The Witcher fans fall in love with 'heartwarming' new release

Video game media can be a bit of a hellscape sometimes. News of mass redundancies, debates over culture war nonsense and huge invasive data leaks seem to be the norm these days. It can all get a little bit tiring sometimes. Every day I wake up and think, "What new, awful thing has happened while I was asleep this time?"

Once in a blue moon though, something wholesome and sweet happens. And thankfully, courtesy of CD Projekt RED, today is that day. Happy Monday everyone. Start your week off right by having a gander at the cutest bit of Witcher-related media I've ever seen in my life.

The Little Witcher is a fully illustrated children's book, written by "the creative minds behind The Witcher video games" and illustrated by Giada Carboni (whose art style you may recognise from some of the cutest pieces of Witcher fan art to ever grace the web).

Cattle Country is another upcoming project that'll warm your cockles, blending the world of Red Dead and Stardew Valley.

The book was announced by CD Projekt RED on the official The Witcher Twitter account and is set to be published by Penguin Random House on the 13 May next year.

According the description on the Penguin Random House site, Ciri and Geralt aren't the only Witcher-related characters that'll show up in the story either.

"With help from Geralt and Ciri’s closest companions—including the motherly magic of Yennefer of Vengerberg and the wisdom of uncle Vesemir—these adorable tales of a non-traditional family will make you laugh, make you sigh, and make you realise that raising a Little Witcher is not that different from raising any other kid."

It's not entirely lost on me that it's pretty funny CD Projekt RED has opted to turn one of the horniest and often most depressing series of games into an adorable little children's book, but I can't argue with the end result.

Makes you wonder what they'll think of next. Oh hey, it would be really funny if there was some kind of The Witcher cookboo-- oh. Nevermind.