CD Projekt RED hosted a FY 2018 performance conference today. Among other things, the Polish company announced the preparation of mobile versions of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game (“Gwent: The Witcher. Card Game”). In the fall of 2019, iPhone owners will receive it, and later (the date has not yet been announced) it will be the turn of Android smartphone users.
“We spent a lot of time and effort preparing to port Gwent to smartphones,” said development director Jason Slama. — It was necessary not only to preserve the excellent graphics, but also to introduce support for mobile devices into many of our technologies, including the GOG Galaxy client, which is based on the Gwent multiplayer. I think that in the development of these versions we use all the best graphics and gameplay developments of our studio.
They promised to tell more about mobile versions later. At the meeting, it was announced that in the last quarter of 2018, Gwent brought in more profits than Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales (“Thornfeud: The Witcher Stories”), which was released on October 23 on GOG, on November 10 on Steam, and on December 4 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The failure is associated not with temporary exclusivity, as many people think, but with a lack of resources - the main forces of the team were thrown into the development of Gwent, and the independent story campaign did not have enough budget. Previously, the creators have already admitted that they were disappointed with the sales of Thronebreaker. However, the game received very positive reviews from critics (rating on Metacritic - 79-85/100 points), and the authors are very proud of this.
In addition, the developers noted that they are pleased with the pre-orders of the first major expansion, The Crimson Curse (“Scarlet Curse”), which will be released tomorrow, March 28th. The team plans to release several major addons for Gwent every year, as well as add new content and features to it every month. One of the attendees asked the executives about the possibility of moving Gwent to a subscription distribution model. Studio president Adam Kiciński replied that the company is considering various options for monetization, including this, but has not yet made a final decision.
In 2018, CD Projekt RED received PLN 256,6 million ($67,2 million) in sales revenue, about a third less than in 2017. Net profit amounted to PLN 109,3 million ($28,6 million) against PLN 200,2 million ($52,4 million) in the previous period. Below you can watch the full recording of the broadcast (information about Gwent - from the mark 36:48).
In The Crimson Curse, players will have to fight the monsters of the high vampire Dettlaff van der Eretein, one of the characters in the Blood & Wine expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The add-on will add more than a hundred cards and new mechanics - all the details can be found here.
The official launch of Gwent on PC took place on October 23, 2018, and on December 4, the game appeared on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Source: 3dnews.ru