As CD Projekt co-founders and creators of The Witcher, Michal Kicinski and Marcin Iwinski have been named Entrepreneurs of the Year by business firm Ernst & Young. Who are Ernst & Young? Well, it just happens to be the 7th largest company in the United States, and its Entrepreneur of the Year program is what the business world calls “a big deal”.

CD Projekt said in a statement that the criteria for being named Entrepreneur of the Year was “resourcefulness, innovativeness, good management, and the measure of worldwide success achieved by the company by offering products better than those offered by foreign competitors.” If “making a kick-ass game” were part of the equation, CD Projekt would have a lock on the worldwide competition this upcoming June.

CD Projekt also happened to slip in a tentative release date for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of The Witcher as Fall 2009. Jeez, I’m still drowning in all of the Fall ‘08 games and now they’ve got me already thinking about ‘09. It seems that there will soon be quite literally too many great games to play, and I can’t decide whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

Source: Edge

Tags: CD Projekt, Entrepreneur of the Year, Ernst & Young, The Witcher

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1 Comment » The Whaler on December 8, 2008 2:16 am I’m looking forward to this game it has a lot of potential I just hope it’s not a major let down like Golden Axe: Beast Rider RSS feed for comments on this post. Comment Now Note: Commenting on Ripten does not currently require registration, however to be eligible for contests on the site, you must be a registered user. Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Commenting Rules: No hate speech allowed. If you must argue, please debate intelligently. Comments containing selected keywords or outbound links will be put into moderation to help prevent spam. Ripten reserves the right to delete comments and ban anyone who doesn't follow the rules. Thanks. Notify me of followup comments Tired of the Goomba? Upload your own custom comment avatar.