{"id":80415,"date":"2026-08-29T07:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80415"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T23:52:59","slug":"the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-is-getting-a-full-remaster-this-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80415","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a full remaster this September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">CD Projekt Red has announced<b> The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \u2013 Remastered<\/b> during Gamescom Opening Night Live, with the game arriving surprisingly soon on <b>29 September<\/b> for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. A native Nintendo Switch 2 version is also coming on the same day, while PC gamers will, for the first time, be able to get it through Blizzard\u2019s Battle.net platform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">And yes, you may remember that The Witcher 3 already received a pretty huge next-gen update back in 2022. That added quality-of-life features including ray tracing, faster loading, new camera options, and even a photo mode. The new remaster goes quite a bit further, however. The Polish studio is promising upgraded visuals and performance, but the more interesting changes are to the game itself: combat is being enhanced, movement and traversal improved, Roach\u2019s handling is getting a revamp and monster behaviour will be adjusted. The game\u2019s skill tree is being reworked too and transmogrification is finally being added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_embedContainer_wioo3_16\">\n<div class=\"_container_1stzb_1\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/IGk17XQ7IrQ\/sddefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IGk17XQ7IrQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_facade_1stzb_5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/IGk17XQ7IrQ\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><button class=\"_playButton_1stzb_12\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"_playButtonText_1stzb_39\">Play<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The pleasant surprise here is that CD Projekt Red is not charging existing players for all this. The remaster will be offered as a <b>free upgrade to owners<\/b> on GOG, Steam, the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Those who own the original Nintendo Switch version can claim the native Switch 2 edition for free as well, which is a particularly nice touch considering the handheld is technically a new platform. The remaster is being co-developed with Yigsoft, a Hungarian studio that previously worked on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \u2013 Complete Edition and Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">CD Projekt Red also slipped in another freebie. <b>Hearts of Stone<\/b> and <b>Blood and Wine<\/b>, the game\u2019s two existing paid expansions, are now included with every copy of the base game at no additional cost. Existing owners only need to update the game to receive them, while the separate base game is being replaced across digital stores by the Complete Edition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"_embedContainer_wioo3_16\">\n<div class=\"_container_1stzb_1\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/SB3siHVCHpY\/sddefault.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SB3siHVCHpY\/hqdefault.jpg\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"_facade_1stzb_5\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/SB3siHVCHpY\/hqdefault.jpg\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7777777777777777\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/picture><button class=\"_playButton_1stzb_12\" type=\"button\"><span class=\"_playButtonText_1stzb_39\">Play<\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Of course, there is a reason CD Projekt Red is polishing an 11-year-old RPG again. A third paid expansion, <b>Songs of the Past<\/b>, is due in 2027 and will send Geralt to the new region of Letten.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"_subHeading1_1k87u_111 _base_1k87u_1\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/entertainment\/gaming\/cd-projket-red-witcher-3-wild-hunt-full-remaster-gamescom-announcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CD Projekt Red has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt \u2013 Remastered during Gamescom Opening Night Live, with the game arriving surprisingly soon on 29&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[360,2060,8947,4747,678,10956],"class_list":["post-80415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-full","tag-hunt","tag-remaster","tag-september","tag-wild","tag-witcher","wpcat-32-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}