Academy Award-Nominated Studio to Create Breathtaking Cinematics for CD Projekt's The Witcher®
May 5, 2006 - CD Projekt RED announced today
that it has contracted Academy Award-nominated
post-production studio Platige Image to craft the cinematics
for The Witcher®, the upcoming dramatic-fantasy role-playing
game for the Windows® operating system. A sneak peek of
Platige Image's work on The Witcher® will be seen at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo, taking place in Los Angeles
May 10-12.
Scheduled for release in Spring 2007, The Witcher® transports
players to a unique fantasy world in the role of legendary
monster-slayer Geralt of Rivia. The game blends a classic
role-playing experience - with extensive character and story
development - and unprecedented real-time combat that is both
stunning and tactical. Based in the world created by
celebrated author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher® is poised
to reinvigorate the role-playing genre with a fresh approach
to traditional PC role-playing games.
Platige Image, the award-winning Polish post-production
studio responsible for such animated short-films as the
BAFTA-award-winning "Fallen Art" by Tomek Baginski and the
Academy Award-nominated "The Cathedral," was chosen for its
professionalism and impeccable track record to bring the
mysterious and foreboding world of The Witcher® to life in a
series of cinematic cutscenes, advancing the game's story and
providing a deeper look into the complicated life of the
enduring anti-hero, Geralt of Rivia.
"We are very excited to be working with Platige Image to
create stunning cinematics for our first development
project," said Michal Kicinski, Joint CEO of CD Projekt RED.
"With their vast experience in producing features for the
film and commercial industries, we are confident they will
help us breathe life into the character and world we're
fortunate to be working with."
"We are proud that our skills will be used for the first time
in the production of game cinematics. It will open a new
chapter in our Studio hitherto prevailing activity," said
Jarek Sawko, CEO of Platige Image. "All the more we are happy
to be able to cooperate with CD Projekt RED, which has long
been bringing tremendous games to Eastern Europe through
their publishing and localization services."
High - poly renders and screenshot from the first cinematic
are available here:
http://www.thewitcher.com/gallery/press/The_Witcher_cinematic_screenshot.jpg
http://www.thewitcher.com/gallery/press/The_Witcher_cinematic_Ostrit_render.jpg
http://www.thewitcher.com/gallery/press/The_Witcher_cinematic_Geralt_render.jpg
For more information about The Witcher®, visit http://www.thewitcher.com.
Media contact:
CD Projekt RED - PR contact for North America:
Tom Ohle, Evolve PR
p: 780-433-3957
e: tom@evolve-pr.com
CD Projekt RED - PR contact for Europe:
Joanna Kobylecka
p: +48 607-346-480
e: joanna@thewitcher.com
Marcin Kobylecki, Platige Image
p: +48 607-346-480
e: mk@platige.com
About CD Projekt
Founded in 1994, CD Projekt is one of Eastern Europe's
largest game distributors, with offices in Warsaw and Prague.
The company specializes in localization and publishing
role-playing games, having brought such hits as Baldur's
Gate, Diablo, Neverwinter Nights and The Elder Scrolls III:
Morrowind to the Polish market. In September 2003, the
company's development branch, CD Projekt RED, announced its
first internally developed game, The Witcher®. More
information about CD Projekt can be found online at http://www.cdprojekt.com.
About Platige Image
Platige Image is a multi award-winning computer animation
studio with the technical, creative and production
capabilities to provide post-production visual effects
services to the entertainment industry. Specialized in
complex and in-depth 3D animation and digital visual effects
both for feature and commercial markets, Platige is also the
producer of short animated films such as the Academy Award
nominated "The Cathedral", and Tomek Baginski's latest
project "Fallen Art" - 2006 winner of the Short Animation
Film award from the British Academy of Film and Television
Arts (BAFTA). Platige Image can be found online at www.platige.com.
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