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In 1986, Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski entered a short story titled Wiedzmin (‘The Witcher’) into a competition in the local magazine Fantastyka. It won third place. 29 years later, on May 19th 2015, the third in The Witcher series of video games was released. It sold six million copies in …
Read More »CD Projekt Red: ‘Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3’
Cyberpunk 2077, the next game from The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, is the biggest title the studio has ever made. The sci-fi-flavoured RPGwas originally announced back in 2012, but the Polish outlet has remained quiet on specificities of the project since. Now it has been revealed that the title …
Read More »Ex-Witcher 3 developers open new UK studio Wickerman Games
Two developers who count EA, Starbreeze Studios, Codemasters, The Chinese Room and CD Projekt Red among their collective experience have formed a brand new outlet. Wickerman Games is a UK-based firm helmed by Chris Hardwick and Dan Cordell, who met at The Witcher 3 studio CD Projekt Red. (Well spotted,VG247.) …
Read More »CD Projekt spent £53m developing The Witcher 3
1,500 devs involved in the 3.5-year development process
Read More »The Witcher 3 sells 6m copies
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has sold 6m copies worldwide, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The company’s latest financial results show Wild Hunt has sold a total of 6,014,576 units – roughly 1m a week on average since the game’s launch. The studio adds 1m copies of the game …
Read More »GOG Galaxy will allow users to roll back game updates
Upset by the latest update for your favourite game? Well now there’s another option instead of creating a hashtag and threatening to boycott future products on forums. GOG Galaxy, which was launched by The Wither 3 developer CD Projekt in May, is introducing a new ‘rollback’ feature. It allows users …
Read More »Free DLC should be industry standard, says CD Projekt CEO
'I would really like to see such initiatives become an industry standard rather than an exception to the general rule'
Read More »CD Projekt Red boss wants free DLC to be the standard
The 16th and final free piece of DLC for The Witcher 3 is now available, and developer CD Projekt would like to see other studios follow its lead. Since the game’s release in May, CD Projekt has released an assortment of updates and content for the game including armour sets, …
Read More »‘Gamers don’t care about buggy games shipped on time’
CD Projekt's Marcin Iwinski says consumers will only remember the very best titles they have played
Read More »The wild road to The Witcher 3
CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski on development, buggy games and building for success
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