It's amazing just how big The Witcher has gotten over the past decade, after spending years as a cult classic in Poland for most of the 90s and 2000s.
CD Projekt RED introduced the world to Andrzej Sapkowski's novels after using them as the source material for its award-winning franchise of the same name. Unfortunately, while The Witcher games themselves are universally loved, especially 2015's The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the studio hasn't avoided controversy.
Specifically, CDPR has been the target of much criticism since 2019 after admitting that employees faced"inhumane" levels of crunch in the lead up to the 2015 open-world title's release and doing it again just to release Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020.
The verdict is still out if CD Projekt RED has redeemed itself from its shortcomings, but the upcoming Witcher project's director is keen on not making the same mistakes.