If you’ve read the books, you’d be well aware of just how grim they are, as that series paints a darker and more dangerous picture of life in a land where monsters are real and people are even worse. It’s a theme that the Netflix series wants to focus on, shining less light on the fantasy aspect of The Witcher and doubling down on the horror instead.

You ever wish that you could see your favourite video games taken in a wild new direction? Maybe you’d be keen to see another developer take a crack at a franchise, or maybe you’re hungry for some new blood. Here at Critical Hit HQ, we feel you fam. On a slow news day, we got bored of tossing machetes at Brad and decided to whip up some awful awful photoshop of video game mash-ups that we reckon could sell like the hottest cakes nay save video games as we know them.

I am incredibly excited for The Witcher series that’s coming to Netflix. I’ve read a few of the books and played all of the games, so I’m rather looking forward to seeing that all translated to the small screen, when Netflix’s The Witcher debuts towards the end of the year (apparently December 17th, but that information, leaked by Netflix in The Netherlands, was subsequently deleted).

Around a half-million on FaceBook alone have signed a petition pledging that they’ll be ready to storm the gates of Area 51 in pursuit of the truth and hot alien interspecies romance like what Mass Effect promised us. Now while we’d suggest that showing up to Area 51 with a few dozen pals and seeing if you can outrun bullets is probably a bad idea, we’d also be remiss not to suggest using a few of the best vehicles in video gaming to find the truth. Here’s what we’d rock up in, if we could afford them. Or if they were real.

It’s a good thing that I did not fall for any pranks today, on this the first day of April. For if I did, I would have looked quite the fool. An April Fool, one might say. While you can rest assured that the tradition has run its course by the time you read this post (did anyone notice that …

Worlds will collide with the next big Monster Hunter: World collaboration – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt! Step into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia and leverage his expert monster hunting skills as you take on a unique quest line in Monster Hunter: World.

Andrzej Sapkowski, the author of the beloved Witcher books that become inspiration for the games and the impending Netflix series famously opted to take a quick cash payment instead of royalties when he gave CD Projekt RED licence to make those games. Now he wants more money.

As netflix keeps pushing on with its plans to adapt The Witcher novels into a series, it's taken a big stride forward with the casting of its main character Geralt of Rivia.