Official The Witcher school loses CD Projekt license after getting involved in a controversy

The company did not provide a definitive reason for terminating the contract with The Witcher School in Poland.

Although the literary epic Andrzej Sapkowski The CD Projekt RED video game series, which has already won the hearts of fans of fantasy novels, has managed to take The Witcher universe to another level with The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. One of the best games of the RPG genre and an ever-expanding universe.

The influence of the franchise in Poland was so great that An officially licensed “witch school” from CD Projekt REDOr at least it has until now. 5 ZywiolowThe company behind these live role-playing events has confirmed that the Polish studio has terminated its contract with The Witcher School to use its name and elements of the saga shared by Eurogamer.

Although CD Projekt RED does not wish to make specific statements about the reasons that led to the downfall of CD Projekt RED, termination of contractcompany 5 Zywiolow claims that the studio will want to leave school after learning about this situation. share one of the staff working with ultra-conservative Polish Catholic organization Ordo Iuris.

One of its members was related to the ultra-conservative organization Ordo Iuris.Stayed in Ordo Iuris Anti-LGBTQ+, anti-abortion and anti-divorce activism. 5 Ania Wawrzyniak, wife of Dastin Wawrzyniak, founder of Zywiolow, has worked as a lawyer for the company, and has recently worked on Ordo Iuris for “legal mechanisms to introduce and enforce the vaccination requirement and the potential consequences of non-compliance” and “the bill penalizing illegal abortion”. Some Polish media repeated this relationship in February, forcing 5 Zywiolow to contact CD Projekt for a statement. study terminated collaboration without further details.

Despite not holding The Witcher license, 5 Zywiolow has confirmed to their previous assistants that they are working on a game. new original live role-playing formula They said they hope to be ready for the spring of 2023. The Witcher universe did not stop circulating among the media, it came to television with a successful Netflix series preparing for its third season.