Gothic 3 - Patch News

Piranha Bytes´ music wizard Kai Rosenkranz posted a few infos about the next patch in the official forum, followed by a further clarification.

Of course the posts are in German. Here´s a short summary and a few points based on other sources mixed in:

• Is the patch confirmed? Yes.
• ETA: Unknown. PB / JoWooD will only announce it when they are sure to ship on time.
  
• KaiRo said they´re running into considerable problems in various areas while developing the patch.
  
• Is it free of charge? Yes. Additional distribution methods are under consideration, for example including it on the next project´s DVD, but the usual free download options will definitely be made available.
• Will the patch make it necessary to start over? No definite infos about this, but PB is evaluating it.
• Size: Unconfirmed, although it seems safe to expect the dimension to be GB rather than MB.
• Reason: "Changes to story / logic / world data / 3D data lead to a size explosion [of the patch]" (transl.)
• The technical problems are solved (status -> patch 1.12). Therefor PB prefers to work on a well thought out solution instead of rushing the patch out the door.
• Months ago PB has made clear they are well aware they can only ship a patch of this size once.
  

If you add up 2+2 it´s not unlikely PB could be pulling a Bethesda and ship the patch a few days before the "next project" everybody thinks he knows what it is hits the shelves.