Owners of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt (test) should receive the free update to the next-gen version on December 14, 2022, as developer CD Projekt has now announced. The corresponding update for the role-playing game released in 2015 was promised at the end of 2020 and has been successively postponed since then.
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In mid-April 2022, CD Projekt then announced that the remaining work on the next-gen edition would be carried out by the in-house development team. Previously, the Russian location of the Saber Interactive studio was responsible. CD Projekt did not reveal exactly why the step was taken; the reason may, however, be obvious in view of the Russian war of aggression. Since the first thing to do is to evaluate how much work is left, the developer initially did not name a new release period.
In May of this year, CD Projekt finally announced on the occasion of the game's seventh birthday that the next-gen edition should be released in the current year 2022. And this time the newly set goal can also be met, albeit narrowly. Before that, the developer would like to announce more information about the big update, which will be released for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S as well as the PC – in the latter case as an automatic update of the GOTY edition via in a live stream on Twitch over the next week GOG or Steam. CD Projekt has not yet decided whether it will also be possible to switch platforms free of charge.
The next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is coming on December 14th, free for everyone who already owns the game.
For more details and gameplay reveal, tune in to REDstreams next week on https://t.co/IpFERTohi9. pic.twitter.com/fg3yfGeNih
— The Witcher (@witchergame) November 14, 2022
Improved graphics and new content load faster
It is already known that friends of the role-playing game can look forward to enhanced graphics including ray tracing with the next-gen version. The loading times should be shorter, especially on the consoles. In addition, there will be some other small additional content that will be inspired by the Netflix series based on Andrzej Sapkowski's novel. Presumably these are skins or new armor and weapons. And finally, a select few mods will be implemented natively in The Witcher 3. All content adjustments will also be submitted later for the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.
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