Tag Archives: Marcin Iwinski

Mon, Jun 17, 2013 | 16:12 BST

Witcher 3 dev says the game counts, not the money

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt RED has often spoken out against the desire for money without intending to invest it back into game development. Now, studio CEO Marcin Iwinski has re-affirmed the company’s stance by saying that the game is what matters, not the money.

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Fri, Apr 05, 2013 | 03:42 BST

Witcher 3 dev says cross-gen releases lead to “compromise”

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Releasing games simultaneously on current and next-generation hardware is a bad idea, according to CD Projket Red CEO and founder Marcin Iwinski.

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Tue, Jul 17, 2012 | 13:42 BST

CDPR: “over-exploiting” gamers will punish publishers

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Constantly grinding cash out of gamers will come back to haunt certain publishers, CDPR co-founder Marcin Iwinski has warned, explaining that sales of The Witcher 1′s Enhanced Edition rose as a result of issuing free DLC.

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Thu, Jun 21, 2012 | 16:21 BST

CDP – sex and violence in games works if part of the world and not overused

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CD Projekt RED CEO Marcin Iwinski has said there is nothing wrong with games including sex and violence as long as it’s part of the world and not overused.

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Wed, Jun 20, 2012 | 19:39 BST

Cyberpunk setting to be a modernized future, says CD Projekt

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CD Projekt has said plans to modernize the setting of Cyberpunk due to the original being conceptualized during the 1980s.

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Tue, Jun 19, 2012 | 09:15 BST

Cyberpunk to apply lessons learned from The Witcher 2

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CD Projekt RED has said it will apply the valuable lessons learned from The Witcher series to its current RPG project, Cyberpunk. In particular, the developer is keen to better introduce the complex story elements to novice players to avoid them feeling left stranded.

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Tue, Jun 12, 2012 | 10:04 BST

CD Projekt Red: RPGs “should actually look better” than shooters

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The Witcher and Cyberpunk developer CD Projekt is ready to challenge the best graphics AAA shooters have to offer.

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Sat, May 19, 2012 | 19:36 BST

CD Projekt – Pirated games are not lost sales, DRM is “a lot” for legitimate users to put up with

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GOG’s managing director, Guillaume Rambourg, has said that surprisingly enough, it wasn’t the DRM-free version of The Witcher II which was pirated the most, but the retail version which shipped with DRM.

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Tue, Mar 27, 2012 | 06:00 BST

GOG.com to relaunch with indie, mainstream new releases

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CD Projekt’s vintage gaming portal, Good Old Games, will shed its current moniker in favour of the simpler “GOG” as part of its overhaul as a more broadly-focussed digital distributor.

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Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 22:17 GMT

CD Projekt RED will “never use any DRM anymore”

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CD Projekt RED, which famously let DRM creep into the Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings before promptly patching it back out, has sworn off the anti-piracy measure for good.

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Fri, Jan 13, 2012 | 00:37 GMT

CD Projekt cease “identifying, contacting” Witcher II pirates

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CD Projekt as decided to “cease identifying and contacting” those it believed had pirated The Witcher II due to concerns expressed by the community.

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Thu, Dec 08, 2011 | 04:31 GMT

CD Projekt estimates The Witcher 2 has been pirated over 4.5 million times

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CD Projekt CEO Marcin Iwinski has said the firm estimates that The Witcher has been downloaded illegally more than 4.5 million times, and despite this, the developer standes behind its anti-DRM policy.

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Thu, Nov 25, 2010 | 11:26 GMT

The Witcher 2 for consoles is still “doable”, says CD Projekt

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The Witcher 2 for consoles is still “doable”, according to CD Projekt, and if it were to happen, it would be out “a matter of months” after the PC version.

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Fri, Oct 08, 2010 | 22:34 BST

CD Projekt founders Iwinski and Kicinski resign from respective positions

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CD Projekt has has announced its founders, Marcin Iwinski and Michal Kicinski have resigned from their positions as CEO and director of business development, respectively.

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