“Dark, violent and massively ambitious” could describe just about any major 3D game cinematic released in the last couple years but this huge new CG-fest from Platige Image for CD Projekt Red’s Witcher 3 ups the ante a notch or two and is the first to feature a death by, wait for it… crow-to-the-eye!

Watch more extraordinary Platige work for Witcher 3 here.

For CD Projekt Red
Production: Adam Badowski, Pawe? Mielniczuk
Character modelers: Marcin B?aszczak, Grzegorz Chojnacki
Actors: Henryk D?browski, Klaudia Wróbel
Music: Marcin Przyby?owicz

For Platige Image
Director: Tomek Baginski
CG Supervisor: Grzegorz Kuku?
Art Director: Maciej Jackiewicz
Executive producer: Marcin Kobylecki, Jaros?aw Sawko, Piotr Sikora
Producer: Marta Staniszewska
Art 2D & 3D team coordinator: Monika Pa?kowska
Lead shading artist: Wojciech Idzi
Shading artists: Tomasz Zaborek, Bart?omiej Walendziak, Maciej Bugajski
Environment artist: Marcin St?pie?
FX TD: Micha? Firek
Lighting artists: Krzysztof Olszewski, Wojciech Idzi, Micha? Skrzypiec, Krzysztof D?bski, Mariusz Gi?tkowski, Grzegorz Kuku?
Simulation TD: Maciej Benczarski, Marek Sul?cki
Lead character TD: Mateusz Pop?awski
Character TD: ?ukasz Salabura, Maciej Wojtyna , Mateusz Krucza?a
Lead pipeline TD: Micha? Krupa
Pipeline TD: Ada Paw?owska
Animation: Arkadiusz Firlit, Sebastian Kalemba, Tycjan Bartu?, B?a?ej Andrzejewski, Juan Diego Liza, Marta Zdunek , Mateusz Golik
Character modelers: Tomasz Wróbel, Artur Ow?nicki, Klaudiusz Weso?owski, Tomasz Stryjewski, Seid Tursic
Layout artists: Dominik Wawrzyniak, Micha? Kaleniecki, B?a?ej Andrzejewski, Bart?omiej Kik
Compositing artist: Maciej Jackiewicz
Motion capture TD: Mateusz Golik, ?ukasz Salabura
3D scanning: Klaudiusz Weso?owski
Hair groomer: Stanis?aw Marek
Additional artist: Dawid Kopesty?ski, Adam Guzowski, Daniel Schmid Leal, Piotr Suchodolski, Bartosz Grzybowski,
CTO: Tomasz Kruszona
IT: Jakub D?browski, Piotr Getka, ?ukasz Olewniczak, Tomasz Zaj?c
DI support: Maciej ?ak, Piotr Janisiewicz, Maciej Niemirski, ?ukasz Szulc, Micha? W?asiuk
Sound producer: Katarzyna Kowalczyk/Juice, Maia Sobczak/Juice
Sound design and mix: Kuba Pietrzak/Juice
Actors: Mateusz Jordan-M?odzianowski, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
Motion capture performers/stunts: Mariusz Dzi?cio?, S?awomir Kurek, Maciej Kwiatkowski
Motion capture performers/actors: Juliusz Dzienkiewicz, Marek Serafin, Joanna Federowicz-?urawska, Urszula Kominek
Casting: Maciej Nawrotkiewicz
Motion capture session: Platige Image/ Alvernia Studios