The Witcher 3 PC Gamer preview

PC Gamer has a long preview showing off the open world that CDPRojectRed is developing for the Witcher 3.

The article talks a bit about combat and story mechanics, but the focus is upon the setting and how the open world exploration and questing works.

The beast moves away, clueless to the Witcher’s presence. The origin and purpose of the galleon go unexplained, although Badowski confirms that there is a story there to uncover. The ship is one of many “points of int...

XCOM Modding Update

XCOM has now been out for a little over a week and our forums have been buzzing with users trying to get in to the game and mod it as much as possible. We’ve made headway in a number of areas and hit stumbling blocks in others, but every day new discoveries are being made.

First of all you’ll notice that the first mods have popped up in our file database which provide a number of INI tweaks. You’ll find a number of different takes on balancing XCOM and changing settings to eit...

Skyrim Nexus launches

Don't worry, you're not late, I'm just early. In just over 5 weeks The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released in North America. Traditionally I have waited until around the time of launch to release a Nexus site for Fallout 3, New Vegas, Dragon Age and The Witcher. However, I seem to be waking up every day to emails asking me if I'm going to release a site for Skyrim or whether I'm going to integrate Skyrim in to TESNexus, so I'm putting the flag in the ground today and putting the doubts (...

Witcher 2 2.0 released with tutorial, Arena (mode), Dark difficulty, combat improvements, and more

CD Projekt has released Witcher 2 2.0, a gameplay update and patch. Witcher 2.0 includes a new opening tutorial, an Arena mode where you fight off waves of enemies, and a new Dark difficulty level which includes new items. The patch also makes a number of changes to combat, including unlimited parrying (which no longer blocks all damage), improved target acquisition/selection, and a more "responsive" Geralt. The patch also includes assorted bug fixes, minor improvements, etc. Read the full...

Bethesda sues Notch over the use of the word "Scrolls"

A few days ago, the legal department of Bethesda Softworks (not to be confused with Bethesda Game Studios) served the creator of Minecraft, Notch, legal papers regarding the title of Notch’s upcoming game, “Scrolls”. The Bethesda legal department expressed concern that people will confuse Notch’s “Scrolls” game with “The Elder Scrolls” series. Notch posted this on his blog. Today, I got a 15 page letter from some Swedish lawyer firm, saying they demand us to stop using the...

Witcher 2 patch 1.3 released, incompatible with user mods

The next patch (1.3) has been released for The Witcher 2. Among the 50 changes are support for 4:3, 5:4, and 16:10 aspect ratios, more free DLC ("A Sackful of Fluff"), item storage in inns, changes to the prologue's difficulty, a Quen debuff, and more. But the patch also comes with an important note. NOTE: Please keep in mind that all of the fan-made modifications are incompatible with the newest update. Make sure to uninstall them to avoid in-game issues. We apologize for the inconvenience. ...

Witcher 2 patch 1.2 released with new and old DLC

Patch 1.2 has been released for the Witcher 2, and can be downloaded through Steam, the Witcher 2 launcher, or directly from the official Witcher site. The patch includes all previous DLC (Blue Stripes Combat Jacket, Ultimate Alchemist's Outfit, Ultimate Mage's Outfit, Ultimate Swordsman's Outfit, Finisher Pack, Mysterious Merchant, Troll Trouble), plus one new DLC: Barbers and Coiffeuses. The new DLC adds barber/hairstyling services to each chapter. The patch also includes gameplay tweaks...

CDProjekt to announce "big news" soon

The latest Witcher newsletter has word that CDProjekt are due to announce something big before the start of E3, live from Los Angeles. Here's the blurb: CD Projekt RED and its sister company GOG.com, the digital distribution platform for DRM-free PC games, are going to reveal some big news just before E3 at their "CDP Summer Conference" live from Los Angeles. The announcements will be made on June 2 at 12:00 LA time (which is 3:00 p.m. EDT or 7:00 p.m. GMT) via Ustream live stream here. CD...

Witcher 2, patch 1.1 finally released

The eagerly awaited patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2 has finally been released by CDProjekt after their recurring issues with their IT departments plagued them yet again (still no official forums). Here's the blurb from the official site: CD Projekt RED announces the release of Patch 1.1, which brings important improvements to The Witcher 2, the highly acclaimed game released a week ago. The most noticeable change is the removal of the DRM protection world-wide. This gives players the freedom to i...

Witcher 2, patch 1.1 update

More news from CDProjekt on Patch 1.1 for The Witcher 2. The good news is that the patch is ready. The bad news is that we have encountered some problems with the server infrastructure, making downloading DLCs impossible. We want to apologize to our fans for not meeting our target of delivering the patch last night. We will update you when we know more....

Witcher 2 patch 1.1 due out today

The official Witcher site has word that the latest patch (1.1) for The Witcher 2 is currently undergoing some internal testing before it is released for general use. Here's the blurb: Internal tests of Patch 1.1 are well under way. Our current target is to release it this evening. Please note that although we are doing our best to have it ready by then, the time still may change in order to be completely sure that the patch will function properly. This is our primary concern since there are s...