November 2017 GWENT Open Happening this Weekend

November 17, 2017 - CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, would like to invite gamers to watch the live coverage from the November 2017 GWENT Open tournament, which will be taking place this weekend in Warsaw, Poland.

8 players who ranked the highest during GWENT Masters’ first Pro Ladder season will compete for Crown Points and a share of the $25,000 prize pool. But that’s not all. Two finalists will also be leaving Warsaw with tickets for the upcoming GWENT Challenger tournament in December.

Quarterfinals will be held on Saturday, November 18th, followed by semifinals and final on Sunday, November 19th. Both days of the tournament will be streamed live, starting at 4PM CET, on the official CD PROJEKT RED Twitch channel, with regular highlights also being posted on the GWENT Masters Twitter.

Casting the tournament will be popular GWENT players and streamers: Connagh “Merchant” Hawkins, Dane “McBeard” McBurnie, Miguel “MegaMogwai” Guerrero León and David “ImpetuousPanda” Gil Nolskog.

GWENT Open is part of GWENT Masters — the official esports series of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. For the complete overview of GWENT Masters, including the ruleset, tournament dates, and format, visit masters.playgwent.com.

About GWENT: The Witcher Card Game

In GWENT: The Witcher Card Game, gamers clash with their friends in fast-paced duels that combine bluffing, on-the-fly decision making and careful deck construction. The game is played over a best-of-three series of rounds, as players unleash their hand by slinging spells and diverse units with special abilities and use clever tricks to deceive their opponents.

About CD PROJEKT RED

CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio founded in 2002. It develops and publishes video games for personal computers and video game consoles. The studio’s flagship franchise, games from The Witcher series, has sold over 25 million copies worldwide. Its newest release – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – debuted in 2015 for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and has since received over 800 awards and accolades, including 250 Game of the Year awards. Together with GOG.COM, a game store offering hand-picked titles for PC and Mac, CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT Capital Group. CD PROJEKT S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).