As if making a new DLC for a game from 2015 wasn’t enough, CD Projekt RED has seen it fit to announce a huge upgrade too, with the free Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt – Remastered update being one of the standouts at Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live.
The fact that it was such big news against a slew of new titles just goes to show how beloved The Witcher 3 is by fans, and how long of a tail it has, something no doubt helped by The Witcher Netflix series.
To think Geralt actor Doug Cockle was being coy with us in an interview!
It’s also the best Witcher content we can expect for a hot minute, as CD Projekt RED also recently announced The Witcher 4 release window, which is still some time away.
It’s not the only Witcher that’s on the horizon either, as The Witcher Season 5 has reportedly been delayed, and there’s little mention made of The Witcher remake anywhere.
But we can hardly complain considering all the free Geralt goodies we’re gettings — as for what freebies to expect, read on!
When is The Witcher 3 free update release date
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered free update release date is 29 September 2026.
This is very timely, as earlier in the month, The Blood of Dawnwalker launches, and no doubt we’ll all be keen for some more Witcher-alumni action once we’ve gotten through Rebel Wolves's debut game.
If it’s your first time playing the game, then you’ll be glad to know that the two prior DLCs, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, are also free. GTA 6 better watch out!
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The trailer goes over most of what’s new in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt – Remastered, though it does add "and so much more!" after revealing a big long list, so there might be a few things we don’t know about.
Below is everything brought up in the trailer for your convenience:
- Upgraded visuals
- Enhanced combat
- Improved travel and movement
- Revamped mount handling
- Enhanced monster behaviours
- Skill tree revamp
- Expanded photo mode
- New finishers
- Cross platform mod support
- Immersive meditation
- Refined animations
- New quest tracking
- Refreshed motion blur
- New accessibility features
- Updates textures
- Foliage shading rework
- Improved menu navigation
- Ray tracing improvements
- Global lighting rework
- New shading model
- Subsurface scattering
- New tone mapper
- Nvidia DLSS 4.5
- Intel XeSS 2.0
- Path tracing on PC
- Ray-traced hair
- Rendering parallelisation
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