The Witcher 2 tops UK chart
The updated Xbox 360 version of CD Projekt Red's PC RPG, published by Namco Bandai, knocks FIFA Street into second spot. EA's five-a-side football game had topped the chart for four of the previous five weeks. More >
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The updated Xbox 360 version of CD Projekt Red's PC RPG, published by Namco Bandai, knocks FIFA Street into second spot. EA's five-a-side football game had topped the chart for four of the previous five weeks. More >
2CD Projekt has confirmed that it is to stop pursuing, and threatening legal action, against those it believes downloaded pirated copies of PC RPG The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings. More >

Game lawyer Jas Purewal writes an open letter to those who oppose developers taking legal action against pirates.
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Ubisoft and Capcom get it wrong, GOG and Avalanche get it right and Serious Sam's scorpion shows the way.
2A French court has awarded Namco Bandai publishing rights to the Xbox 360 version of CD Projekt's PC RPG The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings. Namco took action against CD Projekt parent Optimus SA in July, claiming it had secured rights to publish the Xbox 360 release in western Europe, Asia-Pacific and central and south America before the developer announced it would be published by THQ. More >
PC RPG The Witcher 2 has been illegally downloaded 4.5 million times, according to Polish developer CD Projekt. Speaking in an interview with PC Gamer, CEO and co-founder Marcin Iwinski explained that he had calculated the figure by monitoring stats on torrent sites. More >
5A demo of The Witcher 2 will be available to stream from Gaikai affiliate sites after publisher CD Projekt signed a deal with the cloud gaming firm. “Gaikai’s streaming service will allow us to bring The Witcher 2 to an impatient and increasingly connected audience,” said Michal Nowakowski, VP of business development at CD Projekt. “Gaikai's Affiliate Network of game industry sites will allow millions of gamers all over the world to play and share the game like never before.” The deal follows similar agreements signed between Gaikai and publishers including Electronic Arts and Capcom. The recently launched Gaikai Affiliate Network includes The Escapist, Eurogamer, Get Games, Rock, Paper, Shotgun and VG247.
The Xbox 360 version of CD Projekt's The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings has been pushed back to the first quarter of 2012, partly due to the ongoing legal tussle between Namco and THQ over publishing rights. Making the most out of a bad situation, however, CD Projekt has promised to put the additional development time to good use. "The extra time will allow us to polish the title to perfection, so that the game offers an ideally balanced, fantastic experience to gamers," said studio head Adam Kicinski. "As the launch of the game approaches, we will be sharing more details how it will be released on Xbox 360. I trust that despite the release date shift, players will be satisfied with what we are planning for them."

Firm files suit against CD Projekt Red’s parent company following announcement that THQ will publish the Xbox 360 game in Europe.
1CD Projekt confirms its PC RPG will be released on Xbox 360 later this year.
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Though agonisingly slow to get to the good stuff, CD Projekt's RPG sequel rewards patient monster slayers.
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Anti-piracy measures removed in first update: "DRM schemes do not support our philosophy."

Good Old Games on freedom of speech and allowing its customers to circumvent Australian censors.

CD Projekt "trusting users" and absolutely not working around draconian Australian censorship.

Senior producer Tomasz Gop on moving towards action adventure without compromise.