{"id":81075,"date":"2015-09-09T13:30:21","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=81075"},"modified":"2015-09-09T13:51:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:51:55","slug":"the-witcher-3-wild-hunts-first-expansion-hearts-of-stone-detailed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/81075-the-witcher-3-wild-hunts-first-expansion-hearts-of-stone-detailed","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s first expansion, Hearts of Stone, detailed"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems there\u2019s more than one reason to pick up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt <\/em>again.<\/p>\n

Beyond the hotly anticipated New Game Plus mode, there are two meaty expansions on their way, offering an additional 30 hours in total playtime, and the first drops on October 13th<\/sup><\/strong> of this year.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve known about the expansions for some time now<\/a>, but CD Projekt RED has finally unveiled the details on the first of the two, Hearts of Stone<\/em>:<\/p>\n

Step again into the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, this time hired to defeat a ruthless bandit captain, Olgierd von Everec, a man who possesses the power of immortality. The expansion lets you choose your own way through an adventure that includes recruiting a crew of break-in artists, spending a night partying with a ghost and outsmarting the most bizarre creatures Geralt has ever faced.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hearts of Stone<\/em> offers all of expected perks of an expansion: new adventures, characters, adversaries and so on. But it also touts a new, unique romance, challenging monsters and the introduction of Runewords \u2013 it\u2019s the Runewords that most interests us.<\/p>\n

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Runewords promise to significantly affect gameplay by altering or tweaking particular aspects of the game and its mechanics, allowing for new strategies and tactics, supposedly.<\/p>\n