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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
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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
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Glider_of_chaos: Funny thing is the game and season pass are differently regionally priced. Witcher 3 has big regional discount here In Russia but season pass is not really all that cheaper. As of now, season pass costs more than the game itself.
Just wait a little until they update the price for RU/UA/UZ .. i bet it'll be something like 9.99 or something
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JMich: Australian copy possibly?
Oh yeah I forgot about that, I had my Australian copy removed in favour of the real version.
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The Witcher 3 isn't even released yet and you already offer an expansion pass for pre-order? You gotta be kidding! O.o

I'll just wait a few years for a complete GOTY edition before i buy TW3.
Sorry, guys, I don't want to be "that guy", but I also remember that Neogaf user that talked about "full crunch mode" for CDPR on W3. Make 2+2.
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P1na: One of the reasons I preordered the wild hunt was because it was a game where I counted I'd get it all at once, just like with the previous games. Seeing that not only will it not be so, but that you're pushing the expansions before the actual game is even out... Honestly, it makes me want to cancel that preorder.

Not cool. Not cool at all. This is a shot at your trust boat's flotation line, for me at least.
I will cancel my preorder on saturday, if I don't get the future DLC for free as promised in the preorder announcement last year.. It was the main reason I preordered a game for the first time in my life.

They have until friday to clarify this matter. If they do not answer positive, they will loose my money and my trust in them.

And after that, I will buy CD Project game only in a sale, with ALL content, for under 10 Euro. I can wait.
Post edited April 07, 2015 by mkess
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Why do people act like this is a conspiracy... you guys are fuckin nuts.
Regionally priced in cz. Bah
lets think out of the box. they are honest. they tell you before the launch of the game. and you know that they have a plan for more content a year in advance.
i think its a little pricey but its a really good idea.
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darthspudius: holy crap, a lot of dramatic posts going about.
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DCT: I know right? Dramatic posts and over reacting on a announcement thread..what has this site come to? oh wait it's always been like this.

Only thing to do is cook up some popcorn and get the big glug filled with tears..
Hahaha!
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ThePunishedSnake: Sorry, guys, I don't want to be "that guy", but I also remember that Neogaf user that talked about "full crunch mode" for CDPR on W3. Make 2+2.
Full Crunch Mode refers to programmers and testers, not writers and artists. Take a look at the stories in the trenches for more info.
Seems like CDPR should have waited to release TW3 before announcing expansions, that said 30 hours of additional content is certainly welcome.
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darthspudius: Why do people act like this is a conspiracy... you guys are fuckin nuts.
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bmgermani: Not a conspiracy. Just a company doing things in a way that goes against what they claim to stand for.

Guess I shouldn't even be surprised anymore.
I'm not following... it's not like they took content OUT of the game to sell.
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darthspudius: Why do people act like this is a conspiracy... you guys are fuckin nuts.
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bmgermani: Not a conspiracy. Just a company doing things in a way that goes against what they claim to stand for.

Guess I shouldn't even be surprised anymore.
You did read Marcin's quote about Witcher and paid DLCs, didn't you? It was posted in this thread, and it was from an interview from a few months back.
And don't forget in say two years time, there will be a Remastered version! for those that buy 8k monitors and screen res of 60000 x 30000 :P
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ThePunishedSnake: Sorry, guys, I don't want to be "that guy", but I also remember that Neogaf user that talked about "full crunch mode" for CDPR on W3. Make 2+2.
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JMich: Full Crunch Mode refers to programmers and testers, not writers and artists. Take a look at the stories in the trenches for more info.
Of course, but that insider told Witcher 3 merely exist or something like that. Maybe those expansion exist but they need a lot of months to be playable, I don't know.

I don't really like GOG/CDPR taking the DLC way.

It seems GOG recently adopted all the policies they fought for years.