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After CP77 mess, CD Projekt Red will switch to Unreal for next Witcher game

Enlarge (credit: CDPR | Aurich Lawson) The Witcher is coming back. No, there won’t be a new TV series , novel, virtual card game , or other project affiliated with the popular Polish fantasy series. Today, CD Projekt Red confirmed that its tentpole video game series will continue with an entirely new adventure game. The […]

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14 months later, Cyberpunk 2077 gets next-gen console patch, free 5-hour trial

Enlarge / Virtual Keanu Reeves rests on his laurels after the latest Cyberpunk 2077 patch. But should he get up and do more before relaxing? We look into it. (credit: CD Projekt Red) A surprise Tuesday presentation from game studio CD Projekt Red confirmed that its historically buggy 2020 game Cyberpunk 2077 is finally getting a “current-gen” […]

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Next-Gen Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3 still coming 2021… CDPR thinks

Enlarge (credit: CD Projekt RED) CD Projekt Red is still pushing to release next-gen versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 in 2021—or so the developer hopes. As CDPR mothership CD Projekt Group held its H1 2021 financial earnings presentation with investors this week, it put its ongoing support for Cyberpunk front and center. […]

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CD Project Red does an about-face, says ransomware crooks are leaking data

Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) CD Projekt Red, the maker of The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077, and other popular games, said on Friday that proprietary data taken in a ransomware attack disclosed four months ago is likely circulating online. “Today, we have learned new information regarding the breach and now have reason to believe that internal […]

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Cyberpunk 2077 refunds barely dented CD Projekt Red’s bottom line

Hard to see Cyberpunk 2077 as anything but a massive driver of a record quarter in this chart… [credit: CD Projekt ] Back in December, CD Projekt Red made waves by offering full refunds to Cyberpunk 2077 players who were dissatisfied with the game’s poor performance, especially on older consoles. Days later, Sony delisted the […]

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CD Projekt Red source code reportedly sells for millions in dark Web auction

Enlarge / This bird has been hacked! Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red announced that it had been hit with a ransomware attack that allegedly exposed the source code for games including Cyberpunk 2077, Gwent, and The Witcher 3. Now, security experts are reporting that the source code has been auctioned off on a dark […]

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Cyberpunk 2007 developer hit with ransomware attack

Enlarge / How would Johnny Silverhand deal with this ransomware threat? Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red announced that it has “become the victim of a targeted cyberattack” that has allegedly exposed the source code for many of its games. In a message the developer shared on Twitter Tuesday morning, the hackers allege they’ve stolen […]

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CDPR CEO blames “in-game streaming” for Cyberpunk’s console problems

CD Projekt Red is still trying to contain the damage from widespread reports of major technical problems in the versions of Cyberpunk 2077 released for the PS4 and Xbox One last month. To that end, studio co-founder and CEO Marcin Iwinski today tweeted a video message seeking to explain the internal situation leading up to […]

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2020’s most disappointing games, as led by Blizzard’s WarCraft III: Reforged

Enlarge / Is there any chance WarCraft III: Reforged might receive another reforging this year? (credit: Aurich Lawson / Blizzard) You may have heard that 2020 wasn’t the greatest year—an issue we try not to belabor when covering the fun and escapism of video games at Ars Technica. But “disappointing” games are different than bad […]

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CD Projekt Red investors sue company over Cyberpunk 2077 debacle

Enlarge / People are complaining about situations like this in Cyberpunk 2077. (credit: CDPR / Twitter) On its release day, Cyberpunk 2077 immediately pivoted from one of the holiday season’s most hotly anticipated new games to one of this year’s biggest debacles, as bugs both comical and game-breaking proved to be so prolific on consoles […]