Empire Australasia

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OUT NOW (NETFLIX) EPISODES VIEWED 5 OF 8 SHOWRUNNER Lauren Schmidt Hissrich CAST Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra PLOT Itinerant monster hunter Geralt of Rivia (Cavill) roams the countryside slaying beasts for coin while being reviled by

TV Guide Magazine

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Could the latest task for Henry Cavill’s monster-hunting Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, be even more formidable than slaying beasts? In Season 2 of this fantasy drama (based on the video games and Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels), the solitary swordsman “has a

You South Africa

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Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill) is a Witcher, itinerant monster hunter for hire in a world where magical creatures and humans live in uneasy proximity. He’s not a fan of humanity – that fickle mass of cheats and cutthroats slowly taking over the world

SFX

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Back in 1985, Andrzej Sapkowski was a travelling salesman who specialised in furs. A former student of economics, he also had a passion for writing, so much so that he decided to enter a short story competition in the Polish magazine Fantastyka. “Wie

Pick Me Up

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1 Henry _, stars as Geralt of Rivia in TV series The Witcher (6) 4 Expelling (8) 10 Conjurors (9) 11 Flavour (5) 12 Amy _, six-time Oscar nominee and star of films such as Enchanted and American Hustle (5) 13 Without sound (9) 14 Means of entry or ac

PC Gamer

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If you want to bring Geralt along instead of being him you can as he’s also a voiced companion. Geralt’s other main paramour, Triss Merigold is another magic-wielding companion. Another lodge sorceress, Keira Metz, can lend her magical hands in com

PC Gamer

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Polish swordsmith Artur Wysocki runs Kaer Morhen Forge, creating authentic replicas of Geralt’s swords with the full blessing of Witcher dev CD Projekt RED. For €400-900 you can own your very own made-to-order sword, in silver or steel, providing it’

PLAY

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First things first: the Witcher series on Netflix is not an adaptation of The Wild Hunt, nor any of CD Projekt Red’s beloved RPGs. Many elements will seem familiar to anyone who spent dozens of hours on The Continent (Roach, Geralt’s raspy voice, nud

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Queen of Cintra, Princess of Brugge, and Duchess of Sodden, had novels of history before players ever met her in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Although we had become well-acquainted with Geralt of Rivia and his supporting cast

SFX

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UK/US Netflix, streaming now Showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich Cast Henry Cavill, Anya Chalotra, Freya Allan, Joey Batey EPISODES 2.01-2.08 It may have been a smash hit for Netflix but The Witcher’s first season had its fair share of problems. This

GQ India

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What does style mean to you? I think personal style changes over the years as we change and grow as people. Recently, I’ve found that a classic look with a little extra something is appealing to me. What was the first suit you bought? It was a sui

Home Cinema Choice

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Based on the books of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is a muddy romp starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a sword-wielding mutant monster hunter. For those not familiar with the source material, the show’s lineage is less Game of T

TV Guide Magazine

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DON’T LOOK AT Geralt of Rivia as a hero. The silver-haired professional monster slayer—played by Henry Cavill (right) in Netflix’s sprawling epic, based on bestselling fantasy novels by Andrzej Sapkowski—is a reluctant savior at best, hired across th

PC Gamer

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Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Queen of Cintra, Princess of Brugge, and Duchess of Sodden had novels of history before players ever met her in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Although we had become well-acquainted with Geralt of Rivia and his supporting cast

Total Film

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Before The Witcher Season 1 dropped on Netflix in December 2019, it’d be fair to say fans held their collective breath. The monsters-and-mages fantasy already had hardcore admirers of the original books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowksi and the vide

SFX

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LONG BEFORE THE WITCHER’S Geralt, there was his mentor, Vesemir – and now, the cocky monster hunter is taking centre stage in The Witcher: Nightmare Of The Wolf. From director Kwang-II Han, executive producer Lauren Schmidt Hissrich and screenwriter

Total Film

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Henry Cavill, dressed in black and with silver locks flowing down his back, stands in a gloomy sanctum, sunlight barely illuminating the archways in the background. As the camera turns, he’s deep in conversation with Adam Levy’s druid Mousesack. “Wer

PC Powerplay

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Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon, Queen of Cintra, Princess of Brugge, and Duchess of Sodden had novels of history before players ever met her in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Although we had become well-acquainted with Geralt of Rivia and his supporting cast

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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LINEAGES EXPLORED CD Projekt Red is a phenomenon that could only have occurred in Poland—and only, really, in the ’90s. It’s a time that explains more than the studio’s ludicrously anachronistic title. This was not just the golden age of the CD-ROM,

PLAY

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FORMAT TBC / ETA TBC / PUB CD PROJEKT / DEV CD PROJEKT RED / PLAYERS 1 After surprising Witcher fans with a teaser image of a lynx medalion back in March, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that another Witcher game is in the works. With no release date,

PLAY

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Having spent hundreds of hours as Geralt, I can’t imagine playing a Witcher game without him. I’d love to be able to design my own character (can you imagine a Witcher MMORPG? Instant Game Of The Century there) but Geralt would have to be somewhere i

PC Gamer

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CD Projekt has announced that a new Witcher game is in development “kicking off a new saga for the franchise”. While the details are scarce at this stage, the most immediately noticeable part of the announcement is that – after basically building the

SFX

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CLOSE TO THE Hungarian town of Baj, some 70km from Budapest, Henry Cavill is standing in a huge dome-like cavern. Usually it’s a wine cellar; today it’s been remodelled for one of the many sets for The Witcher, the new fantasy show from Netflix based

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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CD Projekt has announced that a new Witcher game is in development “kicking off a new saga for the franchise”. While the details are scarce at this stage, the most immediately noticeable part of the announcement is that—after basically building the s

PLAY

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We love a good PS5 upgrade at PLAY Towers. An excuse to revisit old favourites made even better? Sign us up. And we’re expecting The Witcher 3: Complete Edition to be a major one (especially as it’s a free upgrade). Nail this version of the incredibl

The Guardian

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The Witcher 3 is teeming with madcap magic, beasts and an unlikely hero who shines bright among other protagonists

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Another fascinating use of DLC can be found in the Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine. In the expansion, we are introduced to higher vampire, Orianna, who has a penchant for drinking the blood of children and singing a creepy nursery rhyme. The last time we

The Guardian

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Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian’s gaming newsletter. If you’d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below – and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email. I’m going to begin this week’s Pushing Butt

PLAY

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FORMAT PS4 / RELEASED 2015 / PUB CD PROJEKT / DEV CD PROJEKT RED The previous two Witchers never came to PlayStation, but no matter: this game starring everyone’s favourite grumpy monster hunter is all you need. The fantasy world is a marvel to beho

PC Gamer (US Edition)

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If you want to bring Geralt along instead of being him you can, as he’s also a voiced companion. Geralt’s other main paramour, Triss Merigold is another magic-wielding companion. Another lodge sorceress, Keira Metz, can lend her magical hands in comb