The Witcher 2 patch out, removes DRM

[Leadfoot]

Although that approach is just as bullshit if you ask me. The game was leaked before release and the only people who had to struggle with the DRM were, once again, the legit users.

Indeed, and I believe GOG and Atari versions had no DRM at all ?
Death to DRM!

[Stefan9]

What's baffling is why they bothered with DRM in the first place if they go and remove it on the first patch, with the game hardly even out the door.
Maybe there's some funny stat somewhere claiming that most game piracy happens in the first 2 weeks of a games release...

Because atari and bandico(spelling) wanted it. The version published by cd projekt themselves (the gog version) never had drm and the other download versions had no added drm.

Atari removed drm from their download version a week after the launch after seeing buyers prefering their competitors versions which didn't have drm or very little.

[Graal]

Atari removed drm from their download version a week after the launch after seeing buyers prefering their competitors versions which didn't have drm or very little.

Hopefully some publishers learn something from this.

[oltman]

this is the best news of the week for me! anything to make the game play smoother on better detail levels will be welcome! its not that the game is ugly on the lower detail levels, it can just look so much better!

couple that with the DRM removal and CD Projek is moving in the right direction for PC gamers everywhere!

[Scooby_Doo]

Does anyone know if it fixed the bug where throwing bombs or daggers caused your mouse and stuff to lock up and stop responding?

This is the only thing stopping me from not buying the game, its super irritating.

[Necuno]

so which version do we get ?

http://en.thewitcher.com/patch/

suppose the int one :
http://wpc.420c.edgecastcdn.net/0042...ernational.exe

[Stefan9]

For the gog version, you just download the patch from gog.com and your account.

[czc]

For the gog version, you just download the patch from gog.com and your account.

Thanks, I wanted to ask how patching works.

[Necuno]

For the gog version, you just download the patch from gog.com and your account.

thanks, I have GoG and CE

[Necuno]

And the retail version, provided it's a new installation, will auto update with the new patch?

If you installed and activated, manual. Tried the polsk voice overs, not working eng imho is better