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The Witcher comes to iOS in Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales, available now

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What you need to know

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is available now.
  • At $9.99. the game is pricey as far as the App Store goes.
  • But it looks like it's going to be worth every penny.

Fans of The Witcher now have their very own iPhone and iPad game to enjoy after Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales landed in the App Store.

The game, created by the very clever people at CD PROJEKT, promises turn-based battles, multi-dimensional characters, and all that good stuff fans of The Witcher will already be looking forward to.

Thronebreaker is a single player RPG set in the world of The Witcher, combining narrative-driven exploration with unique puzzles and turn-based battles. Players take on the role of Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia, who is forced to enter the warpath in the face of an impending Nilfgaardian invasion. To stand a chance against her enemies, Meve must amass a powerful army, which means setting out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.

Sounds promising, doesn't it? Wait until you see the trailer.

Gamers can download Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales from the App Store right now – it's priced at $9.99 which might seem a lot by App Store standards, but it really isn't. You're going to get a lot of game for your money right here. Our friends over at Windows Central certainly enjoyed their time with it on the PC, that's for sure.

Oliver Haslam
Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.