The Witcher – over 600,000 copies sold!

February 14, 2008

The Witcher – over 600,000 copies
sold!

 CD Projekt RED is proud to
announce that the company’s debut video game production, The Witcher, has sold
more than 600,000 copies worldwide in just three months.

Adam Kiciński, CD Projekt RED Joint
CEO, commented on the sales results: “We are very happy with The Witcher’s
performance to date. Our goal was — and still is — to reach one million copies
sold during the first year. 600,000 games sold in just three months brings us
much closer to this ambitious goal. It’s a great success for us, made all the
more impressive by the fact that The Witcher was created by a completely new
team and it is our debut both as a game developer and in bringing our products
to a global audience. The task was not easy, as The Witcher brand was completely
unknown in many markets, and it was released in a busy season alongside
franchises that have been on the market for many years. Yet, I can confidently
say that we’ve passed this trial victoriously. Actually, only now — as we’ve
conquered many of the initial barriers — can we spread our wings, which, of
course, we intend to do. Such success wouldn’t be possible without our
publishers’ support – Atari, Noviy Disk and the publishing branch of CD Projekt.
They all put a lot of work into the game’s promotion in individual markets.”

The exceptionally warm welcome given
to The Witcher by media and gamers around the world facilitated the commercial
success of our game. This grand welcome is illustrated by 48 awards and
distinctions — a number which is constantly rising — including the prestigious
“PC RPG of the Year” from popular outlets like IGN.com, GameSpy, Play Magazine
and the US edition of PC Gamer, as well as the award for “Readers’ Choice Winner
– Best RPG” at GameSpot (see the full list of awards:

http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/awards/
. The game has received
exceptionally high ratings from players all over the world, which is manifested
in high average scores in players’ reviews at sites like Metacritic (9.4/10),
GameTrailers (9.1/10) and GameSpot (8.8/10).

Adam Kiciński also hints at the
developer’s plans for the near future: “Our plans include continuous game
support, the release of the powerful D’jinni module editor, the continued
release of game updates and patches, and in late spring gamers can expect a
pretty big surprise, which will be revealed at a press conference really soon –
February 18th! We are still working on making the game better and we will
actively support our fan community, which is getting bigger and bigger.
Unfortunately I can’t reveal anything further at this time, but I assure you
that we won’t rest on our laurels and we have very promising plans for the
future. We set our standards very high with The Witcher and we surely don’t want
to lower them in the future.”

The Witcher:

“The Witcher” is a role-playing game
developed by Warsaw, Poland-based CD Projekt RED. The game uses a new version of
the BioWare Aurora Engine, titled Aurora 2007. The game is set in the world
created in the books of Andrzej Sapkowski, which have been published in many
countries. In recent months, the first volume of stories about The Witcher has
become available in English

http://www.amazon.com/Last-Wish-UK-Paperback-Sapkowski/dp/B00121UIP8/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201788033&sr=8-7
 
The game tells the story of Geralt, a professional monster slayer drawn into
political intrigues. The Witcher is an RPG designed for mature audiences.