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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!
If I install this update, will my previous save still run normally? Will it run with or without new content/missions/locations?
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spinefarm: snip
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Garugo: No need for the head down, just felt the need straighten up the facts :D (unless, of course, I'm wrong as well xD)
Nope, Cd Project Red S.A.(old name: Optimus S.A.) owns gog ltd.
Optimus merged with Cd project Red sp. z o.o. and adapted the new name
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Tecza: Nope, Cd Project Red S.A.(old name: Optimus S.A.) owns gog ltd.
Optimus merged with Cd project Red sp. z o.o. and adapted the new name
Interesting

Well, the more ya know, and knowing is half the battle and all that :)
Thank you GOG for my free back up copy -
Some things should never die
May be I will buy the 360 version as well - Why not PS3?
Post edited April 17, 2012 by F242
Hi, GOG Team! Here's my entry in the poster/t-shirt contest.
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Guys, you're so awesome! I bought "The Witcher 2" months ago. Now I got the enhanced edition for free. How cool is that!?
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marcusmaximus: BUT I think they should have told people they were going to raise the price for new comers for the PC version if they didn't buy it before today.
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grviper: Ideally they should've told it during the last Witcher 2 sale. :)
OH whatever, they should just charge whatever people would spend.Got the xbox 360 version today from Target it is very fun so far even the combat which I was most skeptical about because they changed it so much from the first witcher game which i liked.
Does the PC version of W2EE support the 360 controller and offer the Xbox 360 UI as an option or is the PC version mouse and keyboard only and the Xbox 360 version controller only?
I know it's kinda early to be inquiring about a fix but, GOG, what's the word on a fix for the new cutscenes @ 16:10 ? ;)
CDProjekt is one of the few developers out there that can not only make a perfect game, but then later on down the road make it even better.CDProjekt and Valve are the only two developers that genuinely are able do that properly.
Very cool indeed, but It's a shame that The Witcher series will have to wait until I get a decent computer, one that can play good NEW games. Until there I'll keep playing the good old ones, so here's my t-shirt design for the contest:
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Post edited April 17, 2012 by andrestv
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andrestv: Very cool indeed, but It's a shame that The Witcher series will have to wait until I get a decent computer, one that can play good NEW games. Until there I'll keep playing the good old ones, so here's my t-shirt design for the contest:
HAHAHAHA...I'd wear that. That is actually pretty friggin funny I must say.
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MajicMan: Does the PC version of W2EE support the 360 controller and offer the Xbox 360 UI as an option or is the PC version mouse and keyboard only and the Xbox 360 version controller only?
The PC version (enhanced or not) supports XBox 360 controllers as well as keyboard and mouse.
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andrestv: Very cool indeed, but It's a shame that The Witcher series will have to wait until I get a decent computer, one that can play good NEW games. Until there I'll keep playing the good old ones, so here's my t-shirt design for the contest:
Yeah, the Witcher 2 is the only game on GOG that isn't completely smooth on my laptop, which is a Core 2 with a Radeon 4650. It's playable, but too choppy to be immersive. So I'm thinking of putting a Radeon 7770 in my desktop, for the Witcher 2 and whatever taxing newer games get added here in the future. (I rarely buy games anywhere else anymore, since I have such a large GOG backlog.)
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andrestv: Very cool indeed, but It's a shame that The Witcher series will have to wait until I get a decent computer, one that can play good NEW games. Until there I'll keep playing the good old ones, so here's my t-shirt design for the contest:
My god. That shirt is GLORIOUS.

I'd buy it! *applause*