The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

The Witcher 3 first-person mod is basically Elder Scrolls 6

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim are two of the best RPGs on PC, but due to their perspective differences they play very differently from one another. Until now, of course, as a new Witcher 3 first-person mod has launched that seems to completely change the game - into basically The Elder Scrolls VI.

The Witcher 3 remains one of the best fantasy games on PC seven years after its release, and while it's had a few first-person mods in that time, none of them have completely successfully recreated the gameplay experience through Geralt's eyes.

The new "Gervant First Person" mod from user crthdr is the latest attempt, and it seems a lot more promising. Apart from movement, the mod allows full combat, horseback riding, and boat control - all in first-person. There are a few limitations, as cutscenes mostly remain in third-person, Ciri's sections don't really work yet, and the roll has been replaced with a jump.

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New-and-improved Witcher 3 first-person mod includes full combat functionality

The Witcher 3 has some phenomenal fantasy environments, including one of our favorite cities in PC gaming, Novigrad. The third-person camera does a good job of zooming in and letting you absorb all the detail of those lavish interiors, but sometimes you just want the intimacy and immersion a first-person camera could provide...
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The Witcher 3 director is creating a new dark fantasy RPG

The Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who also acted as second director and head of production on CD Projekt Red's latest major RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, has unveiled his new studio and given us an idea of what it's got in the works. Called Rebel Wolves, the new start-up studio brings together "a talented team of industry veterans from projects such as The Witcher series, Cyberpunk 2077, Thronebreaker, and Shadow Warrior 2" - and it's cooking up something that sounds like it'll appeal to Witcher fans.

Rebel Wolves reveals in a press release that it's working on a "dark fantasy RPG built in Unreal Engine 5", and that the studio's "driven by the desire to build a passionate team dedicated to creating vibrant virtual worlds, filled to the brim with powerful emotions and unique experiences". The studio also reveals that this will mark the first game in a planned saga. There are no details on the game beyond these, sadly, but it's exciting news for Witcher fans keen to see Tomaszkiewicz's experience directing one of the most beloved dark fantasy RPGs of all time feed into another project along similar-sounding lines.

"We're developing a videogame we'd like to play in a way that games should be made," Tomaszkiewicz says. "We want to evolve the CRPG genre by creating unforgettable stories and stirring deep emotions, all while working as a tightly knit team united by a shared goal and ambition.

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The Witcher 3 director forms new studio with CDPR veterans making a dark fantasy RPG

A group of former CD Projekt Red folks have formed a new studio, announcing plans to make their own "AAA" "story-driven" "dark fantasy RPG". The studio are named Rebel Wolves, and they're founded by Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who was director of The Witcher 3 and secondary game director on Cyberpunk 2077. Their RPG is largely a mystery for now, though a wee bit of artwork suggests at least one vampire is involved?

The release of Season 2 of The Witcher series on Netflix has kicked off another spree of interest in the last game to feature Geralt, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt spiking to a high of over 71,000 daily concurrent players. The release of Season 1 in 2019 kicked off a spike of players that reached higher than the game's launch day in 2015, as I reported then, with over 100,000 concurrent players...
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