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<span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the RPG Game of the Year 2011, gets a free update to Enhanced Edition, that packs a bigger punch than any DLC you’ll never have to pay for.

In case you’ve been living under a rock and have never heard about The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, it is “One of the best role-playing games in years”, “One of the most memorable and best written fantasy video games you'll ever play”, an RPG “You can't afford to miss”, because it “Redefines expectations for an entire genre”. Today, the final definitive version of the game is made available as a free update jam-packed with new features, upgrades, and extras.

To celebrate The Witcher 2’s glorious return we’re offering the game with a 15% discount off the full Enhanced Edition price of $49.99, so it’s $42.49 for the next three weeks. This special promo lasts until 7 May 2012 23:59 Central European Summer Time. Additionally, The first game in the series, The Witcher Enhanced Edition, will be available for 50% off (that’s just $4.99!) until 23 April 2012 at 23.59 Central European Summer Time.

The Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2 features new locations, like the underground system of chambers beneath Loc Muine and a temperate forest in the Loc Muine mountains. A batch of new characters is introduced to the Witcher storyline. All new cinematics and cut scenes expand upon the story, including a new three and a half minute pre-rendered cinematic depicting the assassination of King Demavend of Aedirn, created by BAFTA Award winner and Academy Award nominee Tomasz Baginski.

In additon to more than 4 hours of extra gameplay, improved graphics, new characters, locations, quests, 36 minutes of new cinematics, GOG.com has added the Witcher comic book, new game map, game guide, manual, and soundtrack to your free goodies list, simply because we love you.

Note: This upgrade is available to everyone who has bought The Witcher 2, not just folks who bought it from GOG.com. The upgrade will be free to download from now until a few days after the apocalypse, and is available through the in-game launcher. Note that for faster connections and better error checking, we strongly recommend that you download your new copy of the Enhanced Edition through the GOG.com downloader

In addition to all of this great stuff, we're also running a contest here on GOG.com! It's been a long time since our last fun contest, so we thought we'd challenge you to make a cool, clever, or humorous poster or t-shirt design about The Witcher, Geralt, or anything related to the setting that you think would look great on your wall or your self. This contest will be open all week (until 23.59 Central European Summer Time--which 17.59 Eastern Daylight Time) for you to come up with something clever and amaze us all. Attach your entry to your post--or else post it on an image sharing service and link to it in your post. Once the contest is over, the GOG.com team will look at your entries and pick our favorites to receive a free game of the artists' choice from our catalog!

Spread the word around and show us what you've got in a post on this thread! Happy 'Shooping!
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lukaszthegreat: where??
Ancient Chinese Secret? ;)
Post edited April 16, 2012 by Arteveld
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TheEggplant: Sorry if this has already been answered, but is the Steam version included in this offer?
Yes, it is.
You have to go to this page http://www.gog.com/witcherbackup
On the right side you will be guided what to do.
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lukaszthegreat: where??
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Arteveld: Ancient Chinese Secret? ;)
thanx mate. where in the name of Allah had you found this link?
You guys are just awesome, I can finally start my playthrough if the game, as God and you guys intended. :)
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TheEggplant: Sorry if this has already been answered, but is the Steam version included in this offer?
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whispersofwinter: Yes, it is.
You have to go to this page http://www.gog.com/witcherbackup
On the right side you will be guided what to do.
Groovy, thanx for the help.
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lukaszthegreat: thanx mate. where in the name of Allah had you found this link?
Actually, i had to google it up. :D
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whispersofwinter: Yes, it is.
You have to go to this page http://www.gog.com/witcherbackup
On the right side you will be guided what to do.
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TheEggplant: Groovy, thanx for the help.
np have fun! :)
Can I install the old version and rely on the patcher to update the enhanced edition?
Polish version, finally! And a backup copy for people who bought it in retail! You guys are just awesome!

Too bad my hardware won't handle this game, I'll wait with buying until I get a more decent machine (probably somewhere this year).

P.S. Damn, this backup copy was too tempting, just got a box retail version and will be redeeming in a few days (though in a few months I'd get it cheaper)... That's how you make money today, you care for the customer! :)
Post edited April 17, 2012 by mgol
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lukaszthegreat: thanx mate. where in the name of Allah had you found this link?
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Arteveld: Actually, i had to google it up. :D
How did you know about this backup copy at all? :)
It's gonna be console vs PC all over again with this release.
So I went to check out the standalone download on The Witcher 2 site...

"Make sure you have enough free space on your hard drive. The patch consists of several installation files which depending on how many voiceovers you want to download it will weigh in total from around 11 gigabytes to around 15 gigabytes."

Is that correct? 11 GBs minimum? That doesn't seem to make sense.
I expected 50-75% off the regular price, instead they bump it up to 50 bucks.
Next year I guess.
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Immoli: So I went to check out the standalone download on The Witcher 2 site...

"Make sure you have enough free space on your hard drive. The patch consists of several installation files which depending on how many voiceovers you want to download it will weigh in total from around 11 gigabytes to around 15 gigabytes."

Is that correct? 11 GBs minimum? That doesn't seem to make sense.
That's correct. What do you find doesn't make sense?
I d/led the huge 10gb file from the witcher 2 splash/startup and when I go to instlal it it keeps hanging up on "pack0.dzip" saying it's corrupt, does this mean I have to redownload it agian???

That's a huge chunk of my bandwidth for this month.