Tag: The Witcher

CD Projekt Red tried to redesign Geralt’s face once, and it backfired horribly

CD Projekt Red tried…

Geralt, the hero of The Witcher series of games, nearly had a considerably different face. He actually did, briefly,…
CDPR didn’t put harsh themes in Cyberpunk 2077 or The Witcher 3 ‘for the sake of edginess’, but because ‘you’re probably not making art’ if the devs are never challenged

CDPR didn’t put harsh…

It’s not exactly news that Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 both grapple with heavy-hitting themes—but there are a…
9 Switch Games You Can Grab For Cheap This Memorial Day

9 Switch Games You…

Memorial Day weekend invites important questions like what to marinate the kebobs in, whether it’s warm enough to put…
‘We’ll call you back’: BioWare’s first impression of The Witcher 1 was a bad demo, followed by CDPR declaring that they wanted to ‘create the best RPG game ever’

‘We’ll call you back’:…

There’s no worse feeling than going into a presentation and only being made aware of how underprepared you are…
If you never played the original The Witcher RPG then here’s a heads-up—the censorship-free Enhanced Edition is now dirt cheap

If you never played…

While it was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that brought CD Projekt RED worldwide fame, the studio had already…
A delayed review, a controversial GOTY pick, and Big Geralt: PC Gamer’s strange 10-year relationship with The Witcher 3

A delayed review, a…

I got my first look at The Witcher 3 at E3 2013 (say that three times fast), and dutifully…
The Witcher 3’s development took CDPR from ‘How do we escape annihilation?’ to having Sony on speed-dial

The Witcher 3’s development…

10 years on from its release, The Witcher 3 is unequivocally a phenomenon—one of the bestselling games of all…
‘You guys are not Bethesda’: During development, The Witcher 3 devs were told by a Walmart rep ‘I like you guys, but it’s just not gonna happen’

‘You guys are not…

The Witcher 3 is perhaps one of the most memorable RPGs of its era—we certainly like it—but, like all…
“We weren’t really paying attention” The Witcher’s lead story designer reveals why the first game’s final CG cutscene didn’t involve the story team

“We weren’t really paying…

The long-awaited remake of the first Witcher game is seemingly on the back-burner as CD Projekt Red has reportedly…
Lead story designer on the first Witcher game just rolled credits on a full playthrough, and you can watch the whole thing on YouTube

Lead story designer on…

“That was a very satisfying half of the year,” begin Artur Ganszyniec’s closing comments as the credits roll on…