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News The Witcher 3's 'Final' Secret Uncovered Almost Seven Years Later
Blood, sweat, and wine
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be seven years old this May, but would you believe that its "final" secret has only just been discovered? The open world RPG is stuffed with all kinds of Easter eggs — but this particular oddity has taken players close to an entire console generation to track down. It all starts in the Blood...
News The Witcher Is Getting a New Single-Player Gwent Game in 2022
Deal with it
CD Projekt Red is set to release a new game from The Witcher franchise this year — and it's going to be another single-player Gwent title. The project — currently codenamed Golden Nekker — will be the developer's second attempt at creating an RPG based on the Gwent card game — a minigame that originated in The Witcher 3. 2018's...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Targets Q2 2022 Release Date
CDPR reiterates
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition — more commonly known as The Witcher 3's PlayStation 5 version — is targeting a second quarter 2022 release, CD Projekt Red has reiterated in its latest investor briefing. Just to be clear, that's anywhere from the the beginning of April until the end of June. Not hugely surprising...
News Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 PS5 Versions Delayed into 2022
"We want to make it right"
This is not the official update that many of us were waiting for from CD Projekt Red. In what has no doubt been a difficult decision, the company has pushed back the release dates for both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on PlayStation 5. The two current-gen ports were originally set to...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Release Date Could Be Close as Game Gets Age Rated in Europe and US
2021 after all?
Update 2: CD Projekt Red has confirmed that both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 for PS5 have been delayed into 2022. You can read more about the developer's statement through this link. So much for that! Update: The Witcher 3 for PS5 has now been given an ESRB age rating in the US, further solidifying speculation that a release...
News Netflix's The Witcher: Season 2 Saddles Up on 17th December
Signed and sealed
The second season of Netflix’s wildly popular The Witcher adaptation will air from 17th December, and here’s the teaser trailer you’ve probably been waiting for. Confirmed during this week’s WitcherCon, the show will see Henry Cavill once again reprise his role as the Butcher of Blaviken, as Geralt of Rivia is reunited with...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Will Include Free DLC Inspired by Netflix Show
Conjunction of the Spheres
CD Projekt Red has provided a small update on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for PlayStation 5. Its official name is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, and it'll feature updated box art of Geralt looking particularly pissed off (it's the image at the top of this article). But the juiciest detail here is that the...
News WitcherCon Announced for 9th July, Hopefully Has News on The Witcher 3 PS5
Toss a con to your Witcher
CD Projekt Red is teaming up with Netflix to bring us WitcherCon — a celebration of all things The Witcher. As you may already know, the Netflix series' second season is coming soon, so we imagine that this online event will probably focus on the live action show. But going by the announcement, it sounds like the games...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Still on Track for 2021
Same with Cyberpunk
A quick update from CD Projekt Red's latest business call has reconfirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set to arrive on PlayStation 5 in the latter half of this year. A hint of doubt regarding the next-gen title's release date had started to creep in following delays to Cyberpunk 2077's post-launch roadmap, but it sounds like...
Random You Can Run The Witcher 3 at 60FPS on PS5, But It Has to Be Unpatched
Geralt of here
Here's another interesting tale from the world of pre-patch gaming: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt runs at 60 frames-per-second on PS5 via backwards compatibility — but only if you're playing it with no updates installed. This means that the initial version of the game must have had an uncapped frame-rate, allowing the PS5 to push it well...
News The Witcher 3 Announced for PS5, Free Upgrade for PS4 Owners
That's what a Witcher would do
Blimey, this is not the news we expected to wake up to on a Friday morning. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting an enhanced PlayStation 5 version and anyone who already owns it on PlayStation 4 will receive a free upgrade to the enhanced version. It will come to PS5 at some point in 2021, meaning this is something to...
News Netflix Reveals The Witcher Spin-Off Series Named Blood Origin
1200 years before Geralt
The Witcher proved to be a gigantic success for Netflix, and with a second season confirmed for the future, that's not the only tale we'll be getting from the world inhabited by Geralt of Rivia. The streaming service has just announced The Witcher: Blood Origin, but this spin-off won't feature the famous monster slayer. The...
Interview Looking Back on The Witcher 3 with Lead Writer Marcin Blacha
For the game's fifth anniversary
Today marks the fifth anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's release. And to help celebrate, we managed to snag an interview with lead writer Marcin Blacha. We talk about the game's development, fond memories of its launch, Marcin's favourite Witcher 3 moments, and more. Push Square: First off, can you tell us...
