The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Release Date Delayed Again, This Time By 3 Months
"We owe you an apology. We set the release date too hastily."
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has experienced a second delay until May 19, 2015, developer CD Projekt Red has announced.
An open letter explains the game's ambition means there are still bugs that need to be fixed and some features are not yet working correctly. As a result, the game has been pushed back by 12 weeks.
"Ever since we started working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we knew it would be an ambitious game," it begins. "We wanted, and still aim, to give you an incredible experience, an epic adventure in a vast, completely open fantasy universe.
"The sheer size and complexity of The Witcher, key features of the title, have had a decisive impact on production. Now, nearing the end of our work, we see many details that need to be corrected. When we release the most important game in our studio’s history, we must be absolutely sure that we did everything we could to limit any bugs to a level that will allow you to enjoy the game thoroughly.
"With this in mind, we took another look at current workloads and what they mean for the team. Even though everyone is working at full speed, we concluded that we need another 12 weeks, so we are shifting the release date of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to May 19th, 2015.
"We owe you an apology. We set the release date too hastily. It’s a hard lesson, one to take to heart for the future. We know what we want to do to make Wild Hunt one of the best RPGs you will ever play. And we continue to work hard to achieve just that. So, we apologize and ask for your trust."
Seeing as the upcoming RPG will have over 100 hours of content along with and an all-star cast, it isn't surprising that CD Projekt Red is taking its time to make sure the game is all it can be.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has experienced a second delay until May 19, 2015, developer CD Projekt Red has announced.
An open letter explains the game's ambition means there are still bugs that need to be fixed and some features are not yet working correctly. As a result, the game has been pushed back by 12 weeks.
"Ever since we started working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we knew it would be an ambitious game," it begins. "We wanted, and still aim, to give you an incredible experience, an epic adventure in a vast, completely open fantasy universe.
"The sheer size and complexity of The Witcher, key features of the title, have had a decisive impact on production. Now, nearing the end of our work, we see many details that need to be corrected. When we release the most important game in our studio’s history, we must be absolutely sure that we did everything we could to limit any bugs to a level that will allow you to enjoy the game thoroughly.
"With this in mind, we took another look at current workloads and what they mean for the team. Even though everyone is working at full speed, we concluded that we need another 12 weeks, so we are shifting the release date of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to May 19th, 2015.
"We owe you an apology. We set the release date too hastily. It’s a hard lesson, one to take to heart for the future. We know what we want to do to make Wild Hunt one of the best RPGs you will ever play. And we continue to work hard to achieve just that. So, we apologize and ask for your trust."
Seeing as the upcoming RPG will have over 100 hours of content along with and an all-star cast, it isn't surprising that CD Projekt Red is taking its time to make sure the game is all it can be.
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Are you a bot?
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good, it would be a buggy mess otherwise
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This game's world looks so damn incredible, beautifully detailed beyond any game Ive seen zo far. True current/next gen.
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I'd rather a delay than a ? buggy release.
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I'm cool with it ...especially after Nov releases
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Dragon Age got em shook.
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Reviews are out.
IGN: 9.3
Gamespot: 10
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This dropping this week?
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This dropping this week?
Next week. I think some stores put it out early though so twitch had to block it. Might get lucky walking in a random target and find it. -
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Read today that this ? is massive. Many times the size of GTA
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Yep. I'm on this for sure. Been keeping up with all the promo's and videos for it leading up to release. I expect this to be the best thing since Skyrim content wise.
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Still undecided on this. Nothing against the game itself, I know its great, but I feel like this whole generation so far has been open world games and im getting burnt out. I need a break from them before Batman.
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The reviews have been good so far. This might top Skyrim, I already preordered it.
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Anyone played it yet? How is it?
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Pre ordered mine today. Ain't ? with that season pass tho
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First wave of content comes out in October and the second part sometime in 2016. Too long for me.
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I seen about 1 hour of lets plays and its so many dialogue cut scenes ive barely seen any gameplay ima sit this one out.
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Same reason I couldn't ? with the Witcher 2.The Recipe wrote: »I seen about 1 hour of lets plays and its so many dialogue cut scenes ive barely seen any gameplay ima sit this one out.
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The Recipe wrote: »I seen about 1 hour of lets plays and its so many dialogue cut scenes ive barely seen any gameplay ima sit this one out.
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Im buying this. Target will have the official strategy guide with the game 4 free
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? on point so far
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Gamestop released it early. ? 's nice so far.
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I heard the combat is alot better than Witcher 2, so I might pick it up.
