Here's When You Can Play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered in Your Region
CD Projekt Red says the free update adds overhauled visuals, reworked combat and accessibility options, while existing owners keep the game at no extra cost.
- On Tuesday, September 29, 2026, CD Projekt Red released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered globally across PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC as a free upgrade for existing owners.
- The remaster modernizes the 11-year-old game with enhanced graphics, revamped combat, and a restructured skill tree; CD Projekt also introduced the 'Bard's Ballad' accessibility preset to reduce cognitive load for players experiencing mental fatigue.
- Steam data shows the game peaked at 114,696 concurrent players, a 258% jump from the previous month, surpassing the title's previous record of 103,329 set during the Netflix Witcher series peak in January 2020.
- Some AMD Radeon users encountered visual artifacts and missing assets at launch; CD Projekt advised updating to the latest driver version, with Adrenalin 26.9.2 resolving reported graphics glitches.
- The remaster bridges toward future franchise milestones: the third expansion, Songs of the Past, arrives in 2027, with The Witcher 4 expected in 2028 to feature protagonist Ciri.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered adds a neat Bard's Ballad preset designed to 'streamline gameplay' by offering a ton of custom options you would normally need mods for, and I'm eager to try it out
CD Projekt Red has released a long list of improvements that promise an entirely new experience for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered.
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