Feature Replaying and Re-Reviewing The Witcher 3, Five Years Later
A witcher's work is never done
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released five years ago today, on the 19th May 2015. And seeing as it remains one of our favourite PlayStation 4 games of the generation, we thought that it would be worth revisiting CD Projekt Red's role-playing adventure. For the past few months, we've been dipping in and out of Geralt's...
News Only Coronavirus Can Slow Geralt, as The Witcher Production Is Halted by Netflix
Toss a cure to your Witcher
Production of the second anticipated season of Netflix’s The Witcher series has been temporarily paused due to coronavirus, Deadline reports. The show – which is being shot at Arborfield Studios in Wokingham, England – will be put on ice for two weeks but could be pushed back further depending on the latest...
News After Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red Is Probably Making a New Witcher Game
Developer drops hints
Cyberpunk 2077 is due to release this September, but once it's out, what's next for CD Projekt Red? Well, we already know that the developer has plans for updates and DLC, and that it's going to add a multiplayer component to the open world role-playing game -- but what about its next full project? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it...
News The Witcher 3 Cross-Save Feature Skips PS4
Remain routed
The Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt got a rather nifty new feature today with its latest update, allowing players to bring over a save from the PC and continue their adventures on the go with the handheld system. That functionality won't be patched into the PlayStation 4 version, however. Speaking to USgamer, a CD...
Random From Games to Books, Fanmade Calculator Lets You Plan Your Entire Witcher Experience
That's a lot of Geralt
Finished with The Witcher on Netflix but you've got no idea what to do next? Desperate for more Geralt but you don't know how the original books tie into the video games? If you want more Witcher and you happen to have a lot of free time, then you may want to check out this handy fanmade calculator. Put together by fantasy...
Close to breaking top 10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently enjoying an impressive revival off the back of the recent Netflix series. The highly rated role-playing title is almost five years old at this point, but age doesn't matter when people are going gaga for Geralt. Indeed, the latest UK sales charts give us a glimpse into just how popular...
Random Officially Licensed Real Life Swords from The Witcher 3 are Masterworks
Get your coin purse, Geralt
Just look at these swords. They're based on the Mastercrafted Wolven set from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and yes, they're 100 per cent real. Created by swordsmith Artur Wysocki, these handmade blades are officially licensed by CD Projekt Red -- the developer behind the games -- under the guise of Kaer Mohren Forge. The...
News The Witcher Tracking to Be Biggest Netflix Season One Ever
Toss a coin
Given the dramatic resurgence of the game, it’s hardly surprising to learn that The Witcher is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched Season One of all-time. The streaming juggernaut claims that 76 million households have now tuned in to at least two minutes of the adaptation, which may sound like a strange metric, but it’s...
Deal Start Reading The Witcher Novels with The Last Wish at a Low Price
Here we go, Yen
Well, you can’t say Amazon doesn’t have its head screwed on. The juggernaut retailer has reduced the price of the first The Witcher novel to just £3.00 in the UK, making it an impulse purchase for those looking to get into author Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy fiction. <products id="11646" style="list"> The Last Wish is a...
Bewitching
Earlier this week, there were more people playing CD Projekt RED’s outstanding open world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Steam than there’s ever been. This is a staggering statistic that bears repeating: on New Year’s Day the title accrued concurrents of around 102,000 players, which is the largest number it’s ever...
Random Turns Out The Witcher's Geralt Is a Member of the PC Master Race
Geralt of Nvidia
If, in some weird amalgamation of our world and that of The Witcher, Geralt was a gamer, what would be his preferred platform? We may never truly know the answer to that extremely obscure question, but we have the next best thing. Henry Cavill, who plays the titular character in Netflix's new fantasy series, was asked in an...
News The Witcher Netflix Show Sparks Huge Player Resurgence for The Witcher 3
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Have you been watching the Netflix series The Witcher this past weekend? What do you think of it? The adaptation of the book series may be dividing opinions critically, but we've seen nothing but positive praise from fans. It sounds like a success, and the show has even had an impact on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's player...
Round Up The Witcher Netflix Reviews Are All Over the Place
The verdicts are in
Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher is available for streaming right now, but is it any good? Henry Cavill stars as Geralt in the reworking of the book series, not the video games, and he is joined by the likes of Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg and Jodhi May playing Queen Calanthe. The streaming platform has already...
