Earlier on Tuesday, September 8, the developer, CD Projekt Red, finally announced the official release date of the first expansion, “Hearts of Stone”.
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Wild Hunt launched back in May, and after releasing all sorts of free updates and patches, not to mention different free downloadable content, the game’s developer, CD Projekt Red, is now working on its two major expansions.
The expansion will also introduce a new gameplay mechanic called Runewords.
The “Hearts of Stone” plot will feature Geralt accepting a new quest to kill a bandit captain named Olgierd von Everec, who is rumored to have the power of immortality, IGN reported. What’s more, the add-on will unsurprisingly scale up for those enjoying the title’s new game plus mode, although we dare not think about how much damage Geralt’s newest enemies could end up doing.
The expansion adds over ten hours of new gameplay that includes hiring a crew of break-in artists, partying with ghost and having to outsmart a very peculiar creature.
In a series of Twitter exchanges with his followers, Momot said the expansion pack will require “Witcher 3” players to be above Level 30 to do the quests.
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The second DLC Blood & Wine is expected to be even larger, comes out during Q1 in 2016 and will run you $20. CD Projekt Red notes that users can purchase the Gwent Card sets separately if they already have an Expansion Pass. In addition, a special version of Hearts of Stone will be offered at retail stores for $19.99. The box will contain a download code and two physical decks of Gwent Cards, the popular card game from The Witcher 3, focused around the Monsters and Scoia’tael factions.
