It’s been a while since we’ve last seen The Witcher‘s Geralt in a video game, but the video game interpretation of the character has returned in a totally different way. While we’ve still got some time to go before the release of The Witcher 4 or the rumored new DLC for The Witcher 3, that doesn’t mean fans will have nothing to do in the meantime.

Today, the comic series The Witcher: Blood Stone returns with the March 11 release of its second issue. Unlike most incarnations of The Witcher franchise, Blood Stone is specifically based on the continuity established in the CD Projekt Red video games. Blood Stone will be a four-part miniseries in total, with the third and fourth issues set to arrive in April and May.

The Witcher: Blood Stone Returns Today (March 11)

Issue 2 Is Hitting Store Shelves

The Witcher comics from publisher Dark Horse have a long history, kicking off in 2014, ahead of The Witcher 3‘s 2015 release. Over a decade of comics can seem overwhelming, but the series has been continually broken up into individual arcs of four or five issues, making it easy to jump in at virtually any starting point without worrying about overarching storytelling. This time around, Geralt gets caught up in a story surrounding a dwarven mine and a nearby town.

Blood Stone comes courtesy of writer Daniel Freedman, known for Birdking and Kali, and artist Plus Bak, who illustrated Slightly Exaggerated and Godfather of Hell. CDPR comic acolytes may also be familiar with colorist Roman Titov, who previously worked on Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams.

This Is One For Fans Of The Witcher Video Games

The Geralt You Know & Love

To some degree, Geralt is always Geralt, and the versions of the character in the books, video games, and Netflix series share a lot of the same fundamentals. Fans of the games likely have a very specific image of Geralt in their minds, though, and Blood Stone sticks to that.

Along with a shared visual design for the character, the comics pick up with the game version of Geralt who has already undergone the evolution that happens in the books. Even with the episodic structure and his lingering tendency to be aloof, he’s a far cry from the figure that appears in the earliest short stories.

For those uninterested in rushing out to buy Blood Stone, the story will also be available in a collected trade paperback later this year. Hopefully, we’ll also hear something about The Witcher 3 DLC by then.

Systems

Released

May 19, 2015

ESRB

M for Mature: Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content

Engine

REDengine 3

Cross-Platform Play

yes

Cross Save

yes

Expansions

The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine

Franchise

The Witcher