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Wednesday16th May 2018
News The Witcher 3 Patch 1.62 Makes Further PS4 Pro Enhancements
It never ends
We're never going to stop writing about The Witcher 3, are we? In what is surely the game's final PlayStation 4 patch (we've said that at least twice now), developer CD Projekt Red has further enhanced the title's performance on PS4 Pro. According to the Polish studio, update 1.62 increases draw distance for foliage, making...
Wednesday11th Apr 2018
News The Witcher 3 Finally Gets Its PS4 HDR Patch, Also Improves Performance
And fixes potential crashes
Well, this is it. This is most likely going to be the last ever article that we pen about updates for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and let's be honest, it's about time. Next month the game will be three years old, and developer CD Projekt Red has finally pushed