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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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Stiler: 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.
No. Go Here and DL the Part 1 and Part 2 files into the same folder you DLed the rest of it. Replace/overwrite the old ones. It should work.
This is great to see thanks guys now to give myisp a heartattack with the 10 gig download.
Just picked up Witcher 1 for 5 bucks, going to replay both games in order. Looking forward to the new Chapter 3 stuff, I wonder if anything in W2 will be different with a W1 save.
Content has been updated, but the guide file remains the same? Interesting.
i started downloading the EE update yesterday, but when i saw that the EE had been released earlier today, i registered for the free GOG copy and decided to download that instead.

thanks a lot for this, GOG and CD Projekt.
Downloading the prepatched version right now.

I can't wait to try this thing out ;)
I wonder, if I should download it right now or wait for the "finally final" edition, or at least an integrated patch for any probable issues with the new content.
Holycow almost 16gb...
Hey, this game is 50% cheaper on Origin (for Polish customers).
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grviper: I wonder, if I should download it right now or wait for the "finally final" edition, or at least an integrated patch for any probable issues with the new content.
aren't you just a bit too negative considering how much new content has just been made available to you at no extra charge?
Finally a Polish version on GOG. I must admit that I was rather annoyed by the fact that the GOG release did not come along with the original language - on the other hand I had preordered the Polish limited retail edition anyway - on yet another hand I haven't played the game yet because my laptop sucks. :B
Post edited April 17, 2012 by F4LL0UT
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Fred_DM: aren't you just a bit too negative considering how much new content has just been made available to you at no extra charge?
What? I only want a convenient single fire installer, that won't need further updates. There are already fresh threads about some possible issues in W2 forums, so expecting a patch or a clarification (like "drivers! update them!") is only natural.
Some people are just born to whine.
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Tormentfan: Because as far as I am concerned it takes what should be universally considered a mature and thoughful experience and gives it a gutter level spin. It's childish and tacky.
I'm with you on that one. It's the same as the pin-up calendar they gave out with the first game; I don't particularly enjoy being treated like a horny trucker.

On the one hand, they go on and on about making mature games, and on the other they do something like this which is the very definition of immature. Yeah, it's part of the Witcher universe, I guess. Which is one of the reasons why I hate the Witcher universe.

I absolutely don't mind nudity, as long as there is a reason for it other than "ZOMG TITS".
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marcusmaximus: I find it off putting that they raised the price of the game and trying to make it sound like it is a deal even if it comes with a bunch of extras and more hours of gameplay.
If you pay them early you get the free update. They have added new content (it must have been a lot of work) and all the early adopters get it for free. New customers have to pay a slightly higher price if they didn't support the developer earlier, that's how I see it. They paying more and getting more.