CD Projekt RED Wants You To Spend The Weekend With Geralt of Riva…

TW_Free_WeekendGot a Steam account? Good. A decent to killer gaming PC? Even better. Now, all you need is time and a lot of coffee or something else to keep you away through Sunday, as CD Projekt RED is letting you play both The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition for FREE until then. Yikes.

That’s a LOT of ground to cover, even if you’ve already played both games and know what to do, where to go and which dialog choices to make (as the game changes based on your decisions. If that’s not enough time for you, BOTH titles are on sale for 80% off ($1.99 and $3.99 respectively) until February 18, 2014, meaning you can keep playing as much as you want after that freebie ends and not pay much money for two great adventures.

Of course, it IS Valentine’s Day, so if you have that special someone who’s not a gamer in your life, and you want to tackle these games this weekend, you’d better spill the beans now or else it’ll ONLY be Geralt getting some action. Of course, this is one of those well written mature fantasy experiences that may draw in someone who thinks games are still for kids, so who knows. Just be gentle with whatever you do. We wouldn’t want to see you all cranky and weird come Monday morning…

CD Projekt RED Wants You To Make Your Own RPG Using Their Tools

REDKit_Mod_ScreenIn case you’ve never played it, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a really spectacular adult RPG with some great writing, visuals and gameplay. Developer CD Projekt RED has been cooking up a nice treat for the more creative fans of their work to play around with and the results are pretty damn impressive. Granted, you just can’t grab their REDKit beta and whip out a game in a day or two (and yes, you need to BUY a legal copy of The Witcher 2, which isn’t a bad thing to do at all, as the game is really inexpensive now and is a good way to spend about 60 to 80 hours or so), but as you can see above and on the official site, the results can be amazing.

Of course, given the game’s system requirements and what are bound to be some really complex mods, I’m gathering you’ll need a fairly powerful PC to run anything created using this toolkit. But for those gamers or artistic types with the time to play around with their own ideas in the world of The Witcher, this one’s a no-brainer to at least try out to see if it’s something you can use…

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) Hands-On: The Best RPG I’ve Played In 2012 (So Far)…

The first word that came to mind when I finally got my hands on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition was Quality. Quality of content, quality in the richness of detail in the characters, environments and even the way the game’s non-playable cinemas added to the epic feeling of the living world CD Projekt RED has worked so hard on. It’s not hard to look at the screens in this article and think that the Xbox 360 can’t do some of the stuff you’re seeing, but in fact, you can expect the game to be surprising in a number of ways when you finally get your hands on it next week. I got to play an early portion of Geralt’s adventure last week when WBIE rolled into NYC (with a trio of excellent games you should keep an eyeball on) and I wanted to stay in front of that big screen for a few hours longer diving more and more into what’s looking like one of the best games of 2012.

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Let’s Take A Little Stroll In The Woods, Shall We?

Nice, quiet and lovely scenery, isn’t it? Nope, that’s not a photograph or some painting by the old masters, folks. That’s a screen shot from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) for the Xbox 360. The folks at CD Projekt RED think it’s one of the best-looking games on the system and I absolutely agree. More on other stuff I agreed with shortly when I file my hands-on preview. April 17 is right around the corner, I know, I know. But the huge boxed 360 version of the Collector’s Edition is already sold out everywhere, so that bodes quite well for the developer, I’d say.  As for the rest of you 360 owners looking for the next great epic to play, your only chance to grab this gorgeous, mature RPG with a whopping sixteen endings (!) will be the Standard Edition (also coming to PC on the same day), which for my money, SHOULD have “Best RPG of 2012” stamped on the front, back and sides in big flaming letters.

Back in a bit with more – this one’s going to be spectacular…

GOG.com Wants YOU To Get “Steamed” About DRM And Regional Game Prices…

 

If you still don’t have a GOG.com account… GET ONE. This DRM-free game download service has been around for a few years offering up some of the best classic PC games along with modern content (CD Projekt Red Studios’ The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings being) and now it looks as if the company will be taking on Valve’s Steam service (as well as other popular download services) shortly.  That is, if I’m reading the not so hidden messages in these amusing advertisements correctly. Tuesday is the big announcement, so check back here for an update or simply boogie on over to the GOG.com page and see what’s what…