Witcher casts a spell on US

RPG to be published by Atari in North America along with Europe.

Last September, Atari stated that it would be distributing The Witcher in Europe and Asia, but no news was given as to what its plans were stateside. Now, Atari has finally announced an agreement with CD Projekt for it to publish the action orientated role-playing PC game in North America, as well.

The Witcher casts players as Geralt, a monster slayer with supernatural abilities, in a world "rife with political intrigue, in which the lines of good and evil are blurred." The game is based on the world created by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski in his novels. One of the boasts of the developers is that during the twists and turns of the plot, decisions made by the gamer will drastically change the outcome of the story.

The game, currently due for a Q2 European launch, will be released in North America this fall under the Games for Windows banner. For more information on the game, read GameSpot's full coverage.

51 Comments

  • ktseymour

    Posted Feb 7, 2007 11:33 am PT

    I have to agree with the people that want this game to come to the 360 but... on the other hand , Big'n hard needs to keep some games exclusive to the PC, and for heavens sake... actually do some marketing for the PC games market.

  • Salvius

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 8:05 pm PT

    "Orientated"?

  • Gmacrusher

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 6:51 pm PT

    eheh Cool i guess!

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 8:47 am PT

    Cool!

  • epormada

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 6:58 am PT

    Wow, I just looked at some pics of this game for the first time and it looks like this game has a lot of potential.

  • epormada

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 6:53 am PT

    Crew_SK, because the 360 is awesome, it's Microsoft, and most PC titles get ported to xbox. i.e. Doom3 and Half Life 2 on original xbox.

  • Crew_SK

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 6:41 am PT

    this is PC only.. why does everyone talk about a 360 port?

  • cjcr_alexandru

    Posted Feb 6, 2007 6:38 am PT

    Sounds cool, but even in NWN2 you can "change the outcome of the story." Well, not "drastically", but...

  • blackIceJoe

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:49 pm PT

    If this comes out on the 360 this is great news but if not I will have to get it on the PC. So I hope it comes out on the 360.

  • vamroc

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:38 pm PT

    Great another 360 port waiting in the wings oh yeah bring it on.

  • Alcotamaysees

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 7:10 pm PT

    Haven't seen alot of this game, so I'll hold judgement.

    @protoman. Different games man. Different genres too (I think.)

  • protoman170776

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 5:49 pm PT

    I finally know the name now. Is this the same game as bullet witch or r they talking about a different game.

  • protoman170776

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 5:19 pm PT

    Is this the witch blade(I think thats the name) or are they talking about something else.

  • ryokinshin6x3

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 4:37 pm PT

    gona watch for this game, looks interesting

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 3:53 pm PT

    I didn't even know this game existed until now.

  • FallenAngel

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 2:16 pm PT

    Sweet, this game always looked pretty cool to me.

  • Darkstrauss

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 1:40 pm PT

    hmmm, well lets hope atari does right by this one. NWN2 was just about the only thing last year that spiked my interest, and though it was awesome, it wasn't as friendly to users as NWN was.... lets hope it all pans out and atari rejoins the greats.

  • FiZiKz19

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 1:25 pm PT

    sounds different...i'll prolly buy it!

  • Pete5506

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 1:17 pm PT

    looks different

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 1:14 pm PT

    game looks alright...but not too great.

  • fastpunk

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 1:11 pm PT

    Not many people are interested in The Witcher... no matter, I know it will turn out great!

  • ScreamDream

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 12:31 pm PT

    Sounds good but I'll wait for the review.

  • Homes225

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 12:27 pm PT

    Yay Can't wait for The Witcher.

  • bamizhim

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 12:06 pm PT

    hmm this could be the next oblivion lol NOT haha no rpg has been able to top that,unless its wow...lol

  • Ondoval

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 11:55 am PT

    The books of Sapkovski are imo better than the ones orf Moorcock and even George R.R. Martin, maybe at the top of the best fantasy books of all time -Tolkien included, but in much senses more mature and adult-. I love the atmosphere of decay in the novels of Geralt, and the strong sense of honor, ectics and rectitude of the main character, in opposition against the sense of amusement of his best friend, Jaskier. I can't talk today about the game, but I reriouslly recommend to read the Geralt's Saga.

  • gord_mose

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 11:39 am PT

    I think it was originally using the Neverwinter Nights (Aurora) engine. Wonder what it's like?

  • datniccah187

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 11:35 am PT

    i'm good on Witcher its not really my type of game. So i think i'll have to pass.

  • jknight5422

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 11:27 am PT

    I'll probably be too caught up in other games too much
    to care about this one in the Fall.

  • SoralinkGS

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 11:01 am PT

    cool

  • kaziechameleon

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:55 am PT

    looks interesting, a good action oriented fantasy role playing game, cool.

  • Chief_Kuuni

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:54 am PT

    could be good, sounds catchy

  • ldonyo

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:53 am PT

    I've been following this title on their website for a couple of years and I'm very happy to hear that there is now a US distributor for it. I'm not as happy that the distributor is Atari, as their support for titles once they have been released has been sub-par, at best, to non-existant. What I would really like to see is English translations of the novels this game is based upon.

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:49 am PT

    seems cool

  • _Pedro_

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:28 am PT

    This game looks great. The combat system looks like it's going to be really cool to do.

  • dark_xaero

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:14 am PT

    This game will own.

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 10:01 am PT

    never heard of it

  • blacktorn

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:57 am PT

    PC = i dont care

  • Buzzlebee

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:45 am PT

    Ooo...it looks quite lovely. Glad that the US will see it eventually. It's nice to see that the Europeans will get this awesome looking game before the US does. Usually it's the other way around.

  • makemeweak

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:06 am PT

    Intriguing... I'll have to see it in action first.

  • kretyn

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:05 am PT

    great! this game is gonna rock!

  • mismajor99

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:02 am PT

    Sign me up!

  • thestrateger

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 9:01 am PT

    sounds good

  • u8nogard

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:52 am PT

    Look forward to seeing this game in late 2007.

  • Benny_is_here

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:51 am PT

    [sarcasm]Awesome pun, GameSpot![/sarcasm]

  • zeecorner

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:49 am PT

    nice, ive been pretty stoked for this game...but not too stoked.

  • Re_ensurer

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:47 am PT

    Sounds ok.

  • Lilac_Benjie

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:46 am PT

    Been in development for a long time. Should be good.

  • grope2

    Posted Feb 5, 2007 8:33 am PT

    Yeah, im glad to hear that they got it coming out for Europe soon. Certainly looks promising.

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