The Witcher is a huge blockbuster franchise — so here's its free-to-play mobile game

Geralt the Witcher is about to get another line on his résumé.

Developer CD Projekt Red revealed today that it is working on a free-to-play mobile game, The Witcher Battle Arena. Unlike the role-playing adventures of the main series, Battle Arena takes on the style of League of Legends and Dota 2. Those games dominate the PC free-to-play market and make millions of dollars from in-game purchases, and CD Projekt Red is positioning The Witcher Battle Arena to try a similar strategy on smartphones and tablets.