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Posted April 07, 2015
Two full-blown expansions for the epic RPG.




The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost here. That means the game is pretty much finished, and the devs are about to take a deep breath while CD-presses and hype machines slowly wind up to take things through the home stretch. It's not gold yet, but now that development is coming to an end, the CD PROJEKT RED team is ready to start their work on two new, ambitious monster-hunting expansions.

The expansions will be called <span class="bold">Hearts of Stone</span>, and <span class="bold">Blood and Wine</span>. Combined, they'll offer over 30 hours of new adventures for Geralt, and the latter introduces a whole new major area to roam. More items, gear, and characters (including a few familiar faces) will all be crafted with the same attention to detail as the game itself.
<span class="bold">Hearts of Stone</span> is a 10-hour adventure across the wilds of No Man's Land and the nooks of Oxenfurt. The secretive Man of Glass has a contract for you - you'll need all your smarts and cunning to untangle a thick web of deceit, investigate the mystery, and emerge in one piece.
<span class="bold"><span class="bold">Blood and Wine</span></span> is the big one, introducing an all-new, playable in-game region to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It will take you about 20 hours to discover all of Toussaint, a land of wine, untainted by war. And to uncover the dark, bloody secret behind an atmosphere of carefree indulgence.







There used to be a time when buying an add-on disk or expansion for your game really meant something. That's what CD PROJEKT RED are going for, it's about bringing that old feeling back. You can take it from our very own iWi, (that's Marcin Iwinski, co-founder of CD PROJEKT RED):

"We’ve said in the past that if we ever decide to release paid content, it will be vast in size and represent real value for the money. Both of our expansions offer more hours of gameplay than quite a few standalone games out there.”

Hearts of Stone is expected to premiere this October, while Blood and Wine is slated for release in the first quarter of 2016, so there's still plenty of time ahead. We're offering you the <span class="bold">Expansion Pass</span> now - it's a chance to pre-order the two expansions and even show your support for the devs. But we can't stress Marcin Iwinski's words enough:

“Don’t buy it if you have any doubts. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call."







The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is just over a month away, and you can pre-order the game right now - it's a particularly great deal if you own the previous Witcher games and take advantage of the additional fan discount (both The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings are 80% off right now!). You can also take a rather unique refresher course on the universe with The Witcher Adventure Game at a 40% discount, all until Thursday, 4:59 PM GMT.
Post edited April 07, 2015 by Chamb
Posted April 09, 2015
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Hello Everyone,

First of all let me thank you for your feedback. Although a bit harsh at times, it is always very passionate, emotional and we really do appreciate it.

I wanted to add a few words to the original press release, which will hopefully shed some more light on the Expansions and the timing of the announcement.

Let me start with the Expansions themselves. The work on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost done and we are waiting for the final certifications. Thanks to it we were able to allocate part of the team onto the expansions. Yes, we have been thinking about it for some time, as with over 250 people on the Witcher team good planning is essential.

Rest assured, there is no hidden agenda or cutting out any content from the game. Both Expansions are being built at this very moment, from the ground up – hence the release dates long after the launch of Wild Hunt. We develop them in-house by the same team, which was working on Wild Hunt. This is the best guarantee we can give you that our goal is to deliver both the story and production values on par with the main game.

Now, on the timing of the announcement - in other words “why now” and not - let’s say – “a few months after the release of Wild Hunt”. The reason is very simple: we want to get the word out about the Expansions to as many gamers as possible out there. There is no better time for it than during the apex of the Marketing & PR campaign of the game. Doing it sometime after the release would mean that our reach would be much smaller.

Yes, we are a business, and yes, we would love to see both the game and the Expansions selling well. Having said that, we always put gamers first and are actually quite paranoid about the fact that whatever we offer is honest, of highest quality, and represents good value for your hard earn buck.

Yes, these are just my words. So let me repeat myself from the original release: if you still have any doubts -- don’t buy the Expansions. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call.

