The Witching Hour: The Witcher, Netflix, CD Projekt RED and The Way Forward For Single Player
Video gaming is going through a transition - slowly transforming itself from an industry built to create single player narrative epics, to one focused on delivering live service, always online, social experiences. But then, what is a company like CD Projekt RED along with their crown jewel "Witcher" franchise, firmly rooted in the "epic" category, to do? Netflix, Disney Plus, and the upcoming streaming wars of the 2020s might just offer (at least part of) the way forward. It's all about branding the Butcher of Blaviken...in Virtual Legality. CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AT: https://youtu.be/Yj78MkuN9p0 #Witcher #Netflix #CDProjekt *** Discussed in this episode: "You Got to Know When to Hold 'Em, and Know When to Flip 'Em" Kotaku - January 27, 2012 - Owen Good https://kotaku.com/you-got-to-know-when-to-hold-em-and-know-when-to-flip-5879833 "In Flip Ship, it’s all your fault" Quarter To Three - January 24, 2012 - Tom Chick https://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2012/01/24/in-flip-ship-its-all-your-fault/ "The Witcher 3 Had Its Biggest Day Ever On Steam" Gamespot - January 6, 2020 - Jeremy Winslow (@_pbnjer) https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-witcher-3-had-its-biggest-day-ever-on-steam/1100-6472440/ The Witcher Show Page Rotten Tomatoes - January 6, 2020 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_witcher "Uncharted movie loses another director" Polygon - January 2, 2020 - Owen S. Good https://www.polygon.com/2020/1/2/21046456/uncharted-movie-director-ps4-sony-pictures "'THE WITCHER 3' GAME DEV CD PROJEKT RED SIGNS DEAL WITH ANDRZEJ SAPKOWSKI FOR MORE" Newsweek - January 2, 2020 - Andrew Whalen https://www.newsweek.com/witcher-3-game-cd-projekt-red-deal-andrzej-sapkowski-4-1480128 *** FOR MORE CHECK US OUT: On Twitter @hoeglaw At our website: https://hoeglaw.com/ On our Blog, "Rules of the Game", at https://hoeglaw.wordpress.com/