Witcher 3 Remastered releases September 29 and is a free upgrade for owners of original

Weirdly, they're releasing this on Battle.net? I didn't know that was still a thing for anything but Blizzard games.

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I’ll be curious about what, if any, changes they make for the “remaster” compared to the “next gen update” from a few years ago.

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Likely applying new tech to an old game, minimal effort required.

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I’ll be curious about what, if any, changes they make for the “remaster” compared to the “next gen update” from a few years ago.

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They said it was going to have graphical updates, combat improvements, new monster fights, and also listed out a whole slew of other things like "XBox Play Anywhere" support and things like that.

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All announced changes for The Witcher 3 Remastered
Upgraded visuals
Enhanced combat
Improved traversal and movement
Revamped mount handling
Improved monster behaviors
Revamped skill tree
Transmogrification
Expanded photo mode
New combat finishers
Cross-platform mods
Immersive meditation
Refined animations
New quest tracking
UI improvements
Looting rework
Refreshed motion blur
New accessibility features
Updated textures
Foliage shading rework
Tutorial modernization
HDR improvements
GTAO (ground truth ambient occlusion, not Grand Theft Auto Online) Improved menu navigation
Ray tracing improvements
Global lighting rework
New shading model
Subsurface scattering
New tone mapper
PlayStation 5 Pro support
Xbox Play Anywhere support
Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive features
Nvidia DLSS 4.5
AMD FSR 4
Intel XESS 2.0
Path tracing on PC
Ray reconstruction on PC
Ray traced hair
Native DX12
Rendering parallelization

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I maintain that this battle.net partnership is the weirdest part of this entire announcement.

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The medallion is humming… It’s the beginning of a game-changing partnership!

We’re happy to announce that we’ve partnered with @Blizzard_Ent to bring the world of The Witcher to @battlenet. Starting today, you can pre-purchase The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, which launches on September 29, and wishlist Songs of the Past, coming in 2027, on Battle.net.

“Both CD PROJEKT RED and Blizzard Entertainment create worlds that allow players to immerse themselves in captivating adventures for hundreds of hours. Both studios have always had the ambition to raise the bar — for themselves and, in doing so, for the video game industry. Their worlds and characters have inspired not only other game developers, but also musicians, filmmakers, cosplayers, and, of course, countless players.” — Radek Grabowski, our Global PR Director

And that’s just the beginning of our partnership with Blizzard…

Hear more from Radek and from our Expert Community & Social Media Manager Amelia Korzycka about the journey that brought CD PROJEKT RED and Blizzard together — and where it might take us next: LINK

See you on the Path!

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Here's the Songs of the Past trailer:

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They just keep finding ways to bring me back.

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95% reduction in skellige underwater ? Spots

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I spent days fighting off the sirens to loot all those ? I hate being a completionist sometimes.

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95% reduction in skellige underwater

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Lol.

The one thing about the announcement that bugs me. I know if I play, I will still be compelled to clear all of those damn question marks.

Wasn't it named something like bovine defense force or something awesome like that???

I found that one au natural and IRL went "OH frick" right before I got maimed.

Very excellent addition there.