21 Facts About CD Projekt

CD Projekt S A is a Polish video game developer, publisher and distributor based in Warsaw, founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwinski and Michal Kicinski.

In 2008, CD Projekt launched the digital distribution service Good Old Games, now known as GOG.

CD Projekt was working on the PC version of Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance when Interplay experienced financial difficulties.

CD Projekt later released The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in 2011 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015, with the latter winning various Game of the Year awards.

CD Projekt was founded in May 1994 by Marcin Iwinski and Michal Kicinski.

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When CD Projekt was founded, their biggest challenge was overcoming video game piracy.

CD Projekt began partial localization for developers such as Seven Stars and Leryx-LongSoft in 1996, and full-scale localization a year later.

CD Projekt continued to localize other games after Dark Alliances cancellation, and received Business Gazelle awards in 2003 and 2004.

Enthusiasm for game distribution ebbed, and CD Projekt's founders wondered if the company should continue as a distributor or a game developer after Dark Alliances cancellation.

CD Projekt acquired the rights to the Wiedzmin franchise in 2002.

The hype for the title, alongside the release of The Witcher TV series on Netflix, enabled CD Projekt to become the most valuable video game company in Europe in May 2020, surpassing Ubisoft.

In early February 2021, CD Projekt Red was hit by a ransomware attack, with the attackers able to acquire the source code to several of the studio's games, including Gwent, The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 as well as administrative files.

The attackers demanded CD Projekt Red pay them a large sum of money within a few days under threat of leaking or selling the stolen code and files.

CD Projekt refused to negotiate with the attackers, stating to the press that "We will not give in to the demands or negotiate with the actor", affirming no personal information was obtained in the attack and that they were working with law enforcement to track down the attackers.

In March 2021, CD Projekt Red acquired Vancouver, Canada-based Digital Scapes Studios and rebranded the studio as CD Projekt Red Vancouver.

In October 2021, CD Projekt Red acquired Boston-based independent studio The Molasses Flood, the developer of The Flame in the Flood.

CD Projekt Red created REDengine 3 for the purpose of developing open world video game environments, such as those of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

In March 2022, CD Projekt announced a partnership with Epic Games after retiring REDengine to use Unreal Engine 5.

CD Projekt partnered with small developers and large publishers, including Activision, Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, to broaden the service's portfolio of games to triple-A and independent video games.

CD Projekt Red opposes the inclusion of digital-rights-management technology in video games and software.

CD Projekt Red found that their initial release was pirated over 4.