The Witcher - Enhanced Edition Interview @ GameBanshee

GB: Tell us more about the recently announced Enhanced Edition. What can we expect from the two new adventures being included in the revised version and how will they tie into the original storyline?

Tom: When The Witcher was originally released in October last year, we got a lot of important feedback from fans and media about the issues they had with the game. For the most part, gamers were able to look past their concerns to get a lot of enjoyment out of it, but in some cases, those problems — long load times, inconsistent dialogue and stability, among others — meant enough to have a very negative impact on how some people perceived the game. We’ve made things better through patches we’ve released since launch, but we really want to fundamentally improve the game and give gamers the ultimate role-playing game. For The Witcher Enhanced Edition we’re fixing nearly everything that players and journalists complained about, repackaging the whole thing with some awesome bonus content like two music CDs, a making-of DVD, the D’jinni Adventure Editor and more. People who already paid for the original will get all of the in-game improvements for free in the form of a patch… which may or may not be gigantic.

Katarzyna: Both adventures take place before the events presented in The Witcher. The Price of Neutrality tells the story of a girl that arrives in Kaer Morhen and brings some trouble to the witchers’ world. She is Eskel’s surprise child and she wants to become his student. But there are some powerful people going after her and Geralt has to make a difficult choice… The Side Effect adventure is a completely different one. It focuses on interesting and diverse gameplay with a lighter, less serious plot. Geralt will have to help his friend Dandelion get out of trouble by gathering a considerable amount of money.

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After three+ years of riding the rollercoaster of agency/freelance PR I've decided to get back to the development side of things. Today is my last day operating Evolve PR, and as of next week I will be taking over as VP of PR & Marketing for North America & UK at CD Projekt RED, a company you might know best as developer of last year's PC RPG of the Year, The Witcher. I'm thrilled to be taking this job, as it will let me be much closer to projects than I have been recently, and the company has a lot of awesome stuff in the works. I can't wait for you all to see what we're working on.

In this new position I'm aiming to really help CD Projekt RED take up a position as one of the most respected developers in the business, and I know I'll need to work with all sorts of people on the outside to make that happen. I want to thank everyone I've worked with for the last couple of years at Evolve, and hopefully our paths will cross again.

Tom Ohle
VP, PR & Marketing, North America & UK
CD Projekt RED

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