The winner of March GWENT Open rises!

The winner of March GWENT Open rises!

CD PROJEKT RED, creators of The Witcher series of games, announce that Zehua "Huyahanachann" Zhao has won the March GWENT Open tournament. 

Over the course of the weekend, the highest ranked players of GWENT’s Pro Ladder season battled for their share of the $25,000 prize pool and GWENT Masters Crown Points — ranking points of the official esports series of GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. Participants also competed for spots in the next GWENT Challenger, which will take place in April in the underground caves, quarries and tunnels of “Wieliczka” Salt Mine.

Recordings of the coverage from the March GWENT Open are available on the official CD PROJEKT RED Twitch channel.

Prior to the final game, a special video starring GWENT’s Pavko Gale, cosplayed by Paweł Burza from CD PROJEKT RED, was aired. It featured behind-the-scenes interviews with members of the development team, as well as never-before-seen footage, teasing the game’s future.

Watch the Pavko Gale March GWENT Open featurette.

The final standings for the tournament are as follows:

WINNER

Zehua "Huyahanachann" Zhao (China) 

FINALISTS

Zehua "Huyahanachann" Zhao (China) — $9,650

Damian "Tailbot" Kaźmierczak (Poland) — $4,750

SEMIFINALISTS

Liam “Lbdutchboy” Brouwer (Netherlands) — $2,950

Benjamin “Kolemoen” Pfannstiel (Germany) — $2,500

QUARTERFINALISTS

Daniel “Damorquis” Morkisch (Germany) — $1,400

Nikolay “Cmel” Sakharov (Russia) — $1,250

Alexander “proNEO3001” Shpak (Ukraine) — $1,250

 Andrzej “Adzikov” Bal (Poland) — $1,250

CD PROJEKT RED would like to thank the participants, as well as everyone watching the event online, for making the March GWENT Open a great tournament.

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).