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News The Witcher 3 PS5 Has 'Dozens' of Improvements, Integrated Mods, and New Netflix Show Content
Place of Power
Alongside a 14th December release date, CD Projekt Red did actually give us a brief insight into what The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition will include. According to the game's official press summary, the enhanced PS5 re-release will sport all of the bells and whistles that you'd expect, while also throwing in some potential...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Releases 14th December, Details and Gameplay Coming Next Week
Geralt's back for the holidays
Bloody hell, it took some time, but we finally have a release date for the long-awaited PS5 version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the updated RPG will launch on the 14th December, and reiterates that those who already own the game on PS4 can upgrade on PS5 for free. A physical edition...
News The New Witcher Trilogy From CD Projekt Red Has Found Its Director
So it begins
A new trilogy of Witcher games is now in pre-production at developer CD Projekt Red, with the first entry currently known as Project Polaris. Now we know who will be helming the endeavour, with lead animator Sebastion Kalemba (who served in that capacity during the development of both The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077) taking...
News The Witcher Will Return for a Fourth Season on Netflix, without Henry Cavill
The Hunger Games' Liam Hemsworth to pick up Geralt's gauntlet
Netflix’s wildly successful adaptation of The Witcher will return for a fourth season, but without Henry Cavill as iconic protagonist Geralt of Rivia. The role will instead be assumed by Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, who’s probably best known for his performances in The Hunger...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version News Coming 'Soon', Says a Cheeky CDPR
;)
If it feels like we've been waiting on more information and — gasp! — a release date for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition for way too long, it's because we have. Last we heard, the enhanced PS5 version of the beloved RPG is still scheduled for a 2022 release, but CD Projekt Red has been super secretive on the subject — perhaps...
News The Witcher Remake Announced, Rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5
Geralt of here
CD Projekt Red has revealed that it's actually remaking the first The Witcher game, and it'll be built "from the ground up" in Unreal Engine 5. This is the true identity of the company's previously announced 'Canis Majoris' project. CDPR stresses that the suitably titled The Witcher Remake is still early in development, and the...
News CDPR Just Announced Two New Witcher Games
A Witcher's work is never done
Good lord, CD Projekt Red is going all-in today, isn't it? The Polish developer has revealed that two new games set in The Witcher universe are happening — and that's alongside the next mainline The Witcher title that was announced a little while ago. Unlike that project, these additional games will not be developed...
News Toss a Coin to the Third Season of Netflix's The Witcher
Prequel Blood Origin airs on Xmas Day
Resident Evil’s divisive television adaptation may have been canned, but The Witcher will return for a third full-length season on Netflix in Summer 2023. Of course, if you can’t wait that long, then you can look forward to prequel The Witcher: Blood Origin, which will debut on Christmas Day later this year...
News The Witcher 4 Will Kick Off a Multi-Game Saga, Says CD Projekt RED
Witchin'
Whatever The Witcher 4 turns out to be, there's one thing we know for sure: it'll be the start of a new saga for the video game series. Announced earlier in the year, the next entry in the franchise is some way off, but will no doubt wow us with its Unreal Engine 5-fuelled visuals. More recently, CD Projekt RED has confirmed the next title...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Still Set for This Year, Says CDPR
By steel, by silver
CD Projekt Red has provided the smallest of updates on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, via the company's latest financial statement. Despite the fact that we still haven't seen the enhanced PS5 version in action, the studio says that it is still set to release this year. More specifically, in the fourth quarter of...
News The Witcher 3 Livestream Is an Interesting Watch, But Still No Update on PS5 Version
A witcher's work is never done
As promised, CD Projekt Red hosted a livestream focused on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt this afternoon, but we didn't get any new information on the yet-to-release PS5 version of the game, officially titled The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition. To be clear, the developer never actually said that new details would be...
News The Witcher 3 Livestream Set for This Week
As part of CDPR's 20th anniversary celebrations
CD Projekt Red will host a special The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt livestream this week, on the 20th July starting at 3PM BST / 4PM CEST / 10AM EST / 8AM PST. It's all part of the studio's 20th anniversary celebrations, and the event will no doubt provide some insight into the landmark RPG's development and...
