The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Press Conference Summary

Polygamia now offers an English translation of a more detailed summary of CD Projekt’s press conference on the near future of their company. Discussed are GOG, the suspension of Rise of the White Wolf and They, and The Witcher 2.

* According to CD Projekt, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is to be a “breakthrough RPG like Fallout 3” that should get over 90% score at Metacritic

* The Witcher 2 development team currently consists of ca. 80 people, both from CD Projekt Red and from Metropolis Software, whose FPS titled They is currently “on hold”

* The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, the console port of the first game, is not canceled but suspended, and will likely be made after all. This time with the use of CD Projekt’s own technology, not an engine outsourced from a third party. However, it might not happen until after the second game is finished.

* The Witcher 2 uses CD Projekt’s internal, multi-platform engine, which is focused not only on the renderer and physics, but on non-linear quest design. CD Projekt founders believe that it will be in the vanguard among game engines, and especially RPG engines.