It’s been a protracted wait, however the next-gen replace for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is lastly simply across the nook. This morning the sport’s improvement studio, CD PROJEKT RED, introduced an official launch date. And it’s touchdown in December. The subsequent-gen replace for The Witcher 3 will formally land on December 14 for PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S.
CD PROJEKT RED initially introduced the next-gen replace for the sport final July, and mentioned it could be coming someday later within the yr. Sadly, the replace was delayed and a brand new one wasn’t introduced till now. These wishing to dive again into the sport on their new consoles solely have another month to attend. And as soon as they do they will count on fairly a couple of notable enhancements to the sport.
This contains mods which were built-in into the expertise. Along with quicker load instances on consoles and assist for ray tracing. The replace might be free for anybody who already owns the sport.
The Witcher 3 next-gen replace for bodily copies comes later
If there’s one caveat in regards to the replace dropping subsequent month, it’s that the bodily version of the sport isn’t getting its next-gen replace till later. And there’s no timeframe for it. Proper now CD PROJEKT RED says the December 14 replace is just for the digital model of the sport. Nevertheless, this does embrace the PC launch.
Although the enhancements could not all be precisely the identical, PC copy homeowners ought to count on a lot of the similar “visible, efficiency, and technical enhancements” that the console model of the sport is getting. This may also apply to the bottom recreation in addition to its two expansions, Coronary heart of Stone and Blood and Wine.
The studio might be revealing much more particulars in regards to the replace subsequent week in a Twitch livestream. The place it is going to additionally exhibit gameplay from the replace. This may give folks a greater of thought of what to anticipate after loading the sport up on their very own {hardware}.
The subsequent-gen replace for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is approaching December 14th, free for everybody who already owns the sport.
For extra particulars and gameplay reveal, tune in to REDstreams subsequent week on https://t.co/IpFERTohi9. pic.twitter.com/fg3yfGeNih
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