News CDPR Confirms Most Devs Now on Cyberpunk 2077 Expansion as New Witcher Enters Pre-Production
Busy busy
CD Projekt Red revealed its current development structure during the company's latest earnings call. It comes as no huge surprise, but it was confirmed that the majority of its workforce is now committed to Cyberpunk 2077's first expansion — details of which supposedly leaked earlier this week. Having just about everyone on the DLC...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Now Targeting Q4 2022 as Game Celebrates 7th Anniversary
The wild hunt continues
Update: We had a feeling that this would happen once we published the original story (which you can still read below). CD Projekt Red has indeed given us an update on the PS5 version of The Witcher 3. The so-called Complete Edition is now targeting Q4 2022 (the start of October to the end of December). It was previously...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Not in 'Development Hell', Says Developer
Following delay without a new date
The native PlayStation 5 version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been delayed as development is moved in-house, but that's not a sign the project is in "development hell", according to CD Projekt RED. Speaking during the company's latest financial earnings call, a studio representative wished to quell any fears...
News The Witcher 3 Sales Top 40 Million, Cyberpunk 2077 Passes 18 Million
CD Projekt Red reports ridiculous figures
CD Projekt Red's latest financial call has revealed some impressive sales numbers for its two biggest games. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which first released in 2015, has surpassed a frankly staggering 40 million sales, making it one of the most commercially successful role-playing games ever made. Sales...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Delayed as CDPR Moves Development In-House
Looks like rain
Previously set to release at some point this summer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition — more commonly referred to as The Witcher 3 PS5 version around these parts — has been delayed. No new release window has been given, but developer CD Projekt Red does confirm that the title is now being handled by an in-house team,...
News The Witcher Dev Wants to Make Something Extraordinary with Unreal Engine 5
New engine, new Witcher
As part of Epic Games' recent Unreal Engine 5 showcase, The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red spoke on the subject of working with the technically impressive game-building software. Just in case you don't already know, the Polish company is using Unreal Engine 5 to make the next Witcher title, which was...
Random The Witcher Cookbook Will Give You a Taste of the Continent's Cuisine
Geralt of Ravioli
Geralt doesn't spend all his time just slaying monsters and taking baths, you know. Sometimes he has to sate his own appetite, feed the growling beast within, stop the rumbly in his tumbly. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt obviously has its share of culinary delights throughout the journey, and soon, you'll be able to taste those dishes...
News The New Witcher Game's Lynx Medallion Has Already Sparked Mass Speculation
Cat's got the cream
Speculation has engulfed fans of The Witcher over the last 48 hours or so, following the announcement of a new game in CD Projekt Red's role-playing series. The developer has yet to reveal any details on the game itself — other than it's being made using Unreal Engine 5 — so all we've had to go on is the key art that dropped...
News New Witcher Game Announced, Developed on Unreal Engine 5
"A new saga"
The inevitable is happening: CD Projekt Red has announced that it's now developing a new instalment in its The Witcher series. The last mainline Witcher title, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released in 2015 for PlayStation 4 — and it's being re-released on PS5 this summer. The Polish developer states that this new game will be the...
News The Witcher 3's 'Final' Secret Uncovered Almost Seven Years Later
Blood, sweat, and wine
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be seven years old this May, but would you believe that its "final" secret has only just been discovered? The open world RPG is stuffed with all kinds of Easter eggs — but this particular oddity has taken players close to an entire console generation to track down. It all starts in the Blood...
News The Witcher Is Getting a New Single-Player Gwent Game in 2022
Deal with it
CD Projekt Red is set to release a new game from The Witcher franchise this year — and it's going to be another single-player Gwent title. The project — currently codenamed Golden Nekker — will be the developer's second attempt at creating an RPG based on the Gwent card game — a minigame that originated in The Witcher 3. 2018's...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Targets Q2 2022 Release Date
CDPR reiterates
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition — more commonly known as The Witcher 3's PlayStation 5 version — is targeting a second quarter 2022 release, CD Projekt Red has reiterated in its latest investor briefing. Just to be clear, that's anywhere from the the beginning of April until the end of June. Not hugely surprising...
News Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3 PS5 Versions Delayed into 2022
"We want to make it right"
This is not the official update that many of us were waiting for from CD Projekt Red. In what has no doubt been a difficult decision, the company has pushed back the release dates for both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition on PlayStation 5. The two current-gen ports were originally set to...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Release Date Could Be Close as Game Gets Age Rated in Europe and US
2021 after all?
