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16 extra content packs coming free for everyone!

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the RPG epic with a mature, non-linear story drawn from player's decisions, a vast multi-region open world acting like a living ecosystem, dynamic and tactical combat, and stunning visuals, is now available for pre-orders, up to 20% off (including special loyalty discount), on GOG.com! The game comes out on February 24, 2015, but it's today that CD PROJEKT RED & GOG.com would like to announce that it will be followed by 16 DLCs available to all gamers, regardless of their platform of choice.

<img src="http://www.gog.com/upload/images/2014/11/a725879ca675f16dee3706fd9509a227ae78816c.jpg">

Why are we doing this? Here's an open letter from someone many of you know quite well already, Marcin Iwiński, co-founder and Joint CEO of CD PROJEKT RED:

We love games. We love collecting them, playing them, and everything connected to that experience. Every time we reach out for a new release, we expect to be taken care of. We expect support if we encounter any problems, we love updates constantly improving the experience, and we feel really special when we receive free content that gives us more than we initially paid for. It doesn't have to be huge, it can be an awesome skin for a character, or an extra sword, or armor.

Unfortunately this treatment is quite rare these days. As gamers, we nowadays have to hold on tight to our wallets, as surprisingly right after release, lots of tiny pieces of tempting content materialize with a steep price tag attached. Haven’t we just paid a lot of cash for a brand new game?

As CD PROJEKT RED, we strongly believe this is not the way it should work and, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we have decided to do it differently. Cutting to the chase, everyone who buys Wild Hunt will receive 16 specially prepared DLCs absolutely for free, regardless of platform. You don’t have to pre-order, you don’t have to buy any special edition to get them -- if you own a copy of Wild Hunt, they’re yours. This is our way of saying thank you for buying our game.

There you have it, folks! There's very little to add to Marcin's words except: Pre-order today, and prepare for an RPG experience worthy of the best traditions of the genre, and taking it to a whole new level! The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available up to 20% off, packed with bonus content on GOG.com, and will receive 16 free DLCs after release. Check out the pre-order page for the bonus content details and your local pricing.
Post edited November 06, 2014 by G-Doc
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F4LL0UT: Or they could just make horse amor that actually protects the horse.
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Ixamyakxim: Question of the day - what's the "technical" term for "horse armor" ?
Barding.
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yyahoo: Looking at Crusader Kings II, I see 6 good, expansion pack-like DLCs, out of 47 paid pieces total... I might forgive the 6, but not the 41. That's just a ridiculous amount of junk that's only there to continue to market the game and nickel and dime their customers...

So you think Deep Silver is going to change their ways going forward? They were one of the absolute worst with SR IV. They even did one of the more dirt bag moves out there and sold a "season pack" that only included a fraction of what they ended up releasing (2K is guilty of doing this as well).

Wow! Train Simulator 2015! I'd never even looked at that before. Wow! Just, wow!!

That said, I do not begrudge CDPR at all for shaming any of these pubs for marketing purposes.
As I said, with Paradox there's a dedicated fanbase. The majority of the DLC for CK2 and EUIV (and similar games like Victoria 2 and Hearts of Iron III) is there to enhance the aesthetics of the game - the sound, the visuals, etc. I believe there's a utility or two and one or two ebooks in the DLC lists for CK2/EUIV, but yes - there's a lot of cosmetic DLC.

Deep Silver? No, but I will challenge you on SR IV's Season Pass. It was cheap and contained exactly what it said it would. Basically every other pack contains weapons or costumes. The "actual" content was in the Season Pass. There are, to the best of my knowledge, no missions in the other packs. I also think it was the least of the issues with SRIV (which I have 20+hrs in, anyway).

And CDPR haven't shamed anyone. Nothing will change.
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F4LL0UT: Or they could just make horse amor that actually protects the horse.
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Ixamyakxim: Question of the day - what's the "technical" term for "horse armor" ?
Caparaçon / Caparazon / Caparison

Edit : the french page is better
Post edited November 06, 2014 by Potzato
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mrkgnao: I wonder if you're depressed by it for the same reason I am.
Now I wonder what your reason is.
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yyahoo: Looking at Crusader Kings II, I see 6 good, expansion pack-like DLCs, out of 47 paid pieces total... I might forgive the 6, but not the 41. That's just a ridiculous amount of junk that's only there to continue to market the game and nickel and dime their customers...

