From Press Release:
CD PROJEKT RED today releases The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, a free upgrade for The Witcher 3 owners, which brings many modernizations and improvements to the legendary RPG.
Snapshot:
- Remastered brings a swathe of updates and improvements, including: enhanced visuals & performance, improved combat, a reimagined skill system, overhauled animations, cross-platform mod support, and many more.
- Path Tracing on PC, dedicated PS5 Pro support comes to Remastered, alongside a native Nintendo Switch 2 version which also supports Nintendo Switch 2 features.
- It is available as a free upgrade to The Witcher 3 owners on GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Series X|S — and to Nintendo Switch 2 players who own The Witcher 3 on the original Nintendo Switch.
- Remastered is now also available to purchase on Battle.net and on the Microsoft Store as an XBOX Play Anywhere title.
- The game includes two acclaimed expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.
Coming over a decade after the launch of the award-winning The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, players can now experience The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, bringing a swathe of improvements and modernizations to the game, impacting visuals and performance, gameplay, character progression, and much more. This version of the game is available as a free upgrade, and gives players the perfect opportunity to relive, or discover for the first time, Geralt of Rivia’s epic adventure ahead of the upcoming 2027 expansion, Songs of the Past.
Remastered brings a wide array of improvements to The Witcher 3 and its two acclaimed expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine — which are also included in the upgrade, even for players who only ever owned the base version of the game. The full list of changes can be found by reading the patch notes — but here is an overview of just some of the significant changes featured in Remastered:
- Enhanced Visuals and Performance — Improved textures for the environment, NPCs, and monsters. Major enhancements to foliage and reworked lighting, rendering, and ray tracing.
- Path Tracing on PC — Combined with other visual enhancements of Remastered, Path Tracing creates the most visually stunning version of The Witcher 3 ever made.
- PS5 Pro Support — PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution (PSSR) enables a smooth 60 frames per second with ray tracing turned on, offering remarkable visuals. Performance mode offers up to 90 frames per second with VRR.
- Reimagined Skill System — Rebalanced abilities and skills with an overhauled skill tree modernize the character progression system, offering deeper flexibility and greater impact on playstyle.
- Improved Combat — Revamped animations, new finishers, and an adaptive camera make combat more adaptive, immersive, and kinetic.
- Overhauled Animations — New animations for Geralt and Roach bring additional dynamism to movement and traversal, with vaulting, ladder climbing, and more all updated to feel more fluid and realistic.
- Cross-Platform Mod Support — With Mod.io integration added to consoles, cross-platform mods now give players the opportunity to create and play a wealth of custom content. From new quests, weapons, and equipment to balance changes and more, mods help to create an entirely unique Witcher 3 experience.
- Refreshed User Interface — Updated menus provide quicker access to key features, while refreshed quest and tutorial notifications keep new information clear and concise.
- Nintendo Switch 2 Features — As part of the native Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game, motion controls allow players to aim the crossbow, throw bombs, cast witcher signs, drink potions, and speed up and slow down Roach. Gyro aiming brings extra precision in combat, and Mouse control also offers another way to play. Touch screen support helps with navigating the map and game menus, and can also be used to play Gwent.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is developed in close collaboration with the team at Yigsoft, and is available as a free upgrade for current owners of The Witcher 3 on GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and XBOX Series X|S. On Nintendo Switch 2, it is available as a free upgrade for any player who owns The Witcher 3 on the original Nintendo Switch. Remastered is also now available to purchase on Battle.net, and on the Microsoft Store as an XBOX Play Anywhere title.
On supported platforms, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered replaces the Complete Edition, and includes both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine as standard.
More information about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered can be found on its official website as well as Facebook, Instagram, and X, with further details available on the Beyond the Game Blog.
About The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a single-player open-world role-playing game from CD PROJEKT RED. In this acclaimed dark fantasy adventure, players take on the role of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, as he searches for his adopted daughter, Ciri. Originally released in 2015, the base game and its first two expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, are being modernized and upgraded in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered. By introducing sweeping improvements to visuals, gameplay, and performance, it offers players the most polished and immersive version of Geralt’s adventure to date, all ahead of the release of a third expansion in 2027 — Songs of the Past. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has won over 250 Game of the Year awards and sold more than 65 million copies worldwide.
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a video game development studio founded in 2002. Its flagship titles include the futuristic role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty, alongside The Witcher series of games including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its expansions. CD PROJEKT RED also created the award-winning Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, set in the same universe as the game. CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT RED Capital Group. CD PROJEKT RED S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).
