CD Projekt Red shocked everyone watching and attending gamescom Opening Night Live when they announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered. Expected to release on September 29, 2026, The Witcher 3 Remastered offers an extensive list of changes, enhancements, and improvements.
This remastered release features upgraded visuals, enhanced combat, improved traversal and movement, new sign effects, revamped mount handling, enhanced monster behaviors, a revamped skill tree, transmogrification, an expanded photo mode, new finishers, and more. It will be available on all platforms where The Witcher 3 is currently offered, including Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and now also Battle.net. Additionally, a native release for Switch 2 is in the works and will provide a free upgrade path for those who own The Witcher 3 on the original Switch.
CD Projekt Red has additional news: Starting tonight, the first two expansions for The Witcher 3 are now free for anyone who owns the base game. This offer applies to all players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. If you didn't previously own these expansions, they're now yours. However, you might want to hold off on playing them for just one more month until the remastered version arrives.
The gamescom goodies did not end there. As expected, CD Projekt Red also shared a fresh look at Songs of the Past, a new expansion coming in 2027 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past brings the famed monster slayer to Letten, where he discovers a wealth of new quests, characters, and secrets to uncover. But the Path is never straightforward, and just below the surface lurks something sinister...
Songs of the Past is being co-developed alongside Fool's Theory. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered is being co-developed alongside Yigsoft.
A teaser for Songs of the Past was also shared at gamescom Opening Night Live and revealed the brand new region of Letten. This idyllic land is rich in rural tradition and folklore, and its people enjoy a fulfilling life of bountiful harvests and lavish festivals. But a dark secret lurks just beneath the surface, and Geralt must overcome never-before-seen foes as he fights to overcome its long-dormant evil.
