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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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ThePunishedSnake: What pisses me off is announcing this one month before the release of the full game. Making DLC/Expansions take times. If you, GOG/CDPR, already know the name, how many hours those DLCs will be, it means they are already half-done at least. Because you don't wake up one day and say "Ehi, I will release a 30 hours expansion tomorrow, I have nothing in my hands but hei, it will be 30 hours long".
That's my beef as well, they know far too much about what should only have just started development.
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darthspudius: holy crap, a lot of dramatic posts going about.
Too bad I don't have any popcorn at hand. How about some delicious fromage instead? ;)
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Khmm . Like it or not , the expansion pass is currently on the 17th place on the " popular " list .
Post edited April 07, 2015 by ne_zavarj
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ThePunishedSnake: Making DLC/Expansions take times. If you, GOG/CDPR, already know the name, how many hours those DLCs will be, it means they are already half-done at least.
Answer to this was given when the Torment: Tides of Numenera kickstarter was announced.
At the later points of development, you have your programmers trying to fix bugs to send the master copy to press, while the writers and artists sit around twiddling their thumbs. So you give them work to do, in this case a new adventure. You can write the adventure and create the artwork, then wait for programmers to be free so they can start coding the adventure. The length of said module doesn't depend on the programmers, but on the writers.
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I don't get the impression parent company CDPR has ever really been that in line with GOG, or at least not for a long time.

If you look at the Witcher games,

Witcher 2, First game on GOG to have Regional Pricing, Region lock, DRM on retail editions and Steam versions.
Witcher 3, First game on GOG to prevent gifting from a lower priced region.

I really wonder how GOG keeps a straight face trying to make deals with publishers/developers, yet their own company doesn't even keep to the same standards.

Every time a Witcher game comes out it seems to chip away at what GOG is trying to achieve.
Post edited April 07, 2015 by Pheace
Also why does the series sale tell me I don't own the Witcher 2 when the box on my shelf clearly states otherways?
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darthspudius: holy crap, a lot of dramatic posts going about.
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..
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darthspudius: holy crap, a lot of dramatic posts going about.
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mistermumbles: Too bad I don't have any popcorn at hand. How about some delicious fromage instead? ;)
Not my cup of tea, but I have Stir Fry... does the job!
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ne_zavarj: Khmm . Like it or not , the expansion pass is currently on the 17th place on the " popular " list .
Yes mission accomplished, preorder culture prevails yet again and we can now count CDPR as one of the proponents of it as well.
A season pass for The Witcher game!? ...Wow, the world must be coming to an end.
These are full blown expansions with actual stories and content and separate to the main game so I'm a-okay with this

I was sure that they would be adding additional content to the game down the line, so im glad we are getting more W3 goodness later
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ReynardFox: Also why does the series sale tell me I don't own the Witcher 2 when the box on my shelf clearly states otherways?
Australian copy possibly?
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I have a rule that I follow with my consoles. If an expansion pass or season pass is announced, I automatically forgo the original release in favor of the inevitable GOTY version. Sorry, but I will no longer be purchasing the game day one.
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ReynardFox: Also why does the series sale tell me I don't own the Witcher 2 when the box on my shelf clearly states otherways?
Input your key into GOG for your back up copy. Did that for my CE Witcher 2 and still got all the other goodies they had.
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.