Cheers,

Marcin
Post edited April 09, 2015 by Destro
Posted April 10, 2015
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twistedpony: Aside: What's with the wacky page numbers on this thread? I saw the last page as 67 earlier. Now it is 51. Does GOG vary the number of posts allocated to each page depending on how many posts there are or something?
Check your "Posts Per Topic" setting in "My Settings" in the forum :)
Posted April 10, 2015
I wonder if GOG will partner with Nuuvem to sell the expansion packs, just like they did with TW3. It would be great, exchange rate is sky high nowadays
Posted April 10, 2015
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iWi: ...
Great words but I wish GOG would learn to explain these things BEFORE people get into a rage about them. Why haven't the staff learned? :-P

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JudasIscariot: ...
Could you please check the wishlist entries I messaged you? ;-)
Post edited April 10, 2015 by tfishell
Posted April 10, 2015
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twistedpony: Aside: What's with the wacky page numbers on this thread? I saw the last page as 67 earlier. Now it is 51. Does GOG vary the number of posts allocated to each page depending on how many posts there are or something?
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JudasIscariot: Check your "Posts Per Topic" setting in "My Settings" in the forum :)
Okay now people are upset about post per page.

I give up. XD
Posted April 10, 2015
Ah man, you're teasing me, GOG. TW3 isn't even out yet! I'll definitely get this....just need to try out the base game first. With CDPR's track record, I have no reservations on the quality.... It's just that I don't know how I'll be when the expansions are out.
You're stringing me along, bros! Have a hearrrrrrt!
Posted April 10, 2015
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Lotus69: I'm not overly upset but it should of been called on earlier that in addition to DLC there will be charged Expansions. I found it all a little confusing.
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JMich: Here. Interview from 2011.
Wrong game tho. ;)
Posted April 10, 2015
I pre-ordered. I rarely do due to the same types of fears other folks have (bad quality game), but I make exceptions to the rule.

CD Projekt made the awesomeness of Witcher 1 and 2, and I have yet to feel screwed over by them. Plus I'm hoping my support helps fund Cyberpunk 2077 :B oh yes.
Posted April 10, 2015
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iWi: ...snip...

Cheers,

Marcin
I'm not angry about the announcement and I'm not going to cancel my pre-order either. Hell, as far as I remember I pre-ordered as soon as the pre-order of Witcher 3 began and I have no regrets. Dollar rates were pretty reasonable back then and I actually think it ended up being slightly cheaper than buying on Steam in my local currency (BRL), much because of the "own the rest of the series" discount offered (I own them here, not there).

Had you put these expansion packs on pre-order with the game back then, "Hey, guys, there's going to be more content down the line, we still don't know what, but it's gonna be huge, fun and tottaly worth the extra money", I'd have bought them too.

Right now, the economy is against me and you guys. The dollar rates are awful and you don't offer local regional prices (which would make a huge amount of people around here angry as hell too, but would make me spend way more on gog*).

So it's going to have to wait. Until exchange rates improve or a really good enough promo on the expansion pass happens.

* A disclaimer for my fellow forumers, I really understand the appeal of same price worldwide but as long as exchange rates exist and float like there's no tomorrow there will be no real same price everywhere. And believe me, I have been actively fucked up by those damned exchange rates since gog BETA!
Posted April 10, 2015
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JMich: Here. Interview from 2011.
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Avogadro6: Wrong game tho. ;)
You are missing the point.
Posted April 10, 2015
I had been planning to preorder The Witcher 3 and had not gotten around to it yet. Now I will be waiting for a complete GOTY edition like a lot of the other people here.

I am one of those people who likes to buy a complete game when it is all there. I also think that there have been way too many abuses by publishers of this trend to sell games in pieces. These expansion packs may be a reasonable value, but I am still not buying them. I have decided that I will not spend any of my money on additional content for games even if it is done right by a good company. I refuse to participate in this trend that has become such a big part of modern gaming. I will only buy a game once in the most complete version I can get and will not buy any additional pieces that were not included.
Posted April 10, 2015
I don't understand why people is so upset. It's people choice buying it or not (you can get the pre-order to support the developers or wait until the game and/or the expansions are released), and, as have been said, it's not cut content from the main game.

