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CD Projekt Red’s GWENT Closed Beta Delayed Until October


Posted on August 10, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like GWENT, the digital collectable card game based upon The Witcher universe will need a bit of extra time in development before beginning its closed beta phase of testing. Originally CD Projekt RED had promised perspective players a September release for the closed beta but it looks like plans have been pushed back until October 25th.

The GWENT development team sent out a press release earlier this morning. Here is what they had to say:

“We know we can make a first impression only once, and want to be sure everything is ready before we blast off. Delivering a good game is more important to us than keeping a deadline. Still, that doesn’t mean we don’t realize that delays can be disappointing, and we apologize for making you wait. The Closed Beta will now begin on October 25th.”

GWENT is a fast paced strategy card game where players go ahead to head assuming control of two different armies. After the first turn is decided by coin toss players draw ten cards and discard two in order to begin their battle against one another.  Combat in GWENT is varried, with Unit cards coming in a number of different varieties – Close Quarters, Ranged & Siege as well as Spies. Other types of cards also have an effect on the battlefield – the forces of nature come into play as Weather Cards and commanders can strengthen up their forces with Muster and Morale boosters.

The strategy action of GWENT first appeared in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt but will be expanded upon for the Free-To-Play GWENT title coming to PC, Xbox One and PlayStation sometime in the future.


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CD Projekt trademarks Gwent card game


Posted on June 10, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

Fans of CD Projekt red have long lamented the severe lack of opportunities for them to play Gwent, that stellar in game trading card game that appeared in the Witcher 3. Present in the Witcher 3, Gwent seems to be as wide spread in the world of Geralt as Sabbac is in Star Wars. New filings discovered by Nerd leaks now suggest that the studio recently filed for two trademarks with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, one for Gwent—which appears to be an expansion of a 2015 trademark filing of the same name—and the other, more tellingly, for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game. Now if you never got the chance to play it Gwent is a bit like hearth stone, its a collecting and fighting card game. In case you want to see it in action here is a good video review. The Gwent filing also came with a logo, Which is the one you can see above this article. The filing is in the right place for this type of game at least covering computer games and videogames in various formats, online gaming services, and also doodads like jewelry, medallions, key rings, statues, clothing, writing instruments, stationery, and luggage.

It just makes a lot of sense for this game to exist. Card games are big money, players spend thousands of dollars in Hearth Stone, Magic the Gathering Online, and other online card battle games. Bethesda also recently threw their hat in to the card game ring with their Elder Scrolls Card game,CD Projekt has a great track record, and if you have ever played Gwent, you know its not the standard Magic the Gathering Clone, but rather a whole unique different type of game, employing a three tiered combat system and some other complex systems that as far as I am aware have not yet been implemented elsewhere.


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