I've been a big fan of The Witcher series for ages now. I remember picking up "The Last Wish" in a bookstore on a lonely Sunday evening and reading it through in one sitting. I also faintly remember losing coherence when the games were announced. So when CD Projekt Red announced The Witcher 3, I was no less baffled. But now, this... THIS, is a guaranteed ticket to the Hype Train.

Remember when we were just talking about this particular subject not too long ago? Me too! Well, CD Projekt Red understands our plight and is offering all 16 of their DLCs for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, FOR FREE. You heard me right. FREE. Not just for Pre-orders, or even Collector's editions. it's Free for everyone. Even you, broke college student who had to buy it used. EVERYONE.

Here's an excerpt from an open letter from  Marcin Iwiński, Co founder of CD Projekt Red:

We love games. We love collecting them, playing them, and everything connected to that experience. Every time we reach out for a new release, we expect to be taken care of. We expect support if we encounter any problems, we love updates constantly improving the experience, and we feel really special when we receive free content that gives us more than we initially paid for. It doesn’t have to be huge, it can be an awesome skin for a character, or an extra sword, or armor.

Unfortunately this treatment is quite rare these days. As gamers, we nowadays have to hold on tight to our wallets, as surprisingly right after release, lots of tiny pieces of tempting content materialize with a steep price tag attached. Haven’t we just paid a lot of cash for a brand new game?

As CD PROJEKT RED, we strongly believe this is not the way it should work and, with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, we have decided to do it differently. Cutting to the chase, everyone who buys Wild Hunt will receive 16 specially prepared DLCs absolutely for free, regardless of platform. You don’t have to pre-order, you don’t have to buy any special edition to get them -- if you own a copy of Wild Hunt, they’re yours. This is our way of saying thank you for buying our game.

Regards,

Marcin