Update 2: CD Projekt Red has confirmed that both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 for PS5 have been delayed into 2022. You can read more about the developer's statement through this link. So much for that! Update: The Witcher 3 for PS5 has now been given an ESRB age rating in the US, further solidifying speculation that a release...
News Netflix's The Witcher: Season 2 Saddles Up on 17th December
Signed and sealed
The second season of Netflix’s wildly popular The Witcher adaptation will air from 17th December, and here’s the teaser trailer you’ve probably been waiting for. Confirmed during this week’s WitcherCon, the show will see Henry Cavill once again reprise his role as the Butcher of Blaviken, as Geralt of Rivia is reunited with...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Will Include Free DLC Inspired by Netflix Show
Conjunction of the Spheres
CD Projekt Red has provided a small update on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for PlayStation 5. Its official name is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, and it'll feature updated box art of Geralt looking particularly pissed off (it's the image at the top of this article). But the juiciest detail here is that the...
News WitcherCon Announced for 9th July, Hopefully Has News on The Witcher 3 PS5
Toss a con to your Witcher
CD Projekt Red is teaming up with Netflix to bring us WitcherCon — a celebration of all things The Witcher. As you may already know, the Netflix series' second season is coming soon, so we imagine that this online event will probably focus on the live action show. But going by the announcement, it sounds like the games...
News The Witcher 3 PS5 Version Still on Track for 2021
Same with Cyberpunk
A quick update from CD Projekt Red's latest business call has reconfirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is set to arrive on PlayStation 5 in the latter half of this year. A hint of doubt regarding the next-gen title's release date had started to creep in following delays to Cyberpunk 2077's post-launch roadmap, but it sounds like...
Random You Can Run The Witcher 3 at 60FPS on PS5, But It Has to Be Unpatched
Geralt of here
Here's another interesting tale from the world of pre-patch gaming: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt runs at 60 frames-per-second on PS5 via backwards compatibility — but only if you're playing it with no updates installed. This means that the initial version of the game must have had an uncapped frame-rate, allowing the PS5 to push it well...
News The Witcher 3 Announced for PS5, Free Upgrade for PS4 Owners
That's what a Witcher would do
Blimey, this is not the news we expected to wake up to on a Friday morning. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting an enhanced PlayStation 5 version and anyone who already owns it on PlayStation 4 will receive a free upgrade to the enhanced version. It will come to PS5 at some point in 2021, meaning this is something to...
News Netflix Reveals The Witcher Spin-Off Series Named Blood Origin
1200 years before Geralt
The Witcher proved to be a gigantic success for Netflix, and with a second season confirmed for the future, that's not the only tale we'll be getting from the world inhabited by Geralt of Rivia. The streaming service has just announced The Witcher: Blood Origin, but this spin-off won't feature the famous monster slayer. The...
Interview Looking Back on The Witcher 3 with Lead Writer Marcin Blacha
For the game's fifth anniversary
Today marks the fifth anniversary of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's release. And to help celebrate, we managed to snag an interview with lead writer Marcin Blacha. We talk about the game's development, fond memories of its launch, Marcin's favourite Witcher 3 moments, and more. Push Square: First off, can you tell us...
Feature Replaying and Re-Reviewing The Witcher 3, Five Years Later
A witcher's work is never done
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released five years ago today, on the 19th May 2015. And seeing as it remains one of our favourite PlayStation 4 games of the generation, we thought that it would be worth revisiting CD Projekt Red's role-playing adventure. For the past few months, we've been dipping in and out of Geralt's...
News Only Coronavirus Can Slow Geralt, as The Witcher Production Is Halted by Netflix
Toss a cure to your Witcher
Production of the second anticipated season of Netflix’s The Witcher series has been temporarily paused due to coronavirus, Deadline reports. The show – which is being shot at Arborfield Studios in Wokingham, England – will be put on ice for two weeks but could be pushed back further depending on the latest...
News After Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red Is Probably Making a New Witcher Game
Developer drops hints
Cyberpunk 2077 is due to release this September, but once it's out, what's next for CD Projekt Red? Well, we already know that the developer has plans for updates and DLC, and that it's going to add a multiplayer component to the open world role-playing game -- but what about its next full project? Perhaps unsurprisingly, it...
