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Wednesday1st Nov 2023
News The Witcher 3's Tragically Misunderstood Rock Troll, Werewolf Get Dark Horse Figures
Surpisingly human
Dark Horse Direct has just unveiled the latest additions to its growing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt collection, adding the tragically misunderstood Rock Troll and Werewolf figurines to its roster. Both are made of lovingly detailed PVC, with the Werewolf measuring 12 inches in length and the more diminutive Rock Troll coming in at a...
Saturday29th Jul 2023
News PS Plus Premium Adds Four-Hour Trial for One of the Best RPGs Ever Made
Geralt of here
If you've somehow never played The Witcher 3, then you may be interested in knowing that a trial for the landmark RPG is now available through PS Plus Premium. The four-hour sample can be played on both PS5 and PS4, but it's worth noting that the PS5 version is the much enhanced Complete Edition, which launched last year. Now, four...
Wednesday19th Jul 2023
News The Witcher 3 PS5, PS4 Update 4.04 Is Out Now, Fixes Ray Tracing Mode
Get all the patch notes here
CD Projekt RED has today unleashed patch 4.04 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt across both PS5 and PS4 consoles. This update is designed to fix a number of minor issues relating to side quests, and on PS5 more specifically, improves the graphical mode that utilises ray tracing. The RPG should be more stable after loading a...
Monday3rd Jul 2023
Random Geralt of Rivia Gets Gorgeous Bishoujo Makeover in Figurine Form
Ciri's up next
Geralt of Rivia is getting a makeover like never before, with a high-end figurine of the character being rendered in bishoujo ("beautiful girl") style from specialist manufacturers Kotobukiya. In fact, Kotobukiya has partnered with CD Projekt to produce a range of figures (229mm tall) based on characters from the series, and Ciri is...
Thursday11th May 2023
News The Witcher 3 Patch 4.03 Fixes Autosave Stuttering on PS5, City Frame Rate, Visual Bugs
Out today
A new update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been released, and it promises to fix some very specific issues on PS5. Patch 4.03 aims to finally remove the annoying stutter that occurs when the game is autosaving, while also squashing the graphical bug that makes Geralt's character model flicker in the equipment screen. Hurrah! What's...
Wednesday26th Oct 2022
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...
Thursday8th Sep 2022
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...
Wednesday20th Jul 2022
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...
Monday18th Jul 2022
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...
Thursday19th May 2022
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...
Thursday14th Apr 2022
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...
Wednesday6th Apr 2022
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...
Monday21st Mar 2022
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...
Friday28th May 2021
News All Signs Point to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PS Now
Toss a coin to your subscription
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt appears to be coming to PS Now, as part of the subscription’s 1st June update. A leaked lineup shared on the service’s Reddit page shows the open world RPG as the flagship addition, where it’s flanked by a trio of Sonic titles. It’s worth noting that this image was uploaded prior to...
Monday14th Dec 2020
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...
Wednesday19th Feb 2020
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...
Wednesday5th Feb 2020
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...
Monday27th Jan 2020
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...
Friday24th Jan 2020
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...
Monday23rd Dec 2019
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...
Tuesday15th Oct 2019
News The Witcher 3's Writing Team Was Worried the Game Didn't Have Enough Content
Geralt of here
In a lengthy and impressively detailed interview over on Eurogamer, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead writer Jakub Szamalek has opened up on the development of CD Projekt Red's masterful role-playing game. Szamalek tells some great stories, revealing that no one on the writing team wanted to pen the title's sex scenes, and that Geralt and...
Wednesday11th Sep 2019
News The Witcher 3 Dev CD Projekt Red Hates Fetch Quests Just as Much as You Do
“We. Don’t. Do. Fetch. Quests!”
Nobody likes them, do they? Boring old fetch quests are the worst part of any RPG, tasking you with simply visiting a location, picking something up after fighting off a couple of waves of enemies, and returning that worthless pendant to the admittedly friendly fellow you bumped into in the town square. Luckily,...
Wednesday12th Jun 2019
E3 2019 The Witcher III: Wild Hunt's Sales Surpass 20 Million Units
Gwent a bit mad
Just how big was The Witcher III: Wild Hunt for CD Projekt RED? Well, current data from the Polish developer pegs the epic open worlder at over 20 million units – that’s more than half the entire series’ lifetime sales to date. Of course, the statistic takes into account the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC versions of the title...
Wednesday8th May 2019
News CD Projekt Red Opens Merch Store, Japanese-Themed Witcher Figure Is Ridiculously Cool
Geralt's on a different path
Long time readers of Push Square will know that we're not the biggest fans of video game-related merchandise (unless it's a sweet t-shirt or hoodie, obviously) but we've got to give it up to CD Projekt Red for this 'Geralt Ronin' figure. What a beaut. The figure currently stars as a limited offer on the developer's...
Tuesday5th Mar 2019
News PlayStation Publishes Another Witcher Video, This Time Detailing the Series' Success
Geralt rides again
Anyone else find it a bit strange that PlayStation is publishing videos about CD Projekt Red and The Witcher? We don't want to read too much into it, but the Polish developer has a history of working with Microsoft and Xbox when it comes to promoting its games, so maybe something's... Changed? Probably not, but it's weird to see...
Monday4th Mar 2019
News The Voice of Geralt Documents Origins of Witcher Dev CD Projekt Red in Cool New Video
Witcher business
PlayStation's released something of a mini-documentary on The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red. Clocking in at around five minutes, the video's narrated by Doug Cockle, who fans will know as the voice of Geralt. It's an interesting watch, as studio co-founder Marcin Iwinski details the company's incredibly humble origins. One of...
Tuesday26th Feb 2019
News The Witcher 3, Gwent, and Thronebreaker Soundtracks Added to Spotify
Witcher business
CD Projekt Red has brought three of its excellent soundtracks to Spotify. Search up the developer's name and you should find a trio of albums: one for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one for Gwent: The Witcher Card Game, and one for the recently released Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Wild Hunt's soundtrack is a live version, while the...
Thursday7th Feb 2019
News CD Projekt Red Set to Compensate The Witcher Author Following Legal Dispute
He's not getting $16 million, though
Back in October of last year, we reported on a bit of a kerfuffle between The Witcher video game developer CD Projekt Red and author of The Witcher books Andrzej Sapkowski. Basically, Sapkowski wasn't happy with how much money he'd received from the studio in order to use his work as the basis for its games. A...
Tuesday4th Sep 2018
News The Witcher Netflix Series Casts Henry Cavill of Superman Fame as Geralt
Geralt of Rivia, witcher
We don't usually cover stuff like this, but this news has raised a few eyebrows here at the Push Square office. As many of you are no doubt already aware, Netflix is making a series based on The Witcher. Regular readers will know that we're huge fans of the games -- particularly The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- and we reckon...
