The Witcher 3: New Release Date

It was planned that 2014 would be the year that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would be released, but CD Projekt Red has made a sad but understandable announcement about the release of the game. The role-playing game The Witcher 3 won't be released in 2014, the game is now set to be released in February of 2015.

The delay of the release of the game doesn't have to be seen as something bad, but it's understandable that fans would've seen the game be released on time. Why isn't it something bad? CD Projekt Red says that they need more time for the game. To guarantee a polished and fine-tuned game, CD Projekt Red is moving the release date of The Witcher 3 with a few months as you can read in this open letter from CD Projekt Red itself.

CD Projekt Red also states that they could have released the game in the fall of 2014, as you can read in this quote from the open letter. "We recently reexamined what we have achieved thus far, and faced a choice about the game's final release date. The decision we made was difficult, thorougly considered, and ultimately clear and obvious. We could have release the game towards the end of this year as we had initially planned. Yet we concluded that a few additional months will let us achieve the quality that will satisfy us, the quality gamers expect from us. Consequently, we have set the release of the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for February 2015."

In the open letter the board of CD Projekt Red apologizes to their stockholders and the gamers. Five of the most important people at the studio emphasize that the delay will only result in a better game in the end. After all, we gamers want good games, not games that could have been way better if the developers would have taken more time. We are sure that this delay will only result in a better and more enjoyable game and that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be just as good, or even better, than it's predecessors.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released for the PC, PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One. Just as the previous games you take control of the ‘Witcher’ Geralt of Rivia, and in this game you will be hunting dark creatures, while there is also a war at hand between the Northern Kingdoms and the Empire of Nilfgraad. What are your thoughts about the The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? Are you disappointed in CD Projekt Red or do you think that they have made the right decision?