Good News for 360/PS3 owners

[Atan Nolme]

The Witcher comes to the consoles

Publisher Atari today confirmed reports that developer CD Projekt RED will be bringing its acclaimed PC fantasy RPG The Witcher to PS3 and Xbox 360 next fall.

Dubbed The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, the game is being "completely rebuilt pixel by pixel" for consoles and runs on an entirely new engine. As previously reported, it will sport enhanced visuals, a "completely new combat system" and new animations.

"Console gamers don't want to be treated like kids; the're ready for deep story-driven games, and we think we're delivering one of the deepest console RPGs ever with The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf," said CD Projekt RED CEO Adam Kicinski.

"We're not about to dumb down our games for anyone. We want to give players the best games, regardless of platform," added CD Projekt co-founder Michal Kicinski. "Anyone concerned that we're going to somehow offer a shallow RPG or abandon the PC platform simply because we're working on consoles can stop worrying."

Atari is billing the game as the "ultimate console RPG," with CD Projekt noting its belief that the remake will be the "definitive console RPG." The adaptation is being developed by CD Projekt RED and Widescreen Games, which provided its DaVinci engine.

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Billed as the "ultimate console RPG," the console editions of the once PC-only fantasy RPG have been "completely rebuilt pixel by pixel," complete with a new engine and a more action-centric combat system. The console adaptations arrive in fall 2009.

If they do add any content. I'm sure it will be a free download for PC users.

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For what they have done with The Witcher and the Externded Edition. Plus getting GoG off the ground. Michal Kicinski and Marcin Iwinski deserve the award.

 

[fly]

That game seemed kinda lame, no?

 

[Atan Nolme]

That game seemed kinda lame, no?

No. It's the first game that I actually had to think about what my response would be to the NPCs. It the second game (Planscape: Torment) where the evil can be manipulative instead of the usual brutish thug. Not even TSL had this.