The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Week, Day One

[GameBanshee News]

CD Projekt has announced plans to release "tons of materials, interviews, gameplay videos and other fun stuff" all this week to celebrate the release of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Today, we get another update to PanKarol's blog:

Of course, during the creation of a game, there are some hard moments (what job doesn’t have these?), especially in the final stages of production. Nevertheless, everyday life at RED looks much more normal than life during crunch, and believe me, it’s worth making sacrifices sometimes, because the payoff more than makes up for the moral losses.

Of course “normal” might have different meanings to different people (the above photo was taken during a “normal” day), but that’s pretty much a given when several dozen great (and somewhat ‘wacko’) people gather in once place. You know, it’s like an enormous brainstorm 24/7 – you can’t even imagine how many brilliant ideas have been born while eating pizza in our kitchen.

News of three online retailers offering discounts:

We’re excited to announce several digital distribution partners for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, giving you more options than ever before. Steam, Impulse and Direct2Drive are all featuring 10% off pre-orders today (the pre-order ends at 11:59pm CDT today!), so if you want to get an even greater value for your money, act fast. Please note that, currently, the digital distribution version is only available in North America and numerous countries in Eastern Europe; we hope to add options for Western European fans soon.

And an article detailing The Price of Neutrality:

Things start to go wrong at the very beginning of the adventure, when he finds a small camp near the stronghold. Kaer Morhen is a rather secluded place that no one knows about – at least until now. What’s more, the camp is full of soldiers… and you know how it is – if there are soldiers nearby, trouble is sure to follow.

It turns out that the person responsible for the whole mess is Sabrina Glevissig, a sorceress chasing after Deidre, a very sophisticated woman with a lot to hide. First of all, she is a princess of Calingorn. That would be great, were it not for the fact that her brother is doing everything to get rid of her, because he wants to take over the throne. She also happens to be cursed by the Black Sun, which is the reason why Sabrina wants to get her. She wants to put Deidre through a series of medical experiments to learn more about the Black Sun. Unfortunately, to perform these experiments, the object must be dead and it’s no surprise that Deidre has some objections. If that’s not enough for you, then what if I told you that Deidre is Eskel’s unexpected child? Satisfied? So, allow me to sum up - we have a royal conspiracy, an ancient curse and an unexpected child. Sounds like a job for Geralt.