The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is hitting its highest player count since the release of 2016's "Blood and Wine" expansion. With nearly 50,000 players on Steam - and a similar resurgence seen on PS4 - it's clear that the gaming community hasn't lost any love for The Witcher over the years (and that a Netflix series works wonders on bringing in new and old fans).

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- The Witcher Netflix Show Sparks Huge Player Resurgence for The Witcher 3

- The Overwatch Yule Log returns on Christmas Eve

- Grab This Stunning Ghost of Tsushima PS4 Dynamic Theme for Free

- Epic Games Store Continues 12 Days of Free Games

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Creator of The Witcher, Andrzej Sapkowski, has settled with CD Projekt Red after publicly demanding over $16M in royalties - even after selling the rights to The Witcher to CD Projekt in the early 2000s. Even while wholly owning the rights to the franchise, CD Projekt Red has been consistently open to renegotiation if the resolution was fair to both parties.

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- The Witcher author and CD Projekt end royalties dispute with licensing agreement

- Achievements are finally unlocked on Google Stadia

- 'Halo: Combat Evolved' remaster for PC enters public testing in January

- The latest PT hack lets you explore Silent Hills like never before

- The Witcher's Henry Cavill just wants to stay home and play games

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Hot on the heels of two Resident Evil announcements - Resident Evil 3 Remake and Resident Evil: Resistance - Capcom is inviting Resident Evil Ambassadors to test yet another unannounced Resident Evil game.

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- Resident Evil Ambassadors have been invited to test another new game

- Xbox Series X reveal was kept a secret by giving Phil Spencer a fake Game Awards script for rehearsals

- Mixer, Facebook Gaming chipped away at Twitch market share in 2019

- Google buys developer Typhoon Studios to work on Stadia games

- Epic Games Store Winter Sale: 12 Free Games, Up To 75% Off Others With Free $10 Coupon

- Steam Winter Sale 2019: When Does It End, Best Deals, And More

- Xbox Games With Gold offers Telltale Batman, Lego Star Wars in January

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The Game Awards has been growing year after year, but this year's show brought in 45.2 million viewers across 50 platforms, up from last year's record-breaking 26.2 million.

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- The Game Awards audience grows 73% to 45.2 million livestreams viewed

- Facebook buys Spanish cloud gaming company PlayGiga

- Atari offers 88% of revenue to exclusive VCS games

- Redbox Clearing Out Games, Steep Discounts on the Most Popular PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch Games

- Puma's 'gaming socks' cost $105 and don't even have RGB lighting

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Borderlands 3 has finally launched on Google Stadia. However, the version of the game released on Google's cloud-based platform on December 17 is actually an earlier build of the game - from October 24.

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- Borderlands 3 Comes To Stadia, But It's A Two Month Old Version

- Respawn job listings point to another singleplayer Star Wars game

- Respawn is launching an Apex Legends e-sports tournament with $3 million in prizes

- PlayStation Announces DualShock 4 Back Button Attachment

- Dino Crisis gets new trademark filing by Capcom

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After debuting at The Game Awards, an Xbox representative explained to business insider that the next Xbox generation is simply called "Xbox". This also all but confirms that the rumors of multiple consoles for the next Xbox generation is true.

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- The next-generation Xbox has a much simpler name than you might think: It's actually just 'Xbox'

- Russian firm sues Twitch for $3 billion over illegal Premier League soccer streams

- Apple Arcade is now available as a $50 yearly subscription

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Batman: The Telltale Series is getting a relrelease with the Telltale Batman Shadows Edition. This bundle includes the base game along with new DLC. Also being added is a noir-style art mode, freshening the experience for longtime fans who might come back for another playthrough.

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- Batman: The Telltale Series getting noir-style visual makeover and new DLC

- 'Fortnite' adds lightsabers following Star Wars event

- The Outer Worlds is getting DLC next year

- Just 3 months after it launched in Early Access, PlanetSide Arena is closing down

- Doom Eternal will have centred weapons as an option at launch

- PewDiePie announces he is taking a break from YouTube in 2020

- Resident Evil 2 Remake’s new demo features the voice of RE3’s Nemesis

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With deeper looks into known projects, exclusive WORLD PREMIERS, and even the debut of Project Scarlett - now called Xbox Series X - The Game Awards 2019 reflected on this year in games while looking forward to the future with the next generation on the horizon.

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- All The Big Announcements At The 2019 Game Awards

- Ghost of Tsushima gets new trailer, summer 2020 release date

- The Game Awards 2019: All the Winners

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The addition of Halo: Reach to The Master Chief Collection (and its launch on PC) brought in 3 MILLION players during launch week, pushing the remastered 10-year-old game to the top of the Steam charts, making it the highest-ranking debut for an Xbox Game Studios title on Steam, and generating more than 3 million hours of streamed content on Twitch.

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- Master Chief Collection PC launch ‘monumental’ says Xbox

- Like Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Scarlett’s final name will reflect the purpose of the console

- Forza Horizon 4 is getting a free battle royale mode, and it actually looks pretty cool

- Resident Evil 2 Steam Achievememt Relates to Jill Valentine, DLC Could Be on Its Way

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PlayStation's December State of Play rounded out the year with some very big announcements - including the leaked Resident Evil 3 Remake. With an official release date for Media Molecule's Dreams, Untitled Goose Game waddling its way to the PlayStation 4, a brief teaser for Ghost of Tsushima and more, it's safe to say Sony ended the year with a bang!

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- Everything Sony Announced At Today's State of Play

- 'Resident Evil 3' remake hits PS4, Xbox One and PC on April 3rd

- Dreams PS4 Release Date Finally Confirmed for February 2020

- Untitled Goose Game coming to Xbox Game Pass, PlayStation 4 next week

- Final Fantasy 7 Remake listed as PlayStation 4 timed exclusive til March 2021

- All The Big Announcements From Nintendo's Indie World

- Sales down 25 percent at close of GameStop's third quarter

- The Doom Slayers Collection is so much Doom for $30

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