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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has dethroned Grand Theft Auto V in Steam’s latest weekly top ten sellers chart. In fact, The Witcher as a franchise had itself a very nice week. Along with the first place finish for Witcher 3, CD Project Red’s release also filled the list with …
Read More »PlayStation promotes £279.99 PS4 Witcher 3 deal
The upcoming release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has brought with it another cut-price deal, this time for PS4. PlayStation UK’s Twitter account itself promoted a code that allows customers to order a PS4 console and the upcoming RPG for just 279.99. The item will be available next Tuesday …
Read More »The Witcher 3 surpasses 1m pre-orders
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has amassed more than 1m pre-orders ahead of its launch later this month, developer CD Projekt Red has announced. The milestone was reached across PC, PS4 and Xbox One platforms. CD Projekt Red didn’t provide a breakdown for how much each platform has sold, though …
Read More »Twitch bans Witcher 3 streaming after copies leak in UAE
Video streaming platform Twitch has warned users who may have obtained an early copy of The Witcher 3 not to stream the game online. Reports cropped up late last week of the game going on sale in the United Arab Emirates. It’s not due for release until May 19th. With …
Read More »CD Projekt is ‘making a statement’ with free DLC
The Witcher III dev hopes 16 free add-ons will dissuade trade-ins and piracy
Read More »The Witcher 3 suffers second delay
CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has suffered a second delay. In March it was announced that the game would not hit its late 2014 release date and would instead arrive in February 2015. This has now been pushed back to May 19th 2015. Ever since we started working …
Read More »The Witcher 3 dev responds to ‘year of crunch’ claim
CD Projekt Red has responded to allegations that the studio has imposed a year-long crunch on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt development, and that its PR staff has created "an overblown vision of a game that doesn’t exist." An anonymous Neogaf user "vetted and cleared" by GameSpot claims CD Projekt …
Read More »CD Projekt Red responds to ‘year of crunch’ claim
Studio also disputes "overblown vision" of Witcher III allegedly created by PR
Read More »CD Projekt Red mobile title planned for this year – report
The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red is working on a multiplatform mobile title to launch later this year, according to a new report. Eurogamer points to an internal report by the Polish studio, which reveals it is working with an external partner” on the unannouned game. "It’s a multiplatform mobile …
Read More »The Witcher 3 designers depart for indie studio
Two members of CD Projekt Red's Witcher team join 11 Bit Studios
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