The Witcher Video Game Series

Much of the love for The Witcher Franchise will have started with the video game series, more specifically with The Witcher 3, created by Polish Video Game Developer CD Projekt RED in 2015. The Witcher 3 helped bring the attention of many gamers to The Witcher franchise. The game is argued by many as one of the best of its decade, for its gripping story and often difficult to choose branching paths, beautiful visuals, and fun but basic combat system. Although not as popular, The Witcher 2 still holds its own with a shorter action-packed story, and the graphics and mechanics still hold up today, although not class leading by any means. The original Witcher video game doesn't fair too well by current standards, but it is still a classic that has a good story. More importantly, without the original we wouldn't have the second, or immensely popular third game.

The Witcher is the first of three video games from The Witcher Video Game Series. The story takes place in the medieval fantasy world of The Continent and follows the Witcher Geralt of Rivia. "Suffering from amnesia you remember nothing of your past. Kaer Morhen, the last remaining keep of the witchers, was attacked by a mysterious organization, just as you were starting to lick your wounds there. The battle is won but the secret recipe for the mutagen, a substance required to create more of your kind, has been stolen. The surviving witchers set out to find and reclaim it and punish everyone involved. Memory loss or not, you are one of them." [GOG Store page for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition]

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is "The second instalment in the RPG saga about the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia. A new, modern game engine, responsible both for beautiful visuals and sophisticated game mechanics puts players in the most lively and believable world ever created in an RPG game. A captivating story, dynamic combat system, beautiful graphics, and everything else that made the original Witcher such a great game are now executed in a much more advanced and sophisticated way." [GOG Store page for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the most popular, and widely agreed to be the best of The Witcher Video Game Series. "You are The Witcher, professional monster hunter, a killer for hire. Trained from early childhood and mutated to gain superhuman skills, strength and reflexes, witchers are a distrusted counterbalance to the monster-infested world in which they live. You are a drifter, always on the move, following in the footsteps of tragedy to make other people's problems your own - if the pay is good. You are now taking on your most important contract yet: to track down the child of prophecy, a living weapon, a key to save or destroy this world. You will make choices that go beyond good and evil, and you will face their far reaching consequences." [Taken from the GOG Store page for The Witcher: 3 Wild Hunt]

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is the popular side game from The Witcher 3, brought to life! Gwent is a card game where two players take control of opposing armies on a battlefield. The player can select from multiple factions from the Witcher world, such as The Monsters, The Northern Realms, or Nilfgaard for example. If you were never interested in Gwent during your playthrough of The Witcher 3 and want to give it a go, or loved Gwent in The Witcher 3 and just want more, you can satisfy your Gwent hunger, free of charge!