In Real Life

Poland Gives President Obama The Witcher 2′s Collector’s Edition

President Obama, on a tour of Europe this week, stopped in Poland today to meet with Prime Minister Donald Tusk. As is customary, Tusk presented Obama with several gifts to commemorate his visit. One of those was the collector’s edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.


May 28, 2011
PC

The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings: The Kotaku Review

The stench hits me first. Before the gurgle and hiss, the skittering of twisted claws against bare stone, the stale air of the abandoned mine delivers a stomach-churning whiff of the creatures’ breath, the miasmal scent of spoiled flesh between rotting teeth.


May 25, 2011
Xbox

Looks Like The Witcher 2 Is Also Coming To The Xbox 360

Developer CD Projekt has teased console versions of The Witcher games before, but it looks like it might actually happen for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The game’s producer talked around it to Eurogamer and the ESRB now has a rating for an Xbox 360 version. Maybe at E3, then?


PC

Sit Back And Listen To A Tale Of The Witcher

In a dreary encampment outside the small town of Flotsam the inhabitants gather nightly to listen to legendary tales of heroism. You don’t need to visit, but if you’re passing through you’d do well to stop and sit awhile.


May 24, 2011
PC

Watch A Woman Strip Naked Using Only Magic!

I could tell there was a sex scene brewing in The Witcher 2 when Geralt of Rivia and his comely redheaded sorceress companion Triss stumbled upon this ancient Elven bathhouse, and I wasn’t planning on sharing the resulting NSFW video. Then Triss tapped into the vast mystical forces of the universe to remove her clothing.


PC

The Witcher Takes A Swing At The Lord Of The Rings

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a dark and gritty sword and sorcery game, so removed from Tolkien’s legendary high fantasy epic that it takes a moment to swipe at it from afar.


May 19, 2011
PC

The Witcher 2 Is Blurry In All The Right Places

Amidst all of the nudity and subtle gags lurking in CD Projekt Red’s latest PC role-playing adventure, the aspect of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings that has impressed me the most so far is how blurry it is.


May 18, 2011
PC

Altair Misses The Haystack In The Witcher 2

Have you ever wondered what would happen if Altair from Assassin’s Creed missed one of those graceful swan dives into conveniently placed bales of hay? The Witcher 2 has your answer.


PC

The Witcher 2 Wastes No Time Getting Naked

All great sword and sorcery epics have an element of romance to them. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings gets the romancing underway within the first ten minutes of starting a new game. Be warned: I’ve misplaced my censor bars.


May 14, 2011
PC

All Witcher 2 DLC Will Be Free, Developer Assures

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings arrives for PC on Tuesday, and while there is some retailer-specific preorder DLC out there, developer CD Projekt RED assures everyone the game’s DLC will be free.