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You’d think Namco Bandai and CD Projekt RED would be quite happy after the success of The Witcher 2 on PC, but all’s not as rosy at it seems. The publisher has filed a lawsuit against the developer.
The suit appears to be over CD Projekt’s decision to go with THQ as the publisher of the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2 and the way it removed DRM from the PC game without Namco Bandai’s authority.
“As with most cases, we first tried to end the dispute peacefully,” Adam Kicinski, CEO of CD Projekt RED told gamepur. “Attempts failed and because of this, we hoped that our partner would send the case to the court. The agreement that we signed last year, concerned only the distribution of “The Witcher 2” for the PC. The records were carefully clarified to avoid any ambiguity.
“Namco Bandai have options when choosing the priority of our distributor’s version of the Xbox 360. It could use, but not taken advantage of certain preferences. In this situation, we chose the offer that THQ made us,” Kicinski added.
“Our financial situation is very good at the moment and the lack of a few million does not have any impact on current activities. Withholding of payments means only that after some time, our partner will have to give us the money.
“I hope that the whole thing will end with a pre-litigation settlement. If it doesn’t, I am sure that we will win the case and then the loser will pay for our lawyers.”
The Witcher 2 was announced for Xbox 360 just before E3 in June, while the PC game earned an excellent 9/10 in our Witcher 2 PC review.
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
- Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Genre(s): RPG
