The witcher Geralt of Rivia reunites the sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg, his former lover, and sets out to find his adoptive daughter and former apprentice Ciri, who he learns is being pursued by the Wild Hunt. They must find a way to defeat the Wild Hunt and stop the arrival of the White Frost, an unending snowfall that will bring about the end of the world.
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CD Projekt Red's in-house Gwent team has been quietly working on another standalone single-player card game, codenamed Project Golden Nekker. The studio has said it's meant to feel like its own thing rather than simply a repeat of the earlier Thronebreaker spin-off.
Doug Cockle has voiced Geralt of Rivia in English across all three mainline Witcher games, sticking with the role for well over a decade. He's since confirmed he'll be reprising the part again for the animated film The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep.
Doug Cockle actually grew up in the US in a Marine Corps family before eventually settling in the UK with his wife back in 1999, where he still lives and works today. He holds both American and British citizenship.
Doug Cockle's performance as Geralt in Witcher 3 didn't go unnoticed by the industry. It earned him genuine critical acclaim along with multiple award nominations at major gaming awards ceremonies.
Walk into the butcher's house in Fyresdal for the first time and he'll bellow 'Fresh Meat' the moment he spots you, the exact same line The Butcher shouts the first time you run into him in every Diablo game.
A couple of Witcher 3's silver swords are quiet nods to other classic RPGs. Azure Wrath echoes Azurewrath, the angelic blade wielded by the fallen angel Izual in the Diablo games, while a sword called Daystar borrows its name from the weapon guarded by a lich in Baldur's Gate's city of Amn.
The Scarlet Cardinal Inn tucked away in Toussaint is a sly nod to CD Projekt Red's own company logo, hiding the studio's branding in plain sight as a tavern sign.
During the Hearts of Stone side quest The Drakenborg Redemption, a letter mentions a hidden stash and a promise to reunite with whoever left it there, a pretty clear wink at the setup from The Shawshank Redemption.
A guard patrolling the streets of Beauclair mutters 'all work and no play' at Geralt, lifted straight from The Shining, right down to the delivery.
Villagers and guards across Skellige will occasionally shout 'This is Skellige!' at the top of their lungs, an obvious riff on Leonidas' famous battle cry from 300.
