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Read More »The Witcher 3 quest designers talk balancing story with gameplay and declaring war on ‘fetch quests’
‘Some characters are so important that they need whole stories to be told about them, otherwise it’s better to remove them completely’
Read More »CD Projekt Red: We want to be like Rockstar
The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer highlights focus on small number of projects, critical success over commercial gain and industry-changing releases as following in the footsteps of Grand Theft Auto studio
Read More »CD Projekt Red making ‘drastic’ changes to dev tools for Cyberpunk 2077
‘The most important thing that’s happening at the moment is that the programmers are taking the feedback we gave them from working on The Witcher,’ says visual effects artist Jose Teixeira
Read More »Interview: Bandai Namco on the Witcher 3’s runaway success
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt haspicked up plaudits from critics and its fair share of Game of the Year gongs. But the title also won the Sales Triumph category at this year’s MCV Awards.We speak to Bandai Namco PR and marketing boss Lee Kirton to find out how CD Projekt …
Read More »The Witcher 3 named Game of the Year at GDC Awards
Sam Barlow’s Her Story claims most awards, with Life is Strange, Ori and the Blind Forest and Crypt of the NecroDancer also praised
Read More »CD Projekt revenue grows by eight times in 2015
Polish studio aiming for “two-fold” expansion of dev team, with four new teams
Read More »Producer of the Month: CD Projekt Red’s John Mamais
The Witcher III notched up 6m sales in just six weeks following its launch earlier this year. We speak to the game’s Senior Executive Producer John Mamais
Read More »There’s (another) Witcher movie on the way
The producer of The Mummy film franchise has announced a cinematic adaptation of The Witcher. Yes, before pedantic readers point out, there has already been a movie made about the exploits of monster-murderer and serial womaniser Geralt of Rivia. However, that 2001 Polish-language take on Andrzej Sapkowski’s original set of …
Read More »International Factfile 2015: Poland
Poland is fast becoming the keystone of Eastern European games development. According to a 2014 report by B2B event organiser Digital Dragons, 60 per cent of Polish internet users play games. Of these, 35 per cent play on PC, while just one in ten opt for consoles. 28 per cent …
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