As The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Release Date Approaches, Dev Pleges to Repay Players' Trust

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one of the most anticipated games of the next generations of consoles, and after gaining a substantial following with the first two entries into the series, developer CD Projekt is ready to reward those gamers who made the series successful in the first place, despite coming from an unknown studio based in Poland.

In a new interview with Rock Paper Shotgun, CD Projekt Red CEO Marcin Iwinski states that "The Witcher 3" and it's fans will be getting huge amounts of support from the developer for a long time:

"We'll be supporting The Witcher 3 for years after it comes out...We're also building the Redkit, and we'll talk about modding "Witcher 3" when the time comes. It's all about a long-term relationship with our gamers. It even works from a business perspective. Abandoning our baby that we've worked on for several years would be crazy. The fact that we have a second game in development just gives us a better way to reallocate resources - QA and whatnot. It's just a better way to manage the process internally. It's better for the people and the team."

In addition, Iwinski stated that he hopes that they will be able to release DLC for "The Witcher 3" on consoles for free, much like they have for the previous games on PC:

"It's too early to talk specifics, but definitely all the DLCs and updates will be free," he said. "Of course, we'll see what the platform holders will allow - what we can do for free [on next-gen consoles]. I mean, there are different business models on consoles. From our standpoint, we'll definitely do everything we can to deliver the same experience across all platforms."

This is fantastic news for fans of the series, and could propel the game into mainstream success, despite it being the final act of series protagonist Geralt. "The Witcher 3" is due out on next-gen consoles and PC in the spring of next year.