One of the biggest discussions happening in gaming today is centered around consumer exploitation through microtransactions and loot boxes. It's a hearty discussion that has brought out a lot of viewpoints from different sides of the table, but one thing is for sure and it's that CD Projekt Red will not make the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 a "game as service" title.
The Witcher 3 Games
Despite the fact that The Witcher 3 is well over two years old at this point, the team at CD Projekt Red continues to support the game. In fact, they've announced that an update for the PlayStation 4 Pro is nearly ready to roll out. 
If you've been playing The Witcher III: Wild Hunt on PC, then you've likely been playing with mods. And if you haven't been playing it with the "HD Reworked Project" mod, then you'll want to get that plugged in with a quickness. It takes an already beautiful game and makes it even more breathtaking. 
The developers of The Witcher, CD Projekt Red, have been gaining a lot of headway in the marketplace with the free-to-play card game, Gwent. They're still continuing development on the project and have plans on taking the game to the next level with an open beta set to get underway soon. 
Polish author and writer of the original Witcher novels, Andrzej Sapkowski, doesn't receive any royalties from the sales of CD Projekt Red's trilogy of Witcher titles. Well, there's a very stark reason as to why the original writer doesn't make money from the games' sales. 
The Clueless Gamer segments on Conan have been extremely popular. When asked what his favorite game was from the segment, Conan O'Brien was quick to call out The Witcher 3. Here's why. 
BioWare and Electronic Arts are gearing up for the launch of Mass Effect: Andromeda at the end of next month. We've been getting tidbits of new information and details about the game, including how they'll handle the side-quests. 
Valve wrapped up 2016 in a big way, and a lot of new games managed to find their way onto Valve's digital distribution platform, Steam. Well, there's a list of games that were most popular on the digital distribution service in 2016. 
CD Projekt Red has been experiencing a lot of love lately. The company just recently had Geralt from their interpretation of The Witcher series added to a stamp in Poland, and now a new statue based on the iconic monster slayer is available for pre-order and it's extremely expensive. 
For those of you who have held off on buying The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt this long, your patience is being rewarded in the form of a Game of the Year edition boasting loads of extra content that should keep you hunting monsters and saving lives for hours and hours on end. 
Earning loads of game of the year awards and additional honors in 2015, it's no surprise that folks are already clamoring for a follow-up to The Witcher 3. According to the developers, though, folks might not want to hold their breath on that one. According to a recent interview, plans for a follow-up haven't even been made yet. 
CD Projekt Red has been keeping a tight lid on the release of the upcoming expansion pack for The Witcher 3, entitled Blood & Wine. However, the release date for the expansion may have leaked ahead of the official announcement, thanks to the Steam page accidentally being updated by the developers ahead of time. 
CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 3 still has some new content on the horizon, and lately there has been radio silence on when it will be arriving. Well, the release date for the new expansion pack may have just been leaked thanks to a Polish gaming website that listed the release date as June 7. 
CD Projekt Red is working with J!nx and Dark Horse to release a series of The Witcher collectible figures, along with other accessories such as a replica sword, apparel, busts, and jewelry replicas. The figures and other accessories will launch starting this summer. 
Four games have been nominated for the Writer's Guild of America Achievement Award in the category of outstanding achievement in writing for video games for the year of 2015. The four games are The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Rise of the Tomb Raider and Pillars of Eternity. The awards will take place on February 13th. 
GameStop has a massive discount on The Witcher 3. Why? Because it's their Game of the Year. As most outlets are handing out GOTY awards, the brick and mortar retailer has handed out their own and in doing so they decided to reward gamers by discounting the game greatly. 
Four of the main females featured in The Witcher 3 are now playable in the game thanks to a new mod. The mod allows players to choose to switch out Geralt from being the main playable character to either Triss Merigold, Yennefer the sorceress, Ciri the apprentice or Shani. 
CD Projekt Red is continuing to work on new content for The Witcher 3. Their latest expansion is called Blood and Wine. It's a disturbingly elegant name and we finally get to see what it looks like with the first two screenshots of the expansion for the 2015 Game of the Year award winner. 
The Witcher 3's first expansion Hearts of Stone is one of the rare DLC packs that's actually worth its price tag. It's a shame about the ending, though. 
The Witcher 3 players will be getting a new patch to fix several problems with the expansion Hearts of Stone along with the base game. Patch 1.11 is out now on PC and should be coming shortly to PS4 and Xbox One. |
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