The Witcher author Andrzej Sapkowski says he has a “great” deal with developer CD Projekt Red, but admits that the studio “rarely” gets in touch these days and asks for more details.
Addressing fans at a book event to promote his Witcher prequel, Raven's Crossing (thank you, GamesRadar+), Sapkowski revealed that while he had worked more closely with CDPR on previous games, he had not been approached to contribute to development The Witcher 4but insisted that “the contracts between me and the gaming people are great right now.”
“Let's hope it stays that way,” he added.
Back in 2017, Sapkowski said eurogamer The global success of The Witcher following the release of the third game in the series did not bring him any money, as he sold the rights to CD Projekt for a lump sum payment without asking for royalties, prompting him to enter into a new deal in 2019.
“I was so stupid that I sold the rights to this entire company” Then Sapkowski told Eurogamer. “They offered me a percentage of their profits. I said, “No, there will be no profit at all – give me all my money right now! The whole amount.” It was stupid. I was so stupid that I left everything in their hands because I didn't believe in their success. But who could have foreseen their success? I couldn't.”
As for the latest news about The Witcher? Last month, Sapkowski discussed a key plot point in the video game series that was actually a mistake in his novels, saying that “The video game people clung to this idea with amazing tenacity.”.
“The problem of “witcher schools” requires – I beg your pardon – a more detailed explanation,” Sapkowski told his interlocutor at the AMA. “A single sentence about some kind of “Wolf School” mysteriously found its way into The Last Wish. I later found it unworthy of development and narratively inaccurate, even detrimental to the plot. Therefore, subsequently I never again included or mentioned any Witcher, Gryffindor or Slytherin. Never.
“However, this one sentence was enough. Adapters, especially people involved in video games, seized on this idea with amazing tenacity and miraculously multiplied these “witcher schools.” Completely unnecessary.”
