CD Projekt Red released new gameplay footage for "The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" during Gamescon this week. "The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt" Release Date is February 24, 2015.

Geralt talks to a resident of Downwarren, who tells him that villagers have been disappearing. The cause is unknown, but it appears to originate in the Whispering Hillock. "The war awoke an ancient power. An evil one that feeds on bloodshed. Nightmares haunt our nights and days," the individual explains.

In the trailer Geralt deals with a few enemies as he makes his way to the Whispering Hillock, where he encounters a powerful werewolf and some regular wolves.

"The Withcer 3 Wild Hunt" features a vast, living, open world full of meticulously created quests and Points of Interest, 35 times bigger than the wold in the predecessor. Experience a realm where morality is not a simple choice between good and evil and where every decision ripples through the one hundred hours of gameplay.

"We wanted to make the combat more responsive, so we raised the number of combat animations like five times," said Michal Gilewski, CD Projekt's Head of Marketing. "It was around 20 something in The Witcher 2 and now we have over 90 different sequences of actions and dodges, so it makes the fight more fluid, but it looks amazing."

"We're still working on it, but right now you can already see...one is the dodge move, the other is the pirouette," he said. "This time you're having many possibilities for the fights as well. You've got signs, swords, crossbows, bombs, different moves you can use. Not all features will work in all situations. We wanted to give a little more control to the player and make the fight a little more tactical."

"If there is a point that you're seeing that is interesting, there's a huge chance that you'll be able to get there," he added. "You may not be able to get there at the beginning because of your skills and the monster that may be in the way, but later you'll be able to get there."

"It's not yet optimized," he said simply. "You can expect the game to look way better than that."

"The Witcher 3 The Wild Hunt" release date is February 24, 2015. Check back for more info as we get closer to the release date.