And the people who has bought the collector's edition, you knew what you were buying, so stop asking for free stuff.

Finally, I've bought the expansion pass cause I trust them and the way of showing it nowadays world is with money. Keep the good work and, please please make some amd optimitzations on the game before the release :s

P.D: Sry for my bad English...

P.D.D: And SLI/Crossfire compatibility from day 1 would be nice :p
Post edited April 10, 2015 by mirkwood22
Posted April 10, 2015
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iWi: Hello Everyone,

First of all let me thank you for your feedback. Although a bit harsh at times, it is always very passionate, emotional and we really do appreciate it.

I wanted to add a few words to the original press release, which will hopefully shed some more light on the Expansions and the timing of the announcement.

Let me start with the Expansions themselves. The work on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost done and we are waiting for the final certifications. Thanks to it we were able to allocate part of the team onto the expansions. Yes, we have been thinking about it for some time, as with over 250 people on the Witcher team good planning is essential.

Rest assured, there is no hidden agenda or cutting out any content from the game. Both Expansions are being built at this very moment, from the ground up – hence the release dates long after the launch of Wild Hunt. We develop them in-house by the same team, which was working on Wild Hunt. This is the best guarantee we can give you that our goal is to deliver both the story and production values on par with the main game.

Now, on the timing of the announcement - in other words “why now” and not - let’s say – “a few months after the release of Wild Hunt”. The reason is very simple: we want to get the word out about the Expansions to as many gamers as possible out there. There is no better time for it than during the apex of the Marketing & PR campaign of the game. Doing it sometime after the release would mean that our reach would be much smaller.

Yes, we are a business, and yes, we would love to see both the game and the Expansions selling well. Having said that, we always put gamers first and are actually quite paranoid about the fact that whatever we offer is honest, of highest quality, and represents good value for your hard earn buck.

Yes, these are just my words. So let me repeat myself from the original release: if you still have any doubts -- don’t buy the Expansions. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call.

Cheers,

Marcin
It's not announcing them as much as a quick jump on more money (and a form of it... a bloody Season Pass ) that is the main problem here. The game is not even out you greedy people!
Posted April 10, 2015
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mirkwood22: I don't understand why people is so upset.
If you want to understand, you can read this thread. I could point you to my own post, for instance, and the discussion that followed it.
Posted April 10, 2015
After I think of it, sleep of it, think of it some more, I went ahead and buy the expansion pass.

Yes, it seems shady that they start asking money for the expansion that is build on something that does yet exist, but I guess my trust for them and their previous work is stronger. $25 does not make a dent in my abilities to pay bills and food.

If Witcher 3 turns out great I would reward them with more money anyway, I just give them earlier. Besides, I don't want them to cut any content because they hit their time and budget constrain like Witcher 2 The Valley of the Flowers

If Witcher 3 sucks then I won't make special exception for them anymore, like the old Blizzard.
Posted April 10, 2015
Most people see only the tree, not the forest too, I was a little angry/disappointed when I see the first time the anouncement and price for this Pass(I allreadyy read all the books/comics and buyed all the games from The Witcher saga,digital versions), however, I cooled down, and see why CDRP did that, and I pre-order this Pass too, today, because I like The Witcher universe, because I like the games from CDRP until now, because the history of them in this industry, because of free drm, because gog.com(as a place for good games with free drm), because I feel they respect me as client, because they don't take money for nothing(see the skin you must buy for thanks in Company of Heroes 2), because this Pass it is not mandatory for the game(see the dlc from Mass Effect 3), because sometime I must vote with my wallet in this greed world, because they reminded us what it is mean of the word "expansion", because I like when a guy have the courage to stay right today.
And , yes, for me , it is a financial effort to pre-order this and the game itself, even I know that maybe my laptop will not be able to play this game at all, but maybe this show how much I appreciate what they do in game industry...They are so many wrongs in the game industry today, that even when a right publisher come, the reflex of buyers it is to see him as another enemy...
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