News CD Projekt Red Is Pulling the Plug on Gwent: The Witcher Card Game on PS4
Dealt a bad hand
CD Projekt Red has announced that it'll no longer be supporting the console versions of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game from the 9th December onward. The developer says that with the impending launch of the title on Android devices, and having just released Gwent on iOS, the company feels as though it simply won't be able to treat...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Already Renewed for Second Season
A witcher's work is never done
The Witcher's Netflix series launches next month, on the 20th December. It's set to arrive in style with eight episodes available to watch right off the bat -- but despite the fact that we haven't actually seen any of it yet, the show has already been signed up for a second season. This confirmation comes not long...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Already Has Seven Seasons Mapped Out
Geralt's got work to do
It's still to early to say whether Netflix's take on The Witcher will be a success or not, but that isn't ever going to stop studios from planning ahead. In an interview with entertainment magazine SFX (as reported by GamesRadar), showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has already mapped out seven whole seasons for the series. It...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Gets a Release Date, New Trailer Teases Geralt in the Tub
Wild stunt
You know, Netflix's take on The Witcher isn't looking too bad. The streaming service has revealed that the upcoming series will release on the 20th December, with eight episodes being made available right from the world go. The above trailer's well worth a watch, by the way, and yes, it does feature a scene where Geralt's busy taking a...
News The Witcher 3's Writing Team Was Worried the Game Didn't Have Enough Content
Geralt of here
In a lengthy and impressively detailed interview over on Eurogamer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead writer Jakub Szamalek has opened up on the development of CD Projekt Red's masterful role-playing game. Szamalek tells some great stories, revealing that no one on the writing team wanted to pen the title's sex scenes, and that Geralt and...
News The Witcher 3 Dev CD Projekt Red Hates Fetch Quests Just as Much as You Do
“We. Don’t. Do. Fetch. Quests!”
Nobody likes them, do they? Boring old fetch quests are the worst part of any RPG, tasking you with simply visiting a location, picking something up after fighting off a couple of waves of enemies, and returning that worthless pendant to the admittedly friendly fellow you bumped into in the town square. Luckily,...
News More Witcher Games Are Coming, Confirms CD Projekt Red
A Witcher's work is never done
CD Projekt Red has at least hinted at this before, but now the developer has come out and basically said "hey, we're definitely going to make more Witcher games". As Polygon writes, the company's latest financial report confirms that it's moving to a "dual-franchise" model going forward. This means that it'll be...
News Find Geralt of Rivia in the First Trailer for Netflix's The Witcher Series
Witcher hunt
Netflix has slowly been peeling back the curtain on its TV adaptation of The Witcher, with snapshots of various cast members -- including Roach, of course. However, it's now shown the very first footage of the series with the debut teaser trailer. Check it out above. In it, we see a very blea
News The Witcher Netflix Show Reveals Geralt's Horse, Which Looks Just Like a Horse
Wow
We hope you're ready for more awesome Witcher content, because those mad lads over at Netflix have released a brand new shot of Geralt (Henry Cavill) all saddled up on his trusty steed, Roach (a horse). "You begged, we delivered. Here’s your first look at Roach!" reads the tweet. Exciting stuff, and it's great to see that the studio is...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Gets First Real Promo Images
Geralt, Yennifer, and Ciri
We're interested in Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher. As regular readers will know, we adore The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and so the idea of seeing Geralt wrestle with moral issues and kill monsters in a big budget TV series is something that we're more than willing to give a chance. And it looks like the streaming...
E3 2019 The Witcher III: Wild Hunt's Sales Surpass 20 Million Units
Gwent a bit mad
Just how big was The Witcher III: Wild Hunt for CD Projekt RED? Well, current data from the Polish developer pegs the epic open worlder at over 20 million units – that’s more than half the entire series’ lifetime sales to date. Of course, the statistic takes into account the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions of the title...
News CD Projekt Red Opens Merch Store, Japanese-Themed Witcher Figure Is Ridiculously Cool
Geralt's on a different path
Long time readers of Push Square will know that we're not the biggest fans of video game-related merchandise (unless it's a sweet t-shirt or hoodie, obviously) but we've got to give it up to CD Projekt Red for this 'Geralt Ronin' figure. What a beaut. The figure currently stars as a limited offer on the developer's...
