The Write Stuff

Sapkowski first wrote The Witcher as a short story in 1986 for the purpose of entering a magazine contest. He came third.

CD Projekt decided to develop a new engine (named Redengine) to implement their vision for The Witcher 2.

The art design was inspired by the Slavic culture, with minor influences from Celtic, Germanic and Scandinavian mythos.

CD Projekt released the Director's Cut patch for The Witcher to North American players which removed censorship in the game (which was largely censored nudity on the erotic cards).

The original music for The Witcher was composed by Adam Skorupa and Pawel Blaszczak and was released in 2007.

In April of 2009 CD Projekt RED announced that The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf had been put on indefinite hold due to complications with Widescreen Games.

In The Witcher 2, protagonist Geralt is more than a 100 years old

The original name of Dandelion is "Jaskier" (in Polish).

Conan O’Brian reviewed The Witcher III: Wild Hunt on a Clueless Gamer segment.

The Witcher soundtrack was voted "Best Fantasy Game Soundtrack" in the 2007.