The Witcher series sells over 5 million copies

<p>Publisher and developer CD Projekt RED has announced that <em>The Witcher<&sol;em> series of games has sold over 5 million copies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Based on the short stories and novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski&comma; the series consists of two games to date&colon; <em>The Witcher<&sol;em>&comma; which appeared on PC in 2007&comma; and <em>The Witcher 2&colon; Assassins of Kings<&sol;em>&comma; which was released on PC in 2011 and Xbox 360 in 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The series is set to continue on PC and next-generation consoles with <em>The Witcher 3&colon; Wild Hunt<&sol;em>&comma; as recently announced by CD Projekt RED&comma; who added that the third game is also intended to be the &&num;8220&semi;final chapter in the legend&&num;8221&semi; of series star Geralt of Rivia&comma; but not the final game in the series as a whole&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Speaking of the upcoming third game and of the sales milestone achieved by the first two games&comma; Adam Kicinski&comma; CEO of CD PROJEKT&comma; said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;The Witcher 3 will be a crowning achievement for the RPG genre&comma; but I am also proud to announce that the number of previous Witcher games sold has surpassed 5 million copies&period; This is great news&comma; especially since the 2012 debuted console debut on the Xbox 360 contributed largely to this result&comma; receiving great feedback from gamers and critics&period; The Witcher 2 is already a classic RPG&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;