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BuckGB
August 3, 2010

Massive Summer Sale on GamersGate

GamersGate has kicked off a four-week “summer sale”, with the first week being devoted entirely to role-playing games. Deus Ex, the King’s Bounty titles, Mount & Blade, Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold, Titan Quest, and several others can all be nabbed…

BuckGB
July 5, 2010

What I Learned From The Witcher

World of Darkness designer Eddy Webb has taken to his blog to describe “what he learned from The Witcher”, with meaningful choices, rich characters, and a staggering amount of sword style upgrades all scoring favorable mentions. The Witcher is, in…

BuckGB
June 30, 2010

Weighing Morality in Gaming

Kotaku is the latest website to examine the implementation of morality systems in video games, though they completely overlook the many games that used such systems decades ago and instead point out the Mass Effect series, Alpha Protocol, and The Witcher…

BuckGB
June 24, 2010

Steam “Perils of Summer” Sale Begins, Lots of RPG Deals

Valve is hosting what looks to be an insane new “Perils of Summer” sale on their Steam digital download service, with the first day of deals including: – A Farewell to Dragons for $7.49– Aion: Tower of Eternity for $19.99–…

Brother None
June 17, 2010

How Will Your The Witcher Save File Affect The Witcher 2?

This is the question Giant Bomb asked of CD Projekt senior producer Tomasz Gop, finding out that using a The Witcher save file will impact the Witcher 2’s narrative, characters and loot bag. “First, it’s not obligatory,” Tomasz Gop, senior…

BuckGB
June 11, 2010

CD Projekt RED Takes an Official Stance on DRM and Patches

In order to clear up any confusion about their DRM plans for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, CD Projekt fired over an email this morning confirming their stance on both digital rights management and post-release game updates. CD Projekt…

BuckGB
May 27, 2010

The Witcher Platinum Edition Now Available in Europe

A quick update to the official The Witcher website brings attention to the fact that a “Platinum Edition” of CD Projekt’s original RPG is now available across Europe. Word is that this particular version includes the v1.5 patch, all uncensored…

BuckGB
May 25, 2010

The Witcher Review

Front Towards Gamer has begun a series of “$20 game reviews”, with the first lower-priced offering on their list being CD Projekt’s The Witcher. One of the paragraphs that goes with their score of 9/10: Mechanically the game is great.…

BuckGB
May 15, 2010

The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf Leaked Trailer

Unfortunately, we’re a few hours late on this one. Polish website CDAction has linked to some leaked footage from CD Projekt RED’s cancelled The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf console port, though the video has since been pulled on…

BuckGB
April 14, 2010

GB Feature: The Witcher: Outcast Design Document

Earlier today, we reported about a cancelled add-on for The Witcher entitled Outcast. UPDATE: While we originally had posted a design document here, CD Projekt RED’s law agency issued a cease and desist letter on October 22nd, 2010 forcing us…