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Two full-blown expansions for the epic RPG.




The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost here. That means the game is pretty much finished, and the devs are about to take a deep breath while CD-presses and hype machines slowly wind up to take things through the home stretch. It's not gold yet, but now that development is coming to an end, the CD PROJEKT RED team is ready to start their work on two new, ambitious monster-hunting expansions.

The expansions will be called <span class="bold">Hearts of Stone</span>, and <span class="bold">Blood and Wine</span>. Combined, they'll offer over 30 hours of new adventures for Geralt, and the latter introduces a whole new major area to roam. More items, gear, and characters (including a few familiar faces) will all be crafted with the same attention to detail as the game itself.
<span class="bold">Hearts of Stone</span> is a 10-hour adventure across the wilds of No Man's Land and the nooks of Oxenfurt. The secretive Man of Glass has a contract for you - you'll need all your smarts and cunning to untangle a thick web of deceit, investigate the mystery, and emerge in one piece.
<span class="bold"><span class="bold">Blood and Wine</span></span> is the big one, introducing an all-new, playable in-game region to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It will take you about 20 hours to discover all of Toussaint, a land of wine, untainted by war. And to uncover the dark, bloody secret behind an atmosphere of carefree indulgence.







There used to be a time when buying an add-on disk or expansion for your game really meant something. That's what CD PROJEKT RED are going for, it's about bringing that old feeling back. You can take it from our very own iWi, (that's Marcin Iwinski, co-founder of CD PROJEKT RED):

"We’ve said in the past that if we ever decide to release paid content, it will be vast in size and represent real value for the money. Both of our expansions offer more hours of gameplay than quite a few standalone games out there.”

Hearts of Stone is expected to premiere this October, while Blood and Wine is slated for release in the first quarter of 2016, so there's still plenty of time ahead. We're offering you the <span class="bold">Expansion Pass</span> now - it's a chance to pre-order the two expansions and even show your support for the devs. But we can't stress Marcin Iwinski's words enough:

“Don’t buy it if you have any doubts. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call."







The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is just over a month away, and you can pre-order the game right now - it's a particularly great deal if you own the previous Witcher games and take advantage of the additional fan discount (both The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings are 80% off right now!). You can also take a rather unique refresher course on the universe with The Witcher Adventure Game at a 40% discount, all until Thursday, 4:59 PM GMT.
Post edited April 07, 2015 by Chamb
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Hello Everyone,

First of all let me thank you for your feedback. Although a bit harsh at times, it is always very passionate, emotional and we really do appreciate it.

I wanted to add a few words to the original press release, which will hopefully shed some more light on the Expansions and the timing of the announcement.

Let me start with the Expansions themselves. The work on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is almost done and we are waiting for the final certifications. Thanks to it we were able to allocate part of the team onto the expansions. Yes, we have been thinking about it for some time, as with over 250 people on the Witcher team good planning is essential.

Rest assured, there is no hidden agenda or cutting out any content from the game. Both Expansions are being built at this very moment, from the ground up – hence the release dates long after the launch of Wild Hunt. We develop them in-house by the same team, which was working on Wild Hunt. This is the best guarantee we can give you that our goal is to deliver both the story and production values on par with the main game.

Now, on the timing of the announcement - in other words “why now” and not - let’s say – “a few months after the release of Wild Hunt”. The reason is very simple: we want to get the word out about the Expansions to as many gamers as possible out there. There is no better time for it than during the apex of the Marketing & PR campaign of the game. Doing it sometime after the release would mean that our reach would be much smaller.

Yes, we are a business, and yes, we would love to see both the game and the Expansions selling well. Having said that, we always put gamers first and are actually quite paranoid about the fact that whatever we offer is honest, of highest quality, and represents good value for your hard earn buck.

Yes, these are just my words. So let me repeat myself from the original release: if you still have any doubts -- don’t buy the Expansions. Wait for reviews or play The Witcher and see if you like it first. As always, it’s your call.

Cheers,

Marcin
Post edited April 09, 2015 by Destro
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Foxhack: If this was the big surprise they were teasing... could you take it back? Because I don't want it, and I'm pretty sure nobody else does.
I think that was the free gog versions for those who had cdkeys for the Stalker games (and some others).

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mintee: I was excited to see this but then saw the price. Seems a bit pricey for an extra 30hrs (supposedly) of gameplay. I'll probably get it but will wait upon some reviews.
Sarcasm, right? Because 25$ for 30 hours is an amazing deal considering that most games nowadays have 8~12 hours and and cost the double.
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Foxhack: What the hell happened to you guys in the past year? You're not the same company you were when I joined this site.
They certainly aren't unfortunately and their actions in the past year or so have clearly shown that their aspirations of getting Bigger and Better involves following the trends of every other digital distribution store out there and the same seems to be true for CDPR when it comes to their games.
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Foxhack: If this was the big surprise they were teasing... could you take it back? Because I don't want it, and I'm pretty sure nobody else does.

