strongly advise against accessing them," CD Projekt Red says.
Dozens of internal design documents for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have been posted online, revealing key details about the game's story, missions, enemies and ending.
The files were reportedly stolen from a CD Projekt Red employee whose Google Drive was hacked into, then posted to 4chan and Reddit.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed the leak to Eurogamer and advised fans against accessing the files due to their spoiler-ridden content.
Witcher 3 E3 gameplay demo combat was deliberately easy, CD Projekt says
And yes, it was running on an Xbox One.
Some who caught The Witcher 3's gameplay demo during Microsoft's E3 press conference were a bit worried by what they saw.
During the five minute demo, set about 10 hours into the game, series star Geralt is off on a griffin hunt in the No Man's Land wilderness. He prepares for combat, in classic Witcher fashion, by equipping a set of buffing potions and a small crossbow.
It's not long before Geralt comes up against a number of bandits, and easily dispatches them with a combination of magic attacks and devastating sword strikes. Geralt eventually tracks the griffin down, and takes just a few attacks to kill his quarry.
Brand new Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gameplay footage
When will you griffin?
CD Projekt Red took to the Microsoft E3 stage to show brand new gameplay of The Witcher 3.
It showed Geralt using his monster hunting abilities to track and eventually kill a griffin.
You'll note, as he traverses the forest terrain, how he can jump freely and leap onto ledges!
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets February release date, new trailer
Collector's Edition comes with a figurine of Geralt slaying a griffin.
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is due on 24th February for Xbox One, PS4 and PC, CD Projekt Red has announced at its summer press conference.
Studio co-founder Markin Iwinski noted that all standard editions come with a game map, a Witcher Universe Compendium, the soundtrack, stickers and a game manual.
The limited pre-order-only Collector's Edition also comes with a figurine of Geralt slaying a griffin, a 200-page art book, steel case, and a steel wolf medallion.
Watch CD Projekt's Witcher 3 and GOG press conference here at 7pm
UPDATE: Box art and standard edition extras revealed.
UPDATE 14:05 BST: The Witcher 3 standard edition includes a raft of extras.
Witcher 3 dev vows: "no exclusive content for any platform"
But teases "marketing cooperation" with platform holder at E3.
Last year Microsoft featured The Witcher 3 on the biggest gaming stage: a platform-holder E3 conference at a time when both big new consoles were unreleased. There couldn't have been a clearer statement that this game was a big deal.
E3 2014 is nearly upon us now, and there's talk that CD Projekt Red - and The Witcher 3 - will be on stage again. "Hopefully," said company co-founder Marcin Iwinski, talking to me in Poland recently.
But whose stage, and why?
CD Projekt Red promises "no more delays" for The Witcher 3
"This is not our first game; we are not newbies."
Polish developer CD Projekt Red has promised "no more delays" for massive role-playing game The Witcher 3.
The Witcher 3 may run slightly better on PS4 than Xbox One
"It's more of a PR differentiation," says CD Projekt.
At Polish conference Digital Dragons last week I broached, with CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski, the delicate matter of whether The Witcher 3 will run better on PS4 than on Xbox One.
Witcher dev CD Projekt announces mobile game
UPDATE: Has been in development for a year.
UPDATE 1PM GMT: CD Projekt Red has responded.
The mobile game has been in development for a year by a standalone team, I was told, and an official announcement is going to happen "very soon". It will coincide with the launch of a beta test.
"Smartphones and tablets are truly powerful platforms these days and are finally giving us the ability to develop mobile games we would like to play ourselves; games that are taking full advantage of newest smartphone and tablet technologies, and offer the quality level that we, as a studio, are always aiming to achieve," co-founder Adam Kiciński added.
GOG ditches regional pricing plan, apologises
"Yes, it means we might miss out on some games, but at the same time GOG.com will remain true to its values."
GOG has ditched its controversial regional pricing plan and apologised to its users.
The Witcher 3 delayed to February 2015
"We're sorry to make you wait longer than you, or we, initially assumed you would."
CD Projekt has delayed PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One fantasy role-playing game The Witcher 3 to February 2015. It had been due out later this year.
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.
Three scrumptious new Witcher 3 screenshots
Off with his head!
CD Projekt Red has unleashed three scrumptious new screenshots of The Witcher 3.
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.
The Witcher 3 continues to look incredible
UPDATE: now watch the VGX trailer in 1080p.
UPDATE: CD Projekt Red has released the stunning The Witcher 3 trailer unveiled at VGX, this time in glorious full high definition.
The Witcher 3 PC "will have absolutely no DRM"
"Zero. Zip. Nada."
The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red has made it abundantly clear there will be no DRM associated with The Witcher 3 on PC, if bought in a box or from game-download shop GOG.com (Steam is its own kind of DRM, and The Witcher 3 will definitely be on Steam).
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.
CD Projekt RED teases Dark Horse collaboration
The Witcher graphic novel to be revealed at New York Comic Con?
