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General discussionThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Announced!(161 posts)(161 posts)
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Posted January 26, 2012
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!
Posted January 27, 2012
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FraterPerdurabo: Perhaps you should also put this in the main post because currently it's a little bit ambiguous, hence I voiced my concerns!
Already did. ;)
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FearItself: Will we get Dark Edition for PC? I'd love to buy it.
I believe so, but I am not 100% sure. Go ask the peeps over at thewitcher.com and they should be able to answer for you.

Variously, go tweet @thewitcher and see if you can get Marcin to tweet back. ;)
Post edited January 27, 2012 by TheEnigmaticT
Posted January 27, 2012
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FraterPerdurabo: Perhaps you should also put this in the main post because currently it's a little bit ambiguous, hence I voiced my concerns!
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TheEnigmaticT: Already did. ;)
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FearItself: Will we get Dark Edition for PC? I'd love to buy it.
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TheEnigmaticT: I believe so, but I am not 100% sure. Go ask the peeps over at thewitcher.com and they should be able to answer for you.

Variously, go tweet @thewitcher and see if you can get Marcin to tweet back. ;)
Tweeted, I hope to they'll say "Yes". :)
Posted January 27, 2012
Is this all the stuff that the Xbox 360 version will have? or do they get something more?
I heard that the xbox version will have a new intro, is that the same as the new cutscene mentioned above?

Also, will you need to use the patcher for this? Or can you just download the whole thing of gog and get it all without patching.

Thanks for all the free stuff, now ill just have to finish the first game.
Posted January 27, 2012
Just noticed it now because I'm listening to the very same song.
The title is a reference to the David Bowie song?
Posted January 27, 2012
I wish every video game company would care this much for their customers, after they have bought their products.
Posted January 27, 2012
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Taesla: I wish every video game company would care this much for their customers, after they have bought their products.
No kidding. They release a great game and have issued two big updates for free. Meanwhile, Gearbox charges $10 per dlc for Duke Nukem Forever.
Post edited January 27, 2012 by Kabuto
Posted January 27, 2012
Awww yeahhh. I'm glad that CDP RED is expanding Loc Muine. I found that chapter way too short!
Posted January 27, 2012
I'd just like to chime in and say that TW2 was a day-one purchase for me, even though I still don't have a PC that can run it. It's this sort of dedication to their customers (TW EE, TW 2.0 EE, no DRM through GOG,...) that means that, already, TW2 unplayed, I can almost guarantee a day-one purchase for TW3 :-)

Keep up the great work guys! :-)
Posted January 27, 2012
Any word on a modding toolkit?
Posted January 27, 2012
An excellent game getting even better and for free no less. Thank you CDP.

I've already gone through the Witcher 2 twice and I think I'll go through it again once the Enhanced Edition hits.
Posted January 28, 2012
Go CDP Red!

This is a bunch of developers that absolutely, positively deserve my support.

I am also looking forward to in the future to pick up the next game in the series (tw3 perhaps?)

I hope you boot greedy middlemen and distributors like Namco Bandai *cough* from any future releases of your franchise.
Posted January 28, 2012
Are my eyes decieving me or is a trailer for Witcher 2 featured on the front page of IMDB.com right now? The only time I've seen a video game trailer on the front page is in the months before every Call of Duty game is released. I mean, to get IMDB exposure is a BIG deal.

I took a screenshot just in case I'm the only one who sees this.
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Posted January 28, 2012
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Rakasta: Are my eyes decieving me or is a trailer for Witcher 2 featured on the front page of IMDB.com right now? The only time I've seen a video game trailer on the front page is in the months before every Call of Duty game is released. I mean, to get IMDB exposure is a BIG deal.

I took a screenshot just in case I'm the only one who sees this.
Not just you and that is VERY cool. Great exposure.

edit - although it does not link to the latest intro ? wtf.
Post edited January 28, 2012 by Paul_cz
Posted January 28, 2012
I Have the Witcher 2 Collector's Edition. Never played it because at the time my PC was more a relic than an hardware. Now I got a new machine but I'm playing Witcher 1.
I must install Witcher 2 before 17/4 to demonstrate i bought the game before that date?
Stupid question, sorry, but I didn't understand how the game will recognise a copy bought before or after that date...
Posted January 28, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XppJAlSa0XQ

impressive
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