E3: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Dubbed as the 'ultimate version' of the 'ultimate role-playing game', The Witcher: Enhanced Edition brings the game closer to what the developers originally envisaged it would be on release.

Having won more than 90 awards since the vanilla version was released in October 2007, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition will benefit from a number of technical and visual improvements.

The updated code will feature more than 5,000 lines of re-written and re-recorded dialogue, more than 200 new dialogue animations, a new character differentiation system for non-player characters, an improved inventory with enhanced alchemy, reduced loading times (Huzzah! - happy Ed), improved combat responsiveness and more.

The Enhanced Edition will come in 'premium packaging loaded with value', including a multilingual game disc, two new adventures with full voiceovers, the D'Jinni adventure editor, an official soundtrack CD, a 'Music inspired by The Witcher" disc, an official game guide, a short story by Andrzej Sapkowski (creator of the Witcher's universe), a Making Of DVD with behind-the-scenes footage and, finally, a map of the Witcher's world.

The Witcher broke new ground in the role-playing game world, showcasing a universe where moral ambiguity was paramount. Many titles had aimed for this, but had chickened out when push came to shove. The Witcher didn't back down and, despite some coding problems on release, gave players a fascinating game world to explore.

In the game, the player takes on the role of renowned monster slayer, Geralt of Rivia, in an epic, action-packed narrative in which his decisions have a major impact on how the story plays out. The Witcher emphasizes story and character development in a vibrant world, while incorporating tactically-deep real-time combat like no game before it.

For once, this PR guff isn't off the mark.