BrundleFLY: Is that what they have done...pulled the patch...oh that's right no one knows as there is very little communication other than "nearly there" and "shortly".
I want a stable release as would I believe everyone waiting for the patch but they seem to be dangling a carrot in front of everyone making it seem that it is a mnor hickup that is delaying it's release.
Well, their only mistake was to get people's hopes up with a solid release time slot. Otherwise, the minor hiccup could be anything ranging from game crashing more to a script from a former employee that wipes out your harddisk. There's no telling what's going to happen until you compile and test the game, and even then, considering that the message of them compiling it came out at 2 AM. Ignoring the late hour and the overtime, the testing team wouldn't have had much chance to test the build properly, and now that they have, there's some issue, so, it's pulled.
Simplest thing to do, if you absolutely must play with the patch only, would be to play something else in the meantime. Witcher 2 is a great game, but it shouldn't become an obsession, or keep you up at night waiting for a patch - that's a bit unhealthy.