The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt already loved a serious “next-gen” replace again in 2022, and at the moment comes a brand new remastered model of the favored CD Projekt Crimson title. Just like the next-gen improve, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered arrives as a totally free replace, supplied you already personal the sport, and launches on PC and consoles (PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, Nintendo Swap 2) later at the moment.
CD Projekt Crimson government producer Jakub Kutrzuba claims it’s “hard to go back” to the original after spending a lot time with the remastered model, which ships with greater than only a graphical improve. The remaster comes with enhancements to animations, gameplay, enemy conduct, fight, and far more, aiming to carry it as much as commonplace with a 2026 launch.
When does The Witcher 3 Remastered launch at the moment?
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered will launch globally on September 29 at 3 AM Pacific Time. We’ve put collectively a listing of time zone conversions should you’re attempting to determine how that appears in your area. There’s additionally a countdown clock down beneath, which is able to disappear as soon as it expires – so should you don’t see something, then the replace is already stay.
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Costs appropriate as of September twenty first, 2026.
- US Pacific (PDT): 3 AM
- US Japanese (EDT): 6 AM
- United Kingdom (BST): 11 AM
- Central Europe (CEST): 12 PM
- India (IST): 03:30 PM
- Singapore (SGT): 6 PM
- Japan (JST): 7 PM
- Sydney (AEST): 8 PM
- New Zealand (NZST): 11 PM
How massive is The Witcher 3 Remastered replace, and what’s new?
First issues first: group and social media at CD Projekt Crimson, Marcin Momot, reveals that the PC model of the replace can be round 45GB, although this will likely range relying in your put in language packs. The PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S variations will even be ~45GB, whereas the Nintendo Swap 2 model is just a little larger at ~50GB. It arrives on Swap 2 as a separate title (however nonetheless free for present house owners).
There’s a lengthy checklist of enhancements to discover, so we will’t actually undergo each little element, however the remastered replace covers adjustments throughout visuals and rendering, gameplay, UI/UX, picture mode, accessibility, quality-of-life, modding, and bug fixes. On the PC aspect of issues, assist has been added for path tracing, ray-traced HairWorks, and fashionable upscaling/body gen suites from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel, respectively: DLSS 4.5 (with Ray Reconstruction), FSR 4 (with Body Era and Anti-Lag 2), and XeSS 2.0 (with Body Era and Low Latency). The sport already supported Nvidia-based body gen earlier than the replace.
The sport now has an “improved shading mannequin” and texture and mannequin updates based mostly on the fan-made ‘HD Reworked Undertaking,’ together with native DirectX 12 rendering. By way of gameplay, the talent system has been rebalanced and is now organized right into a talent tree (with talent factors now reset), digital camera adjustments have been made to be extra dynamic, with larger FOV whereas exploring, and far more.
CD Projekt Crimson has a full list of patch notes here if you would like all of the specifics, so we suggest checking it out. PC system necessities have additionally had just a little makeover, however the sport isn’t anticipated to be massively extra demanding, and early tests on the Steam Deck present it nonetheless runs fantastic on Valve’s fashionable handheld.