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The Witcher Enhanced Edition Interview

AT: In your opinion, what are the greatest advantages of the recent acquisition of Metropolis Software (THEY)?

MM: They are very experienced developer, with a huge portfolio of interesting and successful titles, additionally we see great potential in their new title (THEY). I think both sides will benefit - Metropolis can share their developer know-how, and we can help them with our publishing and marketing experiences. Together we are one of the biggest Central European game developers, with potential to run a few different projects at once.

AT: Do you consider tackling different game genres (other than single-play RPG, that is)?

MM: Not at this point, as we didn't decide what our next big title will be - as I said we still focus on The Witcher support and the Enhanced Edition. I think that some day in the not so far future we will have to start with a different project, genre and maybe a different license.

AT: When we spoke last year at the GC in Leipzig, you mentioned that CD Projekt's core team received a lot of pointers and creative suggestions from development studio BioWare. Do you plan to continue that cooperation on future projects?

MM: Our relationship with BioWare is still very close. However, for a last few years we've become completely independent. They helped us a lot, gave us advices and reviewed our design documents, although the creativity was mostly on our side. So, I expect cooperation with BioWare in the future, but rather as a friendly exchange of ideas, rather than addressing them as our mentors and advisors.

AT: I thank you very much for your time. Feel free to add anything else you'd like our readers to know about The Witcher or anything related to CD Projekt's work.

MM: I know that fans all around the world are waiting for another The Witcher game announcement, but we are much more careful now and don't want to make wishful promises. We are still planning our next move and there is no rush, as we so we can concentrate more on the Enhanced Edition. We want to be sure our decision incorporates not only strategic plans of our studio, but primarily meet the expectations of fans and gamers. Let us rest a bit, gather our strength again - last year, we were working day and night to create The Wicher. We will need it to make another great game.

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Paul [mail] Feb 22 2008, 12:35 pm EST
Nice interview.Especially liked that "Metropolish" bit : )).
Anyway, nice to see that Michal knows fans all around the world are waiting for another Witcher game, I know I am : ).But its great that CDPRed is working on making the first game flawless first, before going to another one, and since all those updates will be for free (several gig, whoa for a patch : )), this company is the one most fair towards its customers in the bussiness, I think.
  Vader: Sherioushly, you letsh grab a drinky!
IcedEarth [mail] Feb 22 2008, 02:50 pm EST
With lesser load times and overall stability improvements, I'd be willing to give this game another shot. I hope it turns out well.
scipio [mail] Feb 22 2008, 03:02 pm EST
I missed it the first time around, and with it coming out again, ill be sure to catch up :P
run_like_snot [mail] Feb 22 2008, 03:44 pm EST
Yay for the copy protection decision. I wonder how many developers cringe when the publishers request copy protection be placed which the developer knows will affect the experience they are trying to deliver.
Rafal [mail] Feb 22 2008, 06:24 pm EST
I might play it again if I won't have anything better to do.
The_Reverend76 [mail] Feb 22 2008, 11:51 pm EST
Congrats to CD Projeckt for doing this. Maybe E.A. can learn a lesson about fixing current games before rushing out sequels.
Terminator [mail] Feb 23 2008, 08:18 am EST
I'm looking forward to this one. I nearly stopped playing The Witcher because of the very slow load/save times, but I pushed myself to the end. This game is worth another try with the enhanced edition.
Rafal [mail] Feb 23 2008, 10:06 am EST
I had no problem with long loading times. Maybe it has something to do with my 4 gigs of ram.
Amok [mail] Feb 26 2008, 01:18 pm EST
Interesting. I'll be sure to acquire this edition and re-start the game.
Vader [STAFF] [mail] Feb 26 2008, 04:23 pm EST
Same here.
yian [mail] Jun 20 2008, 07:23 pm EDT
Kind of glad I didn't buy it when it first came out. Now I can buy this BETTER edition!
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