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Other winners include CD Projekt Red, GTA V, and Rocket League
Read More »PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds wins Game of the Year at the 2018 Steam Awards
CD Projekt Red reports extortion attempt
Witcher 3 developer says ransom has been asked for files, including some for upcoming title Cyberpunk 2077
Read More »The Witcher series passes 25m copies sold
Developer CD Projekt has announced some big numbers for its now smash-hit RPG series The Witcher. Total cumulative sales of the series, which now spans three titles, have now passed 25m global unit sales. Furthermore, sales of the Witcher 3 and its expansions have passed PLN 1bn (PolishZloty), which is …
Read More »Australian senator tells censors: “leave games alone”
" not many senators or senior public servants would know the difference between a ghoul and an alghoul, and so would find it hard to advance in the video game known as The Witcher."
Read More »Damien Monnier, senior designer on The Witcher 3, announces move to Techland
Monnier will be working on an open-world fantasy title
Read More »CD Projekt Red: Cyberpunk 2077 dev team bigger than that for Witcher 3
Studio previously announced that it would ‘drastically’ overhaul its development tools for sci-fi title ‘far, far bigger’ than fantasy RPG
Read More »Seeing Red: The rise of CD Projekt and The Witcher
The Witcher III: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red took home four prizes from this year’s Develop Awards, including the coveted Studio of the Year title. Game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz tells James Batchelor how the team has evolved with every game it releases
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 …
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