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Where Cyberpunk 2077 Succeeds: Giving Sex Workers A Story

This article contains spoilers for Cyberpunk 2077, and discussions of sexual assault, suicide, and self-harm. If all you knew about sex workers came from gaming what would you think about this group…

January 8, 2021 | 12:00 EST

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Cyberpunk 2077: A Monument to the Sins of the Gaming Industry

As is the case with every major industry, the gaming industry is no stranger to controversies. It's almost depressing how there are so many credible allegations of discrimination and exploitation in…

December 28, 2020 | 12:00 EST

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CDPR Is Already Acting Like A Big Publisher

The Witcher 3 only released back in 2015, and for those that don’t remember, CD Projekt Red was surging in popularity, but they weren't necessarily a household name. In that short five years, CDPR…

December 16, 2020 | 12:00 EST

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Is CD Projekt Red's Crunch For Cyberpunk 2077 Fair?

With only a few weeks to go before the next generation of consoles are released to the public, game developers are almost certainly in a rush to meet deadlines. Under normal circumstances, releasing…

October 19, 2020 | 12:00 EDT

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Could The Witcher Lead to More Shows Based on Games?

The Witcher TV series is, by most accounts, a fairly decent adaptation of The Witcher books and games. It’s not a perfect show by any standard, of course, but it’s just good enough that fans of the…

January 13, 2020 | 11:00 EST

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What is Cyberpunk?

In 1984, William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer was released. An underground hit that won multiple awards, the novel, which is about a washed-up computer hacker who must contend with an artificial…

June 27, 2019 | 02:00 EDT

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Most Disappointing Games of Gen 7 – The Witcher

The buzz regarding The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost inescapable this year. The seamless blending of story-driven role-playing with an open world experience has been apparently achieved, with…

November 25, 2015 | 01:00 EST

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Little Things That Make The Witcher 3 A Classic

You don't need me to tell you The Witcher 3 is a great game. Andrew has already done that in his review, all the big sites have been doling out 10s and high 9s and its generated a lot of *ahem*…

June 11, 2015 | 09:00 EDT

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Five things Bethesda Can Learn From The Witcher 3

The open-world game is the new frontier for developers pushing hardware, but it's rarely the breeding ground for memorable storytelling. Maybe I'm old-fashioned — I cut my teeth on Deus Ex and Final…

June 4, 2015 | 09:00 EDT

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IMO: Why I don’t like the Witcher 3 DLC Plan

CD Projekt Red is clearly trying to get the hype going for this February release of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, as every week or two, there’s been an announcement. And this week, as covered by our…

November 11, 2014 | 09:00 EST

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Most Anticipated Games of 2014 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Geralt of Rivia is back, and better than ever in CDProjekt RED's upcoming third installment of The Witcher series. They took the PC world by storm with the original and finally made it to home…

January 13, 2014 | 09:00 EST