The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt RED is cooking up a surprise with famed comic book company Dark Horse. What is it? We'll have to wait for Friday, apparently, when the developer plans to "unveil something truly special for fans of the fantasy genre" at the New York Comic Con.
"I used to be excited... but then I took 200 miles to the knee"
Witcher 3 dev tackles open world concerns.
Polish studio CD Projekt Red has everything going for it as it builds to a Witcher 3 crescendo in 2014. But there are concerns - concerns about it being open world and perhaps flabbier and more unfocused as a result.
Game of Thrones actor joins The Witcher 3
Magic Dance.
Veteran actor Charles Dance - best known as Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones - will be joining the cast of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, developer CDProjekt Red has announced.
Lavishly gruesome new Witcher 3 cinematic
What constitutes a monster?
CD Projekt Red has produced a brutal new cinematic for The Witcher 3 to highlight the morally ambiguous tone of the game, and series.
CD Projekt Red opening new studio to make one of two smaller, roughly 20-hour games
It's located in the historic, student-rich city of Kraków.
Witcher developer CD Projekt Red will open a new studio in Poland in the historic city of Kraków next month, where it will make one of two new smaller games approximately 20-hours in length.
I spy with my beardy eye some wonderful new Witcher 3 screenshots
What a handsome world.
Bearded beauty Geralt and his serrated bread-knife sword have appeared in a batch of new Witcher 3 screenshots, fresh out of E3 (via AllGamesBeta).
Poland and Portugal not supported at Xbox One launch, importing near ruled out
Can't activate games with XBL account registered in unsupported region.
More good news: Xbox One won't be supported, among other places, in Poland and Portugal when the console launches this November.
Worse, it looks like you won't be able to import an Xbox One if you live there because you won't be able to activate games with an Xbox Live account registered in an unsupported region.
The list of 21 countries Xbox One supports at launch - part of a disclaimer article - prompted concerned Xbox One fans living in the omitted countries to question Xbox Support on Twitter. NeoGAF compiled the reports.
Staunchly anti-DRM Witcher 3 dev CD Projekt responds to Xbox One policy concerns
UPDATE: "We couldn't simply not release The Witcher 3 on Xbox One."
Update: Temperatures are running hot and CD Projekt Red clearly isn't pleased with the guilty-by-association connotations of The Witcher 3 being on current public enemy number Xbox One. But what can it do? CDP co-founder and Joint CEO Marcin Iwiński has attempted to explain the company's position again.
The Witcher 3 confirmed for Xbox One, has optional Kinect commands, SmartGlass stuff
UPDATE: The gameplay trailer is here.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed The Witcher 3 for Xbox One on stage at Microsoft's E3 conference today. It's also a PC and PS4 game.
The Xbox One version will have optional Kinect voice commands for quick-switching during combat and casting spells.
The UI will also be ported for SmartGlass purposes such as inventory and character management.
CD Projekt Red has decided against having multiplayer in The Witcher 3, explaining to me that it has "no place" in a "strongly story-driven game".
The Witcher 3: no QTEs, a 50-hour quest, no XP for killing, only for quests
UPDATE: Newer, unwatermarked screenshots of The Witcher 3.
There will be no quick-time events (QTEs) in The Witcher 3!
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt confirmed for PlayStation 4 in 2014
Will launch simultaneously on all high-end platforms.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for PlayStation 4 in 2014.
The Polish developer said the open world role-playing game will launch simultaneously on all high end consoles, guaranteeing release on the next Xbox.
"We were thrilled when asked, several months ago, to be one of the developers who were granted early access to the PlayStation 4," said studio boss Adam Badowski.
Witcher 3 dev says Skyrim's story and quests were "generic"
"I tried to remember five characters..."
Can you name five Skyrim characters from memory?
Will The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt look better on PC than next-gen consoles?
Console yourself.
UPDATE: On closer inspection the quote below comes from the CDProjektRED_EN Twitter account, a translation account for the official CDProjektRED_IR Twitter feed. We've checked with CDProjekt and the company does not own this, meaning the remarks below do not come from an official source.
Screenshots of next-gen RPG The Witcher 3
Update: It won't be the final Witcher game.
Update: This is a bit more believable. Turns out that when CDPR studio head Adam Badowski said The Witcher 3 would be the last Witcher game, what he really meant was it would be the last game of this trilogy.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for 2014
It's open world and bigger than Skyrim, apparently.
CD Projekt Red has finally formally announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
It's due 2014 on PC and "all high-end platforms available", according to GameInformer. We've known for a long time that The Witcher 3 will be a next-gen game. The only question is, will it be on both the next Xbox and PlayStation 4?
The biggest change in design for The Witcher 3 is its shift to being open world like an Elder Scrolls game. Where you go and when you go is up to you. There won't be chapters or acts, and hero Geralt will apparently answer only to himself.
Secret Witcher 3 message in lavish new Cyberpunk 2077 CGI video
"We are about to reveal our other project which is much closer to being completed."
CD Projekt Red wrote a secret message about an impending Witcher 3 announcement in a brand new and very sexy Cyberpunk 2077 CGI video.
