The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty has a sneaky, musical reference to The Witcher 3

Turns out that Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is hiding a little reference to The Witcher 3, and one that should be music to your ears.

Some mild, fairly early spoilers for Phantom Liberty ahead!

It just seems like CD Projekt Red can't help but reference itself. There's already a Witcher reference in Cyberpunk in the form of an arcade game called Roach Race, but that one's in the base game. However, as spotted by IGN, it seems that there's a brand new reference to be found in Phantom Liberty. It can be found after a certain point during the mission Lucretia My Reflection, when you're guided to a wall-mounted phone in an abandoned building, the main purpose of which is to get in contact with Solomon Reed.

Some of the best PC games can be yours at a huge discount in the GOG Autumn sale, with the likes of The Witcher 3, Baldur's Gate 2, Disco Elysium, Assassin's Creed, Metro, Cyberpunk 2077, Diablo, and much, much more. This vast sale has over 4,000 cheap games for you to grab with discounts of up to 90% off, so you'll want to dive in and check out the deals - there's even a free PC game to claim for your troubles.

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There’s a surprising link between Baldur’s Gate 3 and The Witcher 3 – and fans are loving it

None other than Geralt of Rivia himself, Doug Cockle, is in Baldur's Gate 3, and fans are pretty happy to hear from the ole Witcher once again.

Prior to the PC launch of the highly successful RPG, developer Larian Studios shared a community post outlining some of the game's extended cast. We already knew that there would be some big names in there like Resident Evil Village's Maggie Robertson, Critical Role's Matthew Mercer, and Mr. "Get Me Pictures of Spider-Man" himself J.K. Simmons. But the post also revealed some of the other cast members you'll be able to meet in the game, which pretty casually mentioned that The Witcher series' own Geralt, i.e. Cockle, would be voicing a character in the game.

I won't say who Cockle is voicing so that you can save the surprise for yourself, but needless to say, fans were pretty happy at the announcement he would be featured in Baldur's Gate 3. Over on the game's subreddit, multiple fans immediately started quoting some of the frequently repeated lines from the game with classics like, "What now, you piece of filth," "Looks like rain," and who could forget, "Wind's howling."

The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red is laying off 100 staff members. With multiple RPG game projects in the works for both of these videogame series and even more on the way, the studio says that the layoffs of around 9% of the workforce will take effect by March 2024, with the Cyberpunk 2077 studio saying it wants both the "best people" and the "right teams." It's unclear if, or how, this will impact the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty release date.

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Xbox Free Play Days: Tee off, slay monsters, and more this weekend

Microsoft has announced this week's batch of free-to-play games for the weekend, and one happens to star a certain monster slayer and Ladies' Man.

That's right, The Witcher 3 is free to play this weekend on Xbox, which should give you plenty of time to decide whether the dark fantasy world of The Wild Hunt is for you.

It's the Complete Edition which contains the two expansions Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. This version also features several improvements that take advantage of Xbox Series X/S, including community-made mods, performance, and quality modes, a variety of gameplay tweaks, and ray tracing elements on Xbox Series X.