THE WITCHER
DOWNLOADABLE
DEMO
AVAILABLE
NOW
Atari
Announces
the Launch
of the US
Playable
Demo for CD
Projekt’s
Acclaimed PC
Role-Playing
Game,
Downloadable
at File
Sharing
Websites
NEW YORK,
December 14,
2007 –
Atari, Inc.,
(Nasdaq:
ATAR) one of
the world’s
most
recognized
brands and a
third-party
video game
publisher,
announced
today the
launch of
the playable
demo for The
Witcher®,
the
acclaimed
first game
from Polish
development
studio CD
Projekt RED
and a
distinctive
PC
role-playing
game which
delivers a
thrilling
story in a
unique
fantasy
universe
alongside
stunning
tactical
combat. The
Witcher is a
Games for
Windows
title, rated
M for Mature
and
available at
the
suggested
retail price
of $49.95.
The demo can
be
downloaded
at various
file-sharing
sites such
as
GameSpot.com,
GameDaily.com,
FileFront.com,
FileShack.com,
Gamershell.com
and
Worthplaying.com.
Giving
players a
tantalizing
taste of the
world of The
Witcher, the
demo begins
with the
first part
of the
prologue in
which the
seeds of the
epic story
are sown and
the white
haired
witcher
Geralt
learns the
fundamentals
of combat.
The prologue
is followed
by the
entirety of
Act 1,
during which
Geralt of
Rivia will
see the
first
threads of
the story
weave their
web around
him and be
called upon
to slay man
and beast to
stay alive
and earn his
keep.
In The
Witcher
players take
the role of
Geralt of
Rivia, a
professional
monster
slayer who
exists on
the fringes
of a complex
society
afflicted by
the kind of
problems
more
commonly
found on the
front pages
of
newspapers
than in a
fantasy
universe.
Taken as a
child,
mutated and
trained in
the arcane
ways of the
witchers,
Geralt is a
reluctant
hero, who
nonetheless
finds
himself all
too
frequently
in the heat
of battles
that are not
his own. His
is a path he
might not
choose to
walk, but
walk it he
must, guided
by his head,
heart and
only
faithful
companion –
his sword.
Based on the
fictional
world
created by
best-selling
Polish
author
Andrzej
Sapkowski,
The Witcher
is set in a
unique
fantasy
universe
where
real-life
issues
dominate a
troubled
society. In
this world
there is no
right or
wrong, only
decisions
and
consequences.
The Witcher
is available
now at
retailers
across North
America as a
standard
game pack
and as a
Limited
Edition
containing
exclusive
content. For
more
information
about The
Witcher
visit
www.thewitcher.com
and for more
details
about
Atari’s
entire
product line
up visit
www.atari.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
www.cdprojekt.com.
About Atari,
Inc.
New
York-based
Atari, Inc.
(Nasdaq:
ATAR)
publishes
and
distributes
interactive
entertainment
software in
the U.S. The
Company's
1,000+
published
titles
distributed
by the
Company
include
hard-core,
genre-
defining
franchises
such as Test
Drive(R);
and
mass-market
and
children's
franchises
such Dragon
Ball Z(R).
Atari, Inc.
is a
majority-owned
subsidiary
of
France-based
Infogrames
Entertainment
SA (Euronext
- ISIN:
FR-0000052573),
an
interactive
games
publisher in
Europe. For
more
information,
visit
http://www.atari.com.
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