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Console Port Of The Witcher Put On Hold

Added by Dave Snider on April 30, 2009

59 comments

The Witcher would have been a nice addition to the PS3 lineup.

Though it was rumored earlier in the week, a press release today from Widescreen Game's finally put the nail in the coffin for the PS3 and X360 port of The Witcher known as The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf. Being a massive fan of the PC game this is saddening news as The Witcher could have brought some much needed RPG goodness to both systems. Reasoning for suspension seem to be financial in nature. Here's a quote:

“The development of the game “The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf” has been suspended in an attempt to resolve financial problems among the various project partners.

The good news is that developer CDProjekt is still rumored to be working on a true seqeul to the game and I'm guessing all the hard work of this code port might help that game go multi-platform. Let's hope that is indeed the case as the RPG market for games this year looks unusually slim. Although the original Witcher wasn't a huge seller and shipped with some early bugs, the re-released Extended Edition package that came out last year is high quality stuff. I highly recommend checking it out if you have any interest in the genre or in games with deep stories.

Filed under : The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, The Witcher

59 Comments

Gmanall
on April 30, 2009

I just hate it when games get canned, no matter how bad they were are it takes a part of my heart.

TheClap
on April 30, 2009

Another loss to economic troubles

Meatsim
on April 30, 2009

That sucks I was looking forward to playing this game once it got to consoles since my PC is too old to run anything these days.

Bucketdeth
on April 30, 2009

Damn I was looking forward to this, I guess I'll have to go get the PC version.

CitizenKane
on April 30, 2009

Damn it, I guess I just have to go and get the PC version and install it on my laptop.

Gmanall
on April 30, 2009

CitizenKane said:

"Damn it, I guess I just have to go and get the PC version and install it on my laptop."

That is if it can run on laptops

Death_Burnout
on April 30, 2009

Hmm...i've yet to even play The Witcher on the PC...i guess i should suck it up and get it regardless if it does things i don't like.

atejas
on April 30, 2009

That's a shame, The Witcher was an amazing game and CDProjekt Red seems to be one of the developers left who gives a shit about their games.

shades846
on April 30, 2009

maybe its because they would have to cut the game alot given the nudity in the PC version at least in the European version.

Al3xand3r
on April 30, 2009

There's not that much nudity at all, easily cutable. My guess is they just weren't getting it right, it was going to have a new combat system and stuff, hard to go from a pc centric clickie clickie title to a compelling action based combat system. Oh well, maybe for the sequel. I'll get that on PC just like the original.

Oncomouse
on April 30, 2009

I understand times are tough right now, but I don't understand this move. They must have spent enough money by this point to be almost past the point of no return. If they cancel the game, all that dev money is flushed away. If they spend a little more to get the product out the door, they will recoup their losses. Wouldn't it make more sense to get a loan or something, tough it out, and release the product that will hopefully turn a profit?

morningthief
on April 30, 2009

I saw the PC version of this at Goodwill for 8 bucks.... Shoulda bought it.

Kazona
on April 30, 2009

Shame. Hopefully the sequel will see a console version. Although to be completely honest, I rather see them make absolutely certain the PC version is as flawless as possible.

atejas
on April 30, 2009

Al3xand3r said:

Oh well, maybe for the sequel. I'll get that on PC just like the original."

Confirmed?

CitizenKane
on April 30, 2009

Gmanall said:

"CitizenKane said:
"Damn it, I guess I just have to go and get the PC version and install it on my laptop."
That is if it can run on laptops"

I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.5 GHz, 4 GB RAM and a 256 MB ATI RADEON HD 3650. I'm pretty sure I can run it.

Death_Unicorn is online
on April 30, 2009

nnnnoooooooooooooooooooo0o0oooo...=(

KingOfIceland
on April 30, 2009

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ughhh.... guess the PC's my only option now....

David
on April 30, 2009

I loved the PC game as well and the console version would have been awesome too.
It's great that they are still working on the sequel though.

To Dave:
Just wanted to point out it looks like you spelt sequel wrong, I don't think anyone else mentioned it.

dagas
on April 30, 2009

Guess I should pick up the enhanced edition for the PC then before it's too late. Tried some of the original, but it just kept crashing and crashing and crashing so couldn't get past the first 15min of the game. They should have called the new edition "not as broken edition" instead because the first release was pretty much broken.

Jimbo
on April 30, 2009

The Witcher sold huge enough - over a million copies before the re-release iirc. I doubt many other PC exclusives from the past couple of years can match that.

Do you think they'll still consider releasing Witcher 2 on consoles, given that 1 is now destined to remain PC exclusive? I guess the ending of the first game was clean enough to make it possible at least.

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