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Witcher Developer Officially Acquired By Polish PC Company
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Witcher developer CD Projekt was made its deal Polish computer company Optimus official. More »
Rumours
Witcher Developer To Be Acquired By Polish PC Company
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Not all the in-game boobs in the world can save The Witcher developer CD Projekt from apparently being acquired by Polish computer company Optimus. But this might not be a bad thing. It could be a very good thing. More »
Media
The Witcher 2: Debut Trailer
11:20AM Luke Plunkett
Here’s the debut trailer—doubling as an official reveal—for The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings, sequel to 2007’s boob-riddled PC RPG. More »
News
The Witcher Director Cut With Nudity
1:00PM Brian Ashcraft | You can take the boobs out of million selling computer title The Witcher, but can you take The Witcher out of the boobs? More »
News
GOG Scores MegaRace
10:40AM Mike Fahey | CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic computer game download service has secured several titles from French publisher Microids, including Mega Race, one of the premier showcase titles for CD Rom technology. More »
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The Witcher Headed For The Consoles
5:30PM Luke Plunkett | This developer diary says it’s for The Witcher: Rise of the Wolf. Never heard of it? Neither have we. The diary, however, says it’s the console adaptation of previously PC-only The Witcher. Game designer Jakob Stilinsky says that the console version (for PS3 and 360) will be a little slicker. It’ll feature extensive use of motion-capture for the character animations, have better lighting and environmental effects, improved enemy AI and full achievement and trophy support. Seeing as this game is yet to be officially announced (this obviously being a leaked promo), we’ve tagged this as rumour until Atari make things a little more official. Just in case there’s one person in the world who thought it’d be funny to fake a leaked developer diary for the console port of a Polish PC role-playing game. More »
Good Old Games Beta Launches
2:20AM Mike Fahey | Several of you have written in this morning to let us know that the early start beta for CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic PC game store Good Old Games (GOG.com) is now live, with one helpful reader sending us a screenshot of the games currently available via the service. When I first heard about the website my first thought was a giant “Why?”, but now looking over the list I begin to see their point. There is definitely potential here for me to spend a great deal of money. Descent 3 plus expansions for $US 5.99, without having to dig through a giant bin at a CompUSA somewhere? Definitely a good deal. Consider me intrigued. Also consider me not going anywhere near the service, because I have a buying disorder that doesn’t register how many times purchases under $US 10 occur, leading to some surprising and painful math lessons once the bank statement hits. Slots are still available, so hit the link below to sign up today. Good Old Games [GOG.com - Thanks to Paul for the Pic!] More »
CD Projekt To Sell ‘Good Old Games’ DRM-Free
7:20AM Leigh Alexander | It seems that European publisher-distributor CD Projekt (The Witcher) have come up with a new site where you can buy DRM-free games from the ’80s, ’90s and early millennium. You know, old games. The site promises good ones, though – it’s called Good Old Games, the header image lists the Fallout series, the Freespace series and MDK, among others. You’ll have to wait until September – it’s currently in beta- but the site’s teaser says it’ll sell games for $US 5.99 and $US 9.99, and promises total DRM freedom: You won’t find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do, so at GOG.com you don’t just buy the game, you actually own it. Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and even re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection. Whoa, really? Awesome. [GOG.com - Thanks, Brettrick!] More »
News
Gaming PR In The Age Of Blogs
7:00PM Luke Plunkett | Last week, Gamasutra ran an interview with Tom Ohle, vice president of PR & marketing for CD Projekt, creators of The Witcher. They obviously get to talking about games PR, and in particular some of the challenges facing a public relations team when deciding how to market a game. While I don’t agree with many of their points (Ohle’s or that of the interviewer), especially that “major blogs just don’t really cover” the PC that much (we try to give it it’s due whenever & wherever possible), it’s still an interesting read, if only for Ohle’s idea that even a site with just one reader’s worth taking care of, because that’s still one potential customer. Q&A: CD Projekt’s Ohle On The Witcher, PR’s Place In The Blogosphere [Gamasutra] More »
