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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion dated
Wed, 9th Sep 2015
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CD Projekt RED, the Polish developers of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have announced the release date of Hearts of Stone, the award-winning fantasy role-playing game's first expansion.

From 13th October fans will be able to experience over 10 hours of new adventures featuring new characters, powerful monsters, unique romance and a brand new storyline.

The expansion also introduces a brand new system of Runewords that significantly affects gameplay. Each Runeword will impact a different aspect of in-game mechanics and will allow the players to experiment with various strategies and tactics.

Along with the digital release, gamers will also be able to purchase a special, limited boxed edition of Hearts of Stone. The box contains a digital download code for the expansion, two physical decks of the Gwent card game, the Monsters desk and the Scoia'tael deck, as well as manual explaining the rules. Fans that purchased the digital expansion pass will be able to purchase the cards separately.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available now for Windows PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.