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The Witcher 2 Patch Offers Fixes, Removes DRM
Okay, for all of you who are playing The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings right now, here's a useful bit of info. CD Projekt just released a patch for the game, offering a few changes. Here are some of the major changes:

  • Added Troll Trouble DLC
  • Fixed DLC download issues
  • Fixed Module updates
  • Fixed various game crashes
  • Expanded Movement Key Mapping includes arrow keys & Number pad
  • Fixed NVidia 3D Vision Surround issues
  • Improved auto-detect to improve game efficiency
  • Fixed bug preventing the completely of the quest Blood Curse

The patch for The Witcher 2 can be downloaded here.

We've also received a press release, saying that the game is now DRM-free. Adam Badowski, CD Projekt RED Development Director had this to say, “Our goal is to make our fans and customers happy and to reward them for buying our game and DRM schemes does not support our philosophy as they might create obstacles for users of legally bought copies. Our approach to countering piracy is to incorporate superior value in the legal version. This means it has to be superior in every respect: less troublesome to use and install, with full support, and with access to additional content and services. So, we felt keeping the DRM would mainly hurt our legitimate users. This is completely in line with what we said before the release of The Witcher 2. We felt DRM was necessary to prevent the game being pirated and leaked before release. This purpose has been served, so we are pleased to let our users enjoy the full freedom of game usage they deserve.”

Learn more about the game over at the official web site and you can also check out our review, if you've missed it.




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gekido [mail] May 27 2011, 08:00 am EDT
and suddenly i feel a desire to buy this game...what a novelty, a publisher actually wanting to support their paying customers by making their product less broken.

plus i've seen reports of 5-10% performance increases by ditching the DRM...
Mr. Furious [mail] May 27 2011, 08:55 am EDT
Wasn't it supposed to have NO DRM in the first place? Who lied?
  AtomicViking: If you purchased your version from GOG.com it was DRM free, ...
Nameinuse [mail] May 27 2011, 11:16 am EDT
This reminds me of open source software. Free to use, but you have to pay for support and extra features. Is this where the industry is headed?
Vol [mail] May 27 2011, 11:21 am EDT
A patch, cool... the patch download on Steam is >9GB while elsewhere it is 15MB... WTF!
Way to go CDProjekt! While the Steam patching system doesn't allow incremental patching of files and just replace them, CDProjekt should have thought about this.
  LostPcGamer: Why they rather you buy the game from there own website GOG....
blitsie [mail] May 27 2011, 11:36 pm EDT
Got a very nice performance increase from the patch, couldn't play it with UberSampling before and now it runs quite smooth with that feature on.

Sleepy_Foot_Rulz [mail] May 28 2011, 08:20 am EDT
Well its a good start. This game's gonna need a lot more optimizing before its ready for prime time. On my Superclocked 460 GT, it goes upto 30 fps with Ubersampling turned off. With US turned on, it crawls to something around 15 fps.

Loved the original, and have a great deal of respect for CDProjekt. I sincerely hope they will improve on this promising (yet horribly optimized) engine.
LostPcGamer [mail] May 29 2011, 01:17 pm EDT
Playing the game on high with most settings maxed out except ubersampling and motion blur options. Using a gtx 295 and have no problem.
  DylanDeVille: same her with a 275, for me, great optimisation!
Terminator [mail] May 29 2011, 07:53 pm EDT
People claim the game is 20% faster without DRM, but there is no difference on my PC. Uber is still too choppy. Running it on High with HD 5850.
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