the witcher community is rallying around video game actor doug cockle after he revealed he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer in a tweet yesterday cockle who plays geralt of rivia in all three the witcher games as well as a number of cameo appearances said hed taken a random check for the disease having had no idea of his illness before his diagnosis cockle said that treatment was ongoing but looking good so far and encouraged men over 50 to get testedi had no idea random check and boom i have full blown prostate cancer treatment ongoing but looking good so far men over 50 get a psa test just in case more info at prostateuk menshealth health prostatecancerawareness prostatehealth 6 2023see morethe games community has offered its support for cockle on social media with comments on reddit and twitter including one from the official witcher account hoping for his swift recovery other comments have praised the actors transparency reiterating his call to get tested and spread awarenesswhile cockles acting career has continued in a postwitcher 3 world his future within the series itself remains uncertain theres a whole suite of upcoming cd projekt red games including a new witcher trilogy but the devs have repeatedly suggested that geralts time as the face of the mainline game series might be over multiple spinoff games including the troubled project sirirus and a the witcher remake are known to be in development meaning there are still geraltshaped roles out there but hints suggest that a new witcher from a new school might be taking up the mantle in futuredoug cockle shared his diagnosis in response to a message from prostate cancer uk you can donate and find out more here