So you think Deep Silver is going to change their ways going forward? They were one of the absolute worst with SR IV. They even did one of the more dirt bag moves out there and sold a "season pack" that only included a fraction of what they ended up releasing (2K is guilty of doing this as well).

Wow! Train Simulator 2015! I'd never even looked at that before. Wow! Just, wow!!

That said, I do not begrudge CDPR at all for shaming any of these pubs for marketing purposes.
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coldalarm: As I said, with Paradox there's a dedicated fanbase. The majority of the DLC for CK2 and EUIV (and similar games like Victoria 2 and Hearts of Iron III) is there to enhance the aesthetics of the game - the sound, the visuals, etc. I believe there's a utility or two and one or two ebooks in the DLC lists for CK2/EUIV, but yes - there's a lot of cosmetic DLC.

Deep Silver? No, but I will challenge you on SR IV's Season Pass. It was cheap and contained exactly what it said it would. Basically every other pack contains weapons or costumes. The "actual" content was in the Season Pass. There are, to the best of my knowledge, no missions in the other packs. I also think it was the least of the issues with SRIV (which I have 20+hrs in, anyway).

And CDPR haven't shamed anyone. Nothing will change.
Re: SR IV, my point was that there was no reason *not* to include the weapons and costumes in the Season pack other than to rip off their customers. That is exactly what makes it so bad IMO.

Agree and disagree on your last point. I still think CDPR have shamed the other publishers. But I agree that nothing will change.

Edit: grammar
Post edited November 06, 2014 by yyahoo
Thanks to you. I'll pay with pleasure for TW3
This is why I (and I don't use the word often) LOVE CD project red and what they do and continue purchasing games from them. They fly against the uncontrolled manic greed of most game publishers today. They fly right in the face of it and throw a huge raspberry at them! they keep alive the spirit of a decade ago. They have an ETHICAL and right approach to games.

These guys are the one reason I have not yet totally given up on games today.

My money will continue going to these guys as long as they maintain this ethos. :)
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coldalarm: Also, 16 packs? Why not just go "Hey, one free megapack of DLC!"?
Would that really make a difference? Besides, that would entail releasing all of the DLC at once.
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coldalarm: I'm honestly confused as to what the point of both 16 Packs of DLC (for free) and this announcement is except a PR boost?
Sure it's a PR boost but it is also to be considered a promise that CD Projekt RED will not stoop to the low levels of the current trends & business practices of the industry. In short, it basically means they will not be releasing any purchasable DLC and therefore constitutes yet another confirmation that CD Projekt RED is a company that does things differently.
Post edited November 06, 2014 by Lemon_Curry
Nice news

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Ixamyakxim: Question of the day - what's the "technical" term for "horse armor" ?
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Potzato: Caparaçon / Caparazon / Caparison

Edit : the french page is better
Caparison is only the cloth, the armor is called barding
Well.. yay..I guess?
I'm more interested in why they felt the need for this press release than the 'DLC'.
Not enough interest perhaps.
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Ixamyakxim: Question of the day - what's the "technical" term for "horse armor" ?
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Potzato: Caparaçon / Caparazon / Caparison

Edit : the french page is better
In English, a caparison is a cloth covering (when it looks like you put the living room curtains over the horse). "Barding" is a more general term that includes the other forms of horse armor as well.
Why...? Why, CD Projekt?




Why are you guys SO FUCKING AWESOME?!?!
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mrkgnao: I wonder if you're depressed by it for the same reason I am.
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HypersomniacLive: Now I wonder what your reason is.
I can now see a future where a company announces that if you pay her $60 (or $54 or $48) for absolutely nothing you will get a game for free -- and cheering ensues.
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Yeah yeah yeah. It's still not an RPG.
Call me when I can choose to play someone other than Dorkbrain of Rivia here and not just tweak his beard (really? REALLY?)
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BadDecissions: Whereas CDproject is taking stuff from the base game, and then putting it back later for good PR.
Do you really believe they're deliberately removing content from the game only in order to later release it as free DLC? If this was all about the PR boost they might as well just have announced that the game would be released in full without any forthcoming DLC whatsoever.