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Wed, Feb 06, 2013 | 14:48 GMT

The Witcher series has sold over 5 million copies

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The Witcher series has sold over 5 million copies, CD Projekt RED has announced. Yesterday, the studio confirmed it is working on the third installment, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, set for a 2014 release. To celebrate both the new sales figures and the announcement The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition for Xbox 360 was given a permanent price drop, and The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition are 50% off until February 8 .

Fri, Oct 19, 2012 | 07:14 BST

Cyberpunk titled, The Witcher 2 hits Mac, REDKit dated

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Cyberpunk has been given a title; The Witcher has hit the Mac, and the REDKit toolset has been dated. Get updated on everything that happened during CD Projeckt RED’s special conference below.

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Tue, Oct 16, 2012 | 14:25 BST

CD Projekt RED and GOG.com Special Event stream occurs on October 18 – reminder

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CD Projekt and GOG.com will be hosting a livestream this Thursday, October 18.

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Tue, Sep 25, 2012 | 15:04 BST

CD Projekt RED and GOG.com Special Event being streamed live October 18

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CD Projekt RED and GOG.com will host a Special Event on Thursday, October 18.

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Wed, Aug 15, 2012 | 21:51 BST

The Witcher 2 sweeps European Games Awards with six wins

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The winners of the European Games Awards, in which 230,000 European residents voted for their choices online, have been announced with The Witcher 2 walking away with the most awards.

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Fri, Aug 10, 2012 | 08:32 BST

CD Projekt RED rolling out mod tools for The Witcher 2

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CD Projekt RED has announced it will soon release the REDkit, a suite of tools that will set the modding community loose on the PC version of its acclaimed RPG, The Witcher 2: Assassin’s of Kings. REDkit will enable the creation of non-linear adventures, new locations and more, according to the CDPR blog post on the matter; expect some scamp to ensure that “more” equates to “mature content”.

The polish company will be providing behind-closed-doors media presentations of REDkit at next week’s gamescom in Germany.

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Mon, Aug 06, 2012 | 13:39 BST

Witcher 2 developer launches new blog

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Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt Red has launched a new blog aimed at providing a home for “posts by the people who play their role in creating mature and complex RPGs. The studio consists of inventive people, who have much to tell you about their work and environment.”

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Wed, Jul 11, 2012 | 19:42 BST

The Witcher series has sold 4 million copies worldwide

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CDP RED has announced The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has sold over 4 million copies of both games. That is awesome news.

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Tue, Jul 10, 2012 | 10:59 BST

GDC Europe 2012 to dissect Love and The Witcher 2

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This year’s Games Developers Conference Europe has added post-mortems of CD Projekt’s, The Witcher 2, and Eskil Steenberg’s indie title, Love. Cryptic Studios will also be on hand to discuss user-generated content in MMOs. Other confirmed sessions include a post-mortem of thatgamecompany’s Journey, and Rare’s N64 classic, GoldenEye.

GDC Europe takes place in Cologne from August 13 – 15, on the eve of gamescom.

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Wed, May 23, 2012 | 21:45 BST

CD Projekt RED to make “major announcement” on May 30

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CD Projekt RED will host a conference on May 30 at 5.00pm GMT where it will make a major announcement as well as reveal “a lot of other information” concerning its products and GOG.com. There’s a video below featuring CEO Marcin Iwiński discussing the upcoming event. The event will be streamed through Facebook.

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Mon, Apr 23, 2012 | 02:41 BST

The Witcher 2 Experience: Sam solves a king’s murder

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To celebrate the launch of The Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition, Namco forced a group of UK journalists at sword point to jaunt around London in an effort to solve the murder of a king.

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Wed, Apr 18, 2012 | 15:23 BST

Witcher 2 Enhanced 15% off on Steam, same price on GOG

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Those who’ve yet to pick up The Witcher 2 can purchase the Enhanced Edition on Steam for 15% off until April 23. That comes to $42.49, but it’s also available on GOG for the same price. The game releases on Xbox 360 yesterday, and owners of the PC version can now redeem the the Enhanced update.

Fri, Apr 13, 2012 | 16:09 BST

Geralt goes for launch in The Witcher 2 Enhanced trailer

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The Enhanced edition of The Witcher 2 releases on April 16 for Xbox 360, and CD Projekt has put live the launch trailer for it. Those who already own the game on PC, can now pre-load the Enhanced version and the rest of the files can be obtained on Tuesday – all for free. Reviews for the game went live today as well, and all seems well and good in the land of Temeria on 360. Feast your eyes on the trailer below.

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Wed, Apr 11, 2012 | 16:18 BST

The Witcher 2 Enhanced now available for pre-load on PC

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CD Projekt RED has announced players can now pre-download the Enhanced Edition update for the PC version of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The majority of the 10 GB update can be downloaded here, and come April 17 when it’s released for both PC and Xbox 360, the rest of the files can be applied.

Thu, Apr 05, 2012 | 19:56 BST

CD Projekt announces loads of Witcher-related goodness at Spring Conference

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CD Projekt RED announced during it Spring Conference today that those who currently own Witcher 2 on PC will be upgraded to the Enhanced Edition the same day April 17 it releases on Xbox 360.

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Thu, Mar 29, 2012 | 15:40 BST

CD Projekt RED to live stream spring conference April 5, Witcher 2 360 is golden

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CD Projekt RED has announced it will live stream its spring conference on April 5, where it will discuss the launch of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – Enhanced Edition as well as the expansion of GOG.com. The firm also announced today that the Enhanced Edition for The Witcher 2 has gone gold for Xbox 360. More information on where to watch the stream will be released closer to the event. Witcher 2 Enhanced launches April 17 on Xbox 360 and PC.

Thu, Mar 29, 2012 | 03:05 BST

Witcher 2 developer strives for “meaningful” player choice

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CD Projekt RED is committed to serving up “meaningful” choice and consequence to players – even if that means twice as much work.

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Fri, Mar 23, 2012 | 19:36 GMT

Witcher 2 Enhanced dev diary shows off cinematic elements

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Warner and CD Projekt RED have released a new developer diary for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition. The video goes in-depth with the team itself, discussing and showing the cinematic sequences and gameplay elements added in the enhanced version. The game launches April 17 on Xbox 360 and PC.

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Fri, Mar 16, 2012 | 17:47 GMT

Witcher 2 360 Dark Edition sold out in Europe

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Yep.  Sold out.  Except in Poland where CD Projekt has produced extra editions for their countrymen.  How nice of them.

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Thu, Mar 08, 2012 | 20:09 GMT

CD Projekt: Releasing free DLC for The Witcher on 360 may be a bit “tricky”

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Cd Projekt has said it may face a problem when creating DLC for The Witcher 2 on Xbox 360 because the firm is used to releasing the content free to players, something Microsoft is not keen on.

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