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Console Port Of The Witcher Put On Hold

Dave Snider
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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.