What the hell happened to you guys in the past year? You're not the same company you were when I joined this site.
And what is your problem with them releasing a HUGE expansion after game release, like in good old days many companies did, years before some dude "invented" word DLC? Just because many developers take advantage of DLCs, should CDPR be forever forbidden from charging a penny for an expansion that is times bigger than many AAA games released these days?

Where is your entitlement coming from?
Post edited April 07, 2015 by d2t
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Foxhack: If this was the big surprise they were teasing... could you take it back? Because I don't want it, and I'm pretty sure nobody else does.

What the hell happened to you guys in the past year? You're not the same company you were when I joined this site.
Speak for yourself thanks.

I didn't know it was a bad thing to offer 16 free DLC's, nearly 200 hours in the vanilla game (way more than the vast majority of games today) and then wait until after you wrap up production to actually make more significant content, not just make it day 1 DLC, and want to charge money for the extra work & time your putting into it... that's just crazy right? We should just expect large significant content for free.

Oh, not really.
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GOG.com: There used to be a time when buying an add-on disk or expansion for your game really meant something. That's what CD PROJEKT RED are going for, it's about bringing that old feeling back. You can take it from our very own iWi, (that's Marcin Iwinski, co-founder of CD PROJEKT RED):

"We’ve said in the past that if we ever decide to release paid content, it will be vast in size and represent real value for the money. Both of our expansions offer more hours of gameplay than quite a few standalone games out there.”
And also cost a lot more than "quite a few standalone games out there".
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What happened to "NO DLC" policy?
This is really crappy, guys. I like CDPR because they don't provide additional contents, all the game is available from D1. Now you are offering a DLC pass...really?
I think i will spend that $63.88 on to other games from the GOG catalog .
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ThePunishedSnake: What happened to "NO DLC" policy?
This is really crappy, guys. I like CDPR because they don't provide additional contents, all the game is available from D1. Now you are offering a DLC pass...really?
They are calling this ---- An expansion pass of expansion packs ---- I know I was lost at first but hey if you factor in the price drop and free 16 dlc and this 20 dollar expansion of 30 hours of extra gameplay with expanded land is pretty damn good compared to the shit we get with other companies
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WTF happened CDPR? An expansion pass? Really? Going the way of EA are we? Geez, there really is NOWHERE to turn to is there?
The pricing seems to be fair enough if those hour counts hold up. That said, it would definitely be a wait-and-see approach for me.

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PaterAlf: I have a question:

When I buy The Game + Expansion Pass, it will cost me 74,99€ and I will get 1,80€ store credit fair price package.

When I buy The game and the Expansion Pass as seperate purchases, it will cost me 68,68€ and I will get 2,50€ store credit fair price package.

Is that really the way it should be, GOG?
Looks like it may not give you that "loyalty discount" GOG is offering for pre-orders of the standalone game. On my end, I'd be paying $80 for the bundle versus $73 with both products on their own with the 20% discount for the base game.
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I find it hilarious when people are falling for the "free 16 DLC" promo thing.

You can't possibly not realize that it's just fluff they're adding to the game, and calling it a gorillion DLC to make them seem like "such good guys", right?
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If the content is big enough to be a real expension I don't mind paying extra for it like I did years ago with boxed expensions for games.

But I find it strange to already sell expensions for a game that is not even released yet.
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Ultra_DTA: WTF happened CDPR? An expansion pass? Really? Going the way of EA are we? Geez, there really is NOWHERE to turn to is there?
They never stated there will be no paid expansion to TW3.

"First and foremost, I think the word 'DLC' has been extremely devalued," he opined. "Any additional content is called DLC, whether it's one sword or some costume options or a full expansion pack. I really look at it differently. For me DLC is the smaller bits and pieces, and we will never charge for those things."

"However, if we do a big adventure—say, 15 or 20 hours long, a very high production value story extension to the game—then we will probably charge for that."

http://tmi.kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-guys-promise-theyll-do-dlc-right-1595359101
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Actually this made it a lot easier for me because I was seriously considering buying W3 Wild Hunt and in the process upgrade the graphic card also.
There's no way I'm getting an incomplete version so my decision is taken: I'll wait for a complete edition, goty or enhanced edition or whatever the name will be ;)
phew, I feel like a heavy burden has been taken off of my shoulders :)
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ThePunishedSnake: What happened to "NO DLC" policy?
This is really crappy, guys. I like CDPR because they don't provide additional contents, all the game is available from D1. Now you are offering a DLC pass...really?
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DreamedArtist: They are calling this ---- An expansion pass of expansion packs ---- I know I was lost at first but hey if you factor in the price drop and free 16 dlc and this 20 dollar expansion of 30 hours of extra gameplay with expanded land is pretty damn good compared to the shit we get with other companies
Pull your head out of the sand, the game isn't even released yet, all of that stuff should be included in the game package, and the words "DLC" and "Expansion" nowhere in sight.