News Netflix's The Witcher Series Arrives in Late 2019
Geralt a load of this
Netflix, the huge, subscription based entertainment giant, is currently producing a TV adaptation of The Witcher, following the immense success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. All we've seen so far, though, is a very brief preview of Henry Cavill in character as Geralt. We should get to see a little more pretty soon, as it's
News PlayStation Publishes Another Witcher Video, This Time Detailing the Series' Success
Geralt rides again
Anyone else find it a bit strange that PlayStation is publishing videos about CD Projekt Red and The Witcher? We don't want to read too much into it, but the Polish developer has a history of working with Microsoft and Xbox when it comes to promoting its games, so maybe something's... Changed? Probably not, but it's weird to see...
News The Voice of Geralt Documents Origins of Witcher Dev CD Projekt Red in Cool New Video
Witcher business
PlayStation's released something of a mini-documentary on The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red. Clocking in at around five minutes, the video's narrated by Doug Cockle, who fans will know as the voice of Geralt. It's an interesting watch, as studio co-founder Marcin Iwinski details the company's incredibly humble origins. One of...
News Gwent: The Witcher Card Game Gets Its First Expansion, Crimson Curse, Later This Month
Fangs very much
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is getting its first expansion near the end of the month, CD Projekt Red has announced. Crimson Curse will bring over 100 new cards to the game (throughout all existing factions), and, of course, there's a vampire theme at play here. The expansion launches on the 28th March, and the developer's promising...
News The Witcher 3, Gwent, and Thronebreaker Soundtracks Added to Spotify
Witcher business
CD Projekt Red has brought three of its excellent soundtracks to Spotify. Search up the developer's name and you should find a trio of albums: one for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, and one for the recently released Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Wild Hunt's soundtrack is a live version, while the...
Hands On The Amazing Monster Hunter: World Witcher Crossover Event Goes Above and Beyond
Geralt of Rivia, Witcher
Capcom's really gone all out with this. Monster Hunter: World's latest free update adds a new crossover event to the game, welcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt protagonist Geralt of Rivia to the fray. As soon as you start this quest up, you know something's different. There's more dialogue, like Monster Hunter suddenly has a...
News Monster Hunter: World's Witcher Crossover Event Is Live on PS4
How'd you like that silver?
It's time to buddy up with Geralt of Rivia and slay some beasts in Monster Hunter: World. The game's latest crossover event, which welcomes The Witcher 3 into the fold, features new quests and a chance to work with the White Wolf. Boot up the action title right now and you should find that the event is underway -- at...
News CD Projekt Red Set to Compensate The Witcher Author Following Legal Dispute
He's not getting $16 million, though
Back in October of last year, we reported on a bit of a kerfuffle between The Witcher video game developer CD Projekt Red and author of The Witcher books Andrzej Sapkowski. Basically, Sapkowski wasn't happy with how much money he'd received from the studio in order to use his work as the basis for its games. A...
News Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Patch Fixes PS4 Crashing Issue
Also improves frame rate
We've been busy playing Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales for review here at Push Square, but it's safe to say that our experience has been damaged by the game's technical performance on PlayStation 4. We've read some horror stories about crashing issues on various forums and websites, and although they haven't been too...
News Monster Hunter: World Teams Up with The Witcher for a Series of New Quests Starring Geralt
Killing monsters
Geralt's having a fair few unexpected adventures these days, isn't he? Following on from his jaunt into SoulCalibur VI, the white-haired hero's going to appear in Monster Hunter: World in early 2019. This fresh crossover will see your hunter join forces with Geralt in a series of new quests. What's more, Geralt will be fully voiced,...
News This Is What Geralt Looks Like in The Witcher Netflix Series
Geralt of Rivia, witcher
And there he is, actor Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix's upcoming The Witcher series. Most will probably know Cavill as Superman from the DC movies, but his portfolio stretches quite a ways beyond that. Hopefully he's a good fit for the White Wolf. If you've played The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, you'll probably be...
News Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Gets Very Promising PC Reviews and a New Gameplay Trailer
Witcher spin-off sounds great
It may be set to release on PlayStation 4 in December, but we must admit that fresh media coverage of Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales has got us hyped. Reviews of the PC version are now hitting the net, and sites seem to agree that it's another excellently written and executed role-playing game. Good to hear. It's...
