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CD Projekt RED wants The Witcher 2 to hit consoles photo

Polish developer CD Projekt RED wants to put The Witcher 2: Assassin of Kings on consoles. In a post-leak interview with GRY-OnLine, game senior producer Tomas Gop confirmed the rumors and speculation of a possible console release by revealing the developer’s goal. “Although PC is a certain choice we made regarding platforms for The Witcher 2,” he said, “we also want to release the console version.”

Gop added later that the game would not be released soon. The studio is still deep in development, and more importantly, without a publisher if that leaked video was any indication of current events.

"However, please do not expect the game too soon," said Gop. "The Witcher 2 is still deeply in the development stage and as it is huge and complex, there are still many, many hours of work in front of us."

The Witcher is a tremendous RPG and it’s a shame that the console version -- dubbed "Rise of the White Wolf" -- was cancelled (or “frozen,” or whatever). We’ll keep our fingers crossed that this The Witcher title (a) hits retail and (b) graces store shelves outside of the PC section.

[via Eurogamer]


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Cyber Altair's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 18:43
Cyber Altair
Let the fanboys cry in 3,2,1 now.
Crunshii's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 18:48
Crunshii
easy solution. Let them get the 360 1 year exclusivity deal, Microsoft gives them $50mil for development costs, they develop the game for xbox first, 1 year later, release it on the PS3 with more content. Everyone wins :)
froman46992's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 18:51
froman46992
is this game good?
Cyber Altair's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 18:58
Cyber Altair
The first one felt decent to me from what I played from the demo but PC fanboys love it to death.
Springsteen's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 19:02
Springsteen
@froman: The first one was awesome. Settings, graphics, sound, everything about it sttod out. The bugs were completely fleshed out with the massive patch and it became a must-play in my book. It's not that long for an RPG and I really suggest going through it.

About the console thing, my main gripe with the game could be solved in consoles: The battle system. It was just plain awkward. It led to some pretty glitchy moments of ground skiing, hit detection was messy andif the enemy moved a lot, keeping your cursor on top of it could prove troublesome. Consoley one-button-for-attacking gameplay could prove more complling, but they'd have to optimize a lot Geralt's movements in-battle. Dodging was painfully weird and obstrusive.

Either way, I will stick with the PC for the visual bliss it will bring. I like to keep my non-japanese RPGs on the PC as much as I can.

@Crunshii:Sounds perfectly reasonable. Anyone else heard about Microsoft buying EA, bu the way? o.O I find it highly unlikely, but if it did happen, things could get pretty shakey around these parts.
zombielifecoach's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 19:09
zombielifecoach
Now we're talkin'!

Make it so.
Grimspoon's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 19:11
Grimspoon
So long as it's not a console game ported to PC as an afterthought I think it's a good idea.

Let the petulant children have their Witcher 2.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 19:47
StingingVelvet
@ Grimspoon

Well, since he says right there the focus of the game is PC, obviously it would be a afterthought port.

And unfortunately, unlike PC ports of console games, console ports of PC games tend to be crap.
hoyt414's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 20:03
hoyt414
Square Enix will publish it. BANK ON IT
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 20:07
HEL105
I hope the console versions come to fruition. I've heard nothing but good things about the first Witcher and I've never been a PC gamer.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 20:59
StingingVelvet
@ HEL

Why not... you know... try it out? Get a PC?
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 21:06
TewDee
@hoyt414 - Atari prob will still, because they did the first time.

Also, I hope this doesn't fall like getting The Witcher on consoles did. They seemed pretty set on bringing the whole experience over, which was good.
dunderdolt's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 21:19
dunderdolt
I have a PC, but my Xbox 360 is much better. I've tried some PC gaming but it involves too much tweaking. The 360 and PS3 are capable of producing good graphics. Besides, WASD is very awkward, despite the fact the mouse is the best device for gaming. Wish they had two mice for PC gaming. That would rule.

I hope it comes for the 360. That's my main gaming platform. Risen was delayed for the 360 in North America. I enjoy western RPG's.

Looking forward to Borderlands!!
HEL105's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/23/2009 21:21
HEL105
I have a good PC and laptop, I've just been playing games on consoles and handhelds so long that it's hard to imagine playing anything besides games like Peggle on PC. I have a lot of respect for the platform, but even when I see a cool game that's PC only, I don't think I ever seriously consider buying it.
StingingVelvet's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/24/2009 01:40
StingingVelvet
@ HEL

Well, I always thought of console that way, couldn't imagine using one, until a lot of games came out for only consoles and I learned to use them for those games.

You could learn to use a PC for PC exclusives too. There is no reason not to. There are so many classic PC games that never went to console you could probably game for 5 years and never buy a new release.
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