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The Vault Network is once again very excited to announce the launching of our latest site, The Witcher Vault. Please take a moment and drop by and check out all the latest in news, information, guides, databases and community for this exciting role-playing game set in a dark world where monsters are found in plenty.
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the WitcherVault, your ultimate source for news, guides and up to date information on The Witcher game. If you are new to the game why don't you check out our beginners guide to help get you started.
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We would also like to encourage you, our readers, to submit your own stories, news, and articles to share with fellow Witcher fans!
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- Screenshot Submissions - Send us your screenshots. Once a week (and sometimes more) we feature a screenshot from the community in our regular Player Screenshot feature!
We are on the lookout for volunteers to join our staff, if you believe you can help (no matter how small) please don't hesitate in contacting ReaperX.
After long and impatient awaiting, the time has come - we encourage you to download the latest version of patch (1.2) for The Witcher. We have made a lot of effort to ensure that patch 1.2 has been tested in the best possible way, and at the same time to present it to you before Christmas, as we have promised. Patch 1.2 fixes, among all, the issues of older versions that were most commented on, such as long loading and saving times, loading/saving mechanism, removes many possible random crashes, as well as several minor bugs.
Gamespy have decided that The Witcher is the PC RPG game of the year as well as naming it in the Top Ten PC games of the year.
The world of The Witcher is in many ways a traditional high-fantasy universe in that it boasts the usual collection of elves, dwarves, monsters, spellcasters and magical doodads in a pseudo-medieval European setting.
You can find the top ten PC games of 2007 at Gamespy.
Five of the Witcher developers have started blogs on IGN, the blogs are written by:
Kasia Kuczyńska - designer On the blog written by Katarzyna Kuczyńska you will learn about designers life from the inside. She�s responsible for implementing main story in �The Witcher�. You�ll learn what �crunch time� is, you�ll read about the secrets of creating individual acts in the game, secrets of game designer�s work and about many curiosities connected with creating �The Witcher�.
Daniel Sadowski - engine programmer What�s going on in �The Witcher� � i.e. producing the game from the point of view of a programmer. What is the legendary RED Aquarium? What�s its story and who are its inhabitants? How were various game elements made? Who is the most savage table footballer? These and many more questions will be answered on Daniel Sadowski�s blog.
Piotr Chomiak - senior animator Peep at RED�s graphic artists� work! Here, you�ll learn everything about their work organisation and technical side of creating graphics and animation.
Łukasz Mach - PR manager Anarchist armed forces of CD Projekt RED. A bit about �The Witcher�, a bit about the author, a bit about author�s relation to �The Witcher� (say what???). Totally non-PR blog of a PR guy working on �The Witcher� project. No waffling on, no publicity, no nothing� or something like that� ha ha.
Piotr Szymański - QA specialist If you think, that a tester�s life is playing �The Witcher� 8 h/day, my blog will probably free your minds from this erroneous idea. The whole truth about game testing, which is peculiar survival in the abyss of a developers studio, served with a right pinch of irony and black humour, under the �grey� RED reality dressing.
CDProjekt have posted the following news on the official site.
A month has passed since The Witcher release. We are pleased to inform, that the game is still staying on top of game rankings. According to Metaboli, The Witcher is one of the best-selling PC titles (first place among the most popular games digitally downloaded at Eurogamer.net and Gamesplanet site) Moreover The Witcher looks very solid, placing itself in top ten PC games on Gamespot and IGN sites.
News of The Witcher winning a poll on Vault network has reached CDProjekt and they have posted the following news on the official site.
Our community is growing at an incredible rate. We are extremely pleased, that we are supported by gamers from Vault Network, who are expressing their support in opening The Witcher Vault. In the poll for the most anticipated Vault, conducted by the Vault Network, The Witcher has won substantially, exceeding by a number of votes Age of Conan 2 times, and Hellgate: London 3 times. Many thanks, we would like also to encourage you to support creators of the site.
We are pleased to inform, that one of the last biggest gaming websites, which have been waiting with the review of The Witcher, Gamespy, has rated the game for an excellent 4.5/5, giving it simultaneously Editors� Choice Award. Apart from this, The Witcher has been also rated greatly by some other sites and gaming magazines, exemplary notes can be found below.
After placing The Witcher on the list of games recommended for Christmas by two popular gaming websites - IGN and Eurogamer, the game has also gained respect of journalists of two other big sites, Gamespy and 1UP. In both cases it confirms The Witcher�s presence among leading titles of 2007, including titles such as Call of Duty 4, Crysis or Gears of War.
After having found The Witcher as one of Eurogamer�s �12 PC Games of Christmas�, The Witcher has also become one of 10 best PC games, which are worth buying before Christmas, in an IGN�s Holidays PC Buyers Guide . Consequently, The Witcher has joined a renowned list of games such as The Orange Box, Crysis or World in Conflict. You should also take a look at PC Buyer�s Guide video related to the guide.
Two weeks have passed since The Witcher release, some matters can be assessed objectively, on some others conclusions may be drawn, as well as some statements can be made. Managing Director of CD Projekt, Michał Kiciński, has decided to make such statements in a special interview.
Michał Kiciński has assessed The Witcher debut and its reception by journalists and gamers. He has also critically assessed the whole production process, speaking about things, that could be done differently. He also added a few words about further plans of the company and stressed, that The Witcher is only a beginning of CD Projekt RED�s activity on a global games market.
Gamebanshee has published a series of articles along with a lot of materials related to many aspects of The Witcher, such as the interview with Michał Madej, information about monsters and alchemy as well as artworks and renders. Check all parts of The Witcher week on Gamebanshee!
"Most noteworthy are the cutscenes, which have been storyboarded and edited with real cinematic flair and, together with the voiceovers and script, make The Witcher one of the best examples of interactive fiction we've enjoyed."
"And even when you�ve made a choice and see the results as they work out in the cut scenes and environments, you begin to realize that what CD Projekt has created is a living, breathing world."
"After all is said and done, The Witcher is actually one of the best RPGs we've come across in a long time. (�)For depth of gameplay and the sheer amount of things to see and do, this is potentially one of the sleeper hits of 2007 and easily recommendable to anyone with an interest in the genre."
GameSpot has rated The Witcher with a very high "8.5 - Great", describing it as an awesome RPG and �one of the most engrossing, mature RPGs to arrive on the PC in years�.
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