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Game ch-ch-ch-changer!

GOG.com is pleased as punch to announce that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition, developed by sister company CD Projekt RED, will be coming to PC on the 17th of April! Just like when CDP RED updated the original Witcher to The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, this comes with scads of upgrades and extras for you to enjoy. The good news is that anyone who owns The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings before the 17th will receive the upgrade to the Enhanced Edition for free!

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 from now until the heat death of the universe, available through the in-game launcher.

In celebration, we’re offering The Witcher 2 on sale for 15% off, starting now, for the next two weeks.

In case you didn’t hear the news from CDP RED, let’s go over what’s new and awesome about the Enhanced Edition:

[i]New major adventures set in new locations. These consist of an underground system of chambers beneath Loc Muine and a temperate coniferous forest in the Loc Muine mountains, and a secret cave passage. These new adventures will add several hours of story-based gameplay to the game.

New major characters to the Witcher story. One of them is Brigida Papebrock Dame. This noble woman comes from the Temerian family Papebrock and is a 30 year old lady-in-waiting of the Temerian court. The other characters are secret--for now!

All new animations and cut scenes, including a new, three and a half minute pre-rendered cinematic depicting the assassination of King Demavend of Aedirn. BAFTA Award winner and Academy Award nominee Tomasz Baginski brings this key historical event to life, setting the stage for the story told in The Witcher 2.[/i]

GOG.com will also be adding the Witcher comic book to our list of goodies on the 17th as a free gift to everyone who owns the Witcher 2; further, there will be a new game map, game guide, manual, and soundtrack available in your free goodies on that day as well.

The Witcher 2 is already a game that has won--in scientific notation--a gazillion awards. Come this April 17th, it’s going to get even better!
Ahh, I love these guys! CDPR and GOG certainly know how to look after the likes of me. Thank you very much.
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Adzeth: ...and so, even a GOG staffer falls victim to the [i]italics just don't
work in the forum with line changes[/i] bug/feature. :p
They work fine for me.
Post edited January 26, 2012 by hedwards
This is excellent news indeed. In fact, it was Loc Muinne that for me lowered the general enjoyment of The Witcher 2 (still a bloody fantastic game, but the final act was too short). Now, if they would just restore dice poker to its ORIGINAL Witcher 1 form, so that I can gamble myself some orens...

Congrats go once again out to CD Projekt RED for making an excellent game and thanks to GOG for its excellent customer service.
They really like to fix their game. Well, I'm all for it - but still... :D

Hopefully, a video or something will be released in the future going more in depth to the changes more.
Looks like I'll be playing through this game again. Finished it up last month and enjoyed every minute of it.
Post edited January 26, 2012 by csmith
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Adzeth: ...and so, even a GOG staffer falls victim to the [i]italics just don't
work in the forum with line changes[/i] bug/feature. :p
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hedwards: They work fine for me.
On the main page they work, but in the forum thread they don't. Maybe I could have been more articulate: italics don't work if there's a forced line change between the beginning and the end of the italics.
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Adzeth: ...and so, even a GOG staffer falls victim to the [i]italics just don't
work in the forum with line changes[/i] bug/feature. :p
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hedwards: They work fine for me.
Sure, they work fine in a single line, but [i]break the line
in half[/i] and it doesn't work.

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Post edited January 26, 2012 by cogadh
an Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2? for free? classy.

but it infuriates me that CD Projekt does so much for their customers yet their games still get pirated 4 times more than they are bought. people are disgusting.
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Fred_DM: an Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2? for free? classy.

but it infuriates me that CD Projekt does so much for their customers yet their games still get pirated 4 times more than they are bought. people are disgusting.
I pirated their game because I know that I won't be sued. I love CDP, they really care about their fans!
Will there be a boxed version of this "Enhanced Edition"?
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Fred_DM: an Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2? for free? classy.

but it infuriates me that CD Projekt does so much for their customers yet their games still get pirated 4 times more than they are bought. people are disgusting.
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Rondel: I pirated their game because I know that I won't be sued. I love CDP, they really care about their fans!
Uhm, I'm confused...
Any chance of adding the Polish version to GOG's TW2 Enhanced Edition?
I bought the Witcher 2 day one, still haven't gotten to actually playing it. So many games to play, so little time lately. But seeing how many additions that have come to the game I guess it's a good thing, maybe I can actually wait until I can play it all at once :)
Third playthrough of GOTY2011/2012 commencing in....April!
Awesome! I look forward to it.