GB: Since we haven't spoken with you for several months, can you give us an update on how development is coming along on The Witcher? Have you ran into any unforseen obstacles or reached any major milestones lately? Any plans for a release date yet?

CD Projekt: The development process goes smoothly and effectively. Lately, we’ve been working on the E3 version of the game, which we’ll present during the Expo. Quite a number of new locations and features are actually finished and are being polished at the moment. As far as milestones are concerned, we’re glad to say that the E3 version will be one of them, and will include nearly every feature we intend to implement into the final product. At the same time, we are constantly increasing the number of our crew, which by now comprises a group of over 40! Thus the development process proceeds faster than planned.

The large crew allows us to realize the most ambitious plans and ideas and avoid obstacles quickly and efficiently. Nonetheless, there’s still loads of work ahead, that is why we’d rather keep the release a secret.

Another important achievement was surely the implementation of various Aurora modifications. The graphics produced by ‘our’ Aurora are unbelievably atmospheric and realistic. They are in fact indescribable, one has to see the game to understand what I mean.