New details about Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine leaked

Sounds like this expansion will pack quite a wallop

 

 

According to a Steam listing, which quickly appeared and disappeared yesterday (not before Twitter user Wario64 managed to nab a screengrab, however), Blood and Wine, the long-gestating expansion pack for The Witcher 3, will make its debut on May 30th.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine out on Steam May 30 https://t.co/cyxsehDKdD pic.twitter.com/cRxDTW4ZGb

— Wario64 (@Wario64) May 8, 2016

The Steam listing includes an extensive description of Geralt's continuing adventures and reveals, among other things, that players will have access to their own vineyard. Hopefully, this won't prevent them from staying sober long enough to tackle the expansion's main quest, which involves bringing down a wicked-sounding beastie that is terrorising the remote and peaceful realm of Toussaint.

Being a Witcher game, in which the monsters are often misunderstood and line between good and evil is blurry at best, we imagine the plot won't be as simple as all that. We do know, however, that the expansion brings with it at least 20-hour's worth of fresh content.

Aside from featuring new quests to embark on and new beasts to cleave in twain, Blood and Wine will also allow players to participate in a grand tourney, and supplement their supply of Gwent cards with a whole new Skellige-themed deck. You can even add a dash of colour to your old gear courtesy of a new mechanic that lets you dye your Witcher armour.

All in all, it sounds like quite a generous slice of content, made all the more enticing by the fact it will only set you back around £16. Not bad for an expansion that's double the length of most full-price games. Hopefully, we won't have to wait long to find out whether or not that rumoured May 30 release date is accurate.