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Posted April 07, 2015
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
Posted April 09, 2015
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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
Posted April 07, 2015
Wow. Come on people. Don't overreact.

This isn't the traditional DLC that unfortunately most publishers do.
This is an expansion pack much like those that used to exist.
This is 30+ hours of content for $30.

Nothing like the AC Unity season pass with 8 hours of content that were going to cost $30 as well. Or the $50 Premium content for Battlefield.

These Witcher 3 expansions are much closer to full games. I understand the confusion.
We have been burned by greedy companies over the years that whenever we see news of post release content we get suspicious.

This is not the case. This is similar to the old Elder Scrolls Tribunal and Bloodmoon expansion packs.
We are talking about new regions to explore, new main stories and so on.

Please, please support CD Projekt Red for doing a proper expansion. They deserve it.
Think about it.. We are talking about 30+ hours of content here.

As for pre ordering. Up to each person to decide.
Post edited April 07, 2015 by jfplopes
Posted April 07, 2015
How do you guys know there is going to be a Game of the year edition? Usually a game has to be good and none of us know that the game will be playable or entertaining at all.
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BKGaming: They also said if they do large significant content (ie an expansion pack) that they would probably charge for it. They have been saying that for a while.
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mistermumbles: While I feel pretty neutral about this announcement, it does make me curious: With them stating that before coupled with today's announcement it makes it seem like this was already more or less planned at that stage. How long ago was it that they said what I quoted from your post?
June of last year... I honestly expected this. They seem to want to go more of the Skyrim road with Witcher 3, and after the success of that game who can blame them? Most people want more content after they beat the game.

I think just announced it way to early...

http://tmi.kotaku.com/the-witcher-3-guys-promise-theyll-do-dlc-right-1595359101
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Davane: In fact, I read this more as EP1: "Pay more for the content that we couldn't get working in time for the release" and EP2: "Pay more for areas that we decided to cut out of the game in order to meet our release deadline"
QFT.

I'm still sitting here dumbstruck that GOG has done this. It's so sad to see what made GOG great being slowly and methodically undone and corrupted. It kills me. It fucking, fucking kills me.
Posted April 07, 2015
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InkPanther: Wasn't the pass cheaper a couple of hours ago? O.o
I also think it was cheaper.
Posted April 07, 2015
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darthspudius: How do you guys know there is going to be a Game of the year edition? Usually a game has to be good and none of us know that the game will be playable or entertaining at all.
Well, if nothing else is released beyond those two expansions, there already is a "GOTY edition", if all that's meant by that title is all content sold in one package.

http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_expansion_pass

It's the game and the expansion sold together...
Posted April 07, 2015
Are these stand alone? I prefer added content to the main campign / story mode adventure rather than stand alone that you enter, deal with and then you are done, like a mission selection.
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darthspudius: How do you guys know there is going to be a Game of the year edition? Usually a game has to be good and none of us know that the game will be playable or entertaining at all.
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yyahoo: Well, if nothing else is released beyond those two expansions, there already is a "GOTY edition", if all that's meant by that title is all content sold in one package.

http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher_3_wild_hunt_game_expansion_pass

It's the game and the expansion sold together...
Not quite, isn't Game of The Year editions a XBOX thing?
Posted April 07, 2015
Aaand CDPR turns into one of them Seasonpassers after all... Great.
Don't tell me you weren't planning this way beforehand. The game is still more than a month away and you already got all the PR-balderdash standing including plot-descriptions, titles, prices, even lengths and probably already screenshots. Not to forget the justification about when "a DownLoadable Content magically stops being a DLC... OH PLEASE!

I will rethink the buy of the base game itself after that. I have strict boycott-policy against any game offering any kind of Episodic/Seasonpass-BS. I wanted a full product.
Posted April 07, 2015
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darthspudius: Not quite, isn't Game of The Year editions a XBOX thing?
Does the actual name mean that much to you? I think the meaning of the package is what this is about.
Posted April 07, 2015
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darthspudius: Not quite, isn't Game of The Year editions a XBOX thing?
Why do you say so?
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Nirth: Are these stand alone? I prefer added content to the main campign / story mode adventure rather than stand alone that you enter, deal with and then you are done, like a mission selection.
I hadn't even considered that these could be stand alone... It seems unlikely though.
Posted April 07, 2015
Having (for some reason) read all of the comments, it seems like a lot of people are treating GOG.com and CDPR as if they are the same entity. They're not.
Posted April 07, 2015
"Good news!"

:D
Posted April 07, 2015
I kind of regret buying this game now. If the expansions have to be played during the main parts then I won't restart the game for a couple of sidequests and if they are separate, i usually ignore those kind of expansions...
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