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Joe Foley

The new CD Projekt Red logo just sparked the weirdest backlash graphic design has ever seen

Old CD Projekt Red beside the new CD Projekt Red logo.

Bird designs can cause controversy – just take a look at the new Twitter logo. But the controversy around the new CD Projekt Red logo is one backlash that I just can't fathom.

The Polish AAA game developer behind The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 has updated its mythological firebird symbol to make it look more the part, with sharper lines, an open beak and more aggressive claws. And somehow that's led to it getting dragged into the strange culture war going on in the US.

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