The Witcher 3 Mistakenly “Released” Alongside Expansion Pass

<p>Clearly the guy whose only task at Steam is to add new releases is as excited for <em>The Witcher 3<&sol;em> as I am&comma; because this morning the game was listed as a <strong><i>new release<&sol;i> <&sol;strong>on steam&period;<strong> <&sol;strong>Unfortunately&comma; upon clicking on the game in steam&comma; it only brings you to a dead end&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It appears this mishap may have to do with CD Projekt RED having also just released an expansion pass for <em>The Witcher 3&comma;<&sol;em> which would include <em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;two epic adventures&&num;8221&semi;&comma; <&sol;strong>Hearts of Stone&comma; and Blood &amp&semi; Wine<&sol;em>&period; Here&&num;8217&semi;s what the developer has to say about the DLC in the description&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong><br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Hearts of Stone will take Geralt on an all-new 10-hour adventure into the wilds of No Man’s Land and the nooks and alleys of Oxenfurt&comma; where he’ll try to complete a contract from the mysterious Man of Glass&period; Caught in a thick tangle of deceit&comma; Geralt will need all his cunning and strength to solve the mystery and emerge unscathed&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Blood and Wine&comma; a 20-hour tale that will introduce the all-new in-game region of Toussaint&comma; will take Geralt to a land untainted by war&comma; where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient&comma; bloody secret&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>The upcoming expansions will offer gamers new content&comma; gear and foes&comma; and will feature characters both new and dearly missed &&num;8212&semi; all crafted with maximum attention to detail and quality&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Hearts of Stone will premiere in October&comma; while Blood and Wine is slated for release in the first quarter of 2016&period;&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;355880&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Steam Description<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;So it seems as though the game was delayed until May so that they could make DLC&period; My personal feelings aside&comma; I don&&num;8217&semi;t have a problem with <em><strong>30 hr Expansion packs&comma; <&sol;strong><&sol;em>if the content is worth that extra time&period; We are already aware of the fact that the game is supposed to span up to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;the-witcher-3-takes-over-200-hours-to-fully-complete&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">200hrs<&sol;a> if you do everything within the world&comma; so adding an extra 30 hrs on top may not be a lot&comma; but could be worth it&period; Hopefully it isn&&num;8217&semi;t just filler based campaign content like most DLC these days&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Only time shall reveal those details&period; At least I have plenty of time to play through the campaign without being worried that some DLC will come out halfway through my playthrough&comma; only to steer my experience in a different direction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;store&period;steampowered&period;com&sol;app&sol;355880&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Steam Description<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;