News The Witcher 3 Cross-Save Feature Skips PS4
Remain routed
The Nintendo Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt got a rather nifty new feature today with its latest update, allowing players to bring over a save from the PC and continue their adventures on the go with the handheld system. That functionality won't be patched into the PlayStation 4 version, however. Speaking to USgamer, a CD...
Random From Games to Books, Fanmade Calculator Lets You Plan Your Entire Witcher Experience
That's a lot of Geralt
Finished with The Witcher on Netflix but you've got no idea what to do next? Desperate for more Geralt but you don't know how the original books tie into the video games? If you want more Witcher and you happen to have a lot of free time, then you may want to check out this handy fanmade calculator. Put together by fantasy...
Close to breaking top 10
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently enjoying an impressive revival off the back of the recent Netflix series. The highly rated role-playing title is almost five years old at this point, but age doesn't matter when people are going gaga for Geralt. Indeed, the latest UK sales charts give us a glimpse into just how popular...
Random Officially Licensed Real Life Swords from The Witcher 3 are Masterworks
Get your coin purse, Geralt
Just look at these swords. They're based on the Mastercrafted Wolven set from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and yes, they're 100 per cent real. Created by swordsmith Artur Wysocki, these handmade blades are officially licensed by CD Projekt Red -- the developer behind the games -- under the guise of Kaer Mohren Forge. The...
News The Witcher Tracking to Be Biggest Netflix Season One Ever
Toss a coin
Given the dramatic resurgence of the game, it’s hardly surprising to learn that The Witcher is on track to become Netflix’s most-watched Season One of all-time. The streaming juggernaut claims that 76 million households have now tuned in to at least two minutes of the adaptation, which may sound like a strange metric, but it’s...
Deal Start Reading The Witcher Novels with The Last Wish at a Low Price
Here we go, Yen
Well, you can’t say Amazon doesn’t have its head screwed on. The juggernaut retailer has reduced the price of the first The Witcher novel to just £3.00 in the UK, making it an impulse purchase for those looking to get into author Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy fiction. <products id="11646" style="list"> The Last Wish is a...
Bewitching
Earlier this week, there were more people playing CD Projekt RED’s outstanding open world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Steam than there’s ever been. This is a staggering statistic that bears repeating: on New Year’s Day the title accrued concurrents of around 102,000 players, which is the largest number it’s ever...
Random Turns Out The Witcher's Geralt Is a Member of the PC Master Race
Geralt of Nvidia
If, in some weird amalgamation of our world and that of The Witcher, Geralt was a gamer, what would be his preferred platform? We may never truly know the answer to that extremely obscure question, but we have the next best thing. Henry Cavill, who plays the titular character in Netflix's new fantasy series, was asked in an...
News The Witcher Netflix Show Sparks Huge Player Resurgence for The Witcher 3
Toss a coin to your Witcher
Have you been watching the Netflix series The Witcher this past weekend? What do you think of it? The adaptation of the book series may be dividing opinions critically, but we've seen nothing but positive praise from fans. It sounds like a success, and the show has even had an impact on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's player...
Round Up The Witcher Netflix Reviews Are All Over the Place
The verdicts are in
Netflix's adaptation of The Witcher is available for streaming right now, but is it any good? Henry Cavill stars as Geralt in the reworking of the book series, not the video games, and he is joined by the likes of Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg and Jodhi May playing Queen Calanthe. The streaming platform has already...
News CD Projekt Red Is Pulling the Plug on Gwent: The Witcher Card Game on PS4
Dealt a bad hand
CD Projekt Red has announced that it'll no longer be supporting the console versions of Gwent: The Witcher Card Game from the 9th December onward. The developer says that with the impending launch of the title on Android devices, and having just released Gwent on iOS, the company feels as though it simply won't be able to treat...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Already Renewed for Second Season
A witcher's work is never done
The Witcher's Netflix series launches next month, on the 20th December. It's set to arrive in style with eight episodes available to watch right off the bat -- but despite the fact that we haven't actually seen any of it yet, the show has already been signed up for a second season. This confirmation comes not long...
News The Witcher Netflix Series Already Has Seven Seasons Mapped Out
Geralt's got work to do
It's still to early to say whether Netflix's take on The Witcher will be a success or not, but that isn't ever going to stop studios from planning ahead. In an interview with entertainment magazine SFX (as reported by GamesRadar), showrunner Lauren Schmidt Hissrich has already mapped out seven whole seasons for the series. It...
