The Witcher 3 Remastered Free Upgrade Launches September

Get ready to delve back into the world of ice and steel, because CD Projekt Red is set to deliver a massive gift to players: a free upgrade to The Witcher 3 Remastered.

This major update arrives next month on September 29, offering all owners on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S access to the enhanced version at no additional cost. It’s not just a visual polish; CD Projekt Red has packed the Remastered edition with a host of enhancements designed to deepen the experience and refine every corner of the game.

The improvements are substantial. Players can look forward to tweaked combat mechanics, improved traversal and movement, revamped mount handling, and significantly enhanced monster behaviors. Beyond the action, the core gameplay loop receives a serious overhaul with a revamped skill tree, new armor transmog options, and an expanded photo mode for those who want to capture the beauty of the world in new ways. New finishers and much more are also included.

Under the hood, the technical advancements are truly remarkable. The Remastered version embraces cutting-edge technology, boasting long-awaited cross-platform mod support, new quest tracking, and immersive meditation features. Visual fidelity has been dramatically boosted with refined animations, UI improvements, refreshed motion blur, and a comprehensive rework of foliage shading. Furthermore, the game benefits from advanced lighting techniques, including HDR improvements, ray-tracing, global lighting reworks, new shading models, subsurface scattering, and a new tone mapper.

For the power users, the Remastered experience unlocks serious graphical power, including support for PlayStation 5 Pro and Xbox Play Anywhere. PC players will also benefit from advanced technologies like Nvidia DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR 4, Intel XESS 2.0, path tracing, and ray reconstruction, alongside native DX12 and rendering parallelization. Even hair will be rendered with ray-traced detail.

The excitement doesn’t stop there. Owners of the Remastered version will also receive free access to the game’s first two expansions, giving them immediate access to the rich lore and content that define the saga. Looking ahead, the world of The Witcher is set for further expansion with the highly anticipated Songs of the Past, the third expansion, slated for release in 2027, which is confirmed to include even more of the beloved Gwent card game.

While players look forward to these immediate improvements, the horizon is already set on the next great adventure. CD Projekt Red is hard at work on a brand new saga, with The Witcher 4 targeting a 2028 release window. Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski emphasized that this new entry will be their biggest, boldest, and most ambitious game yet, promising a huge, immersive open world, intense action, and a deep, impactful story.