Standalone Gwent Expansion Adds PvE Elements

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After CD Projekt Red released its seminal hit The Witcher 3, it didn't take long for the game's considerable fanbase to pick up on how surprisingly good its card-based mini-game, Gwent, ended up being. Eager to build on its hype, CDPR prepared a proper multiplayer offshoot of the game, which remains relevant and retains a solid player base even today.

Now, following months of radio silence, CD Projekt Red has finally revealed its next big Gwent release, and it's significantly more prospective than most fans may have expected. Namely, the newly revealed Rogue Mage DLC is a full-blooded expansion pack for the card game that adds veritable PvE elements to the mix, though it's immediately worth pointing out that it's not a free release, but a standalone installation.

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Some Gwent fans may remember that CDPR hinted at the production of a "Golden Nekker" game early in 2022. This, as it turns out, was simply the working title for Gwent: Rogue Mage, which is a substantial expansion pack for the regular mainline Gwent title. Rogue Mage is set to release tomorrow, July 7, and will cost $9.99 by default, though fans may also opt to purchase the premium edition of the DLC, featuring a variety of cosmetics and card packs for multiplayer modes, and which costs $19.99 instead.

Though Gwent is no stranger to content updates, Rogue Mage is a rather unprecedented expansion for the game. The core gameplay loop more closely follows that of Gwent as it appeared in The Witcher 3, rather than the standalone Gwent title, and the DLC seems to deliver most of its content via the novel rogue-lite expedition system. Here, players can tweak the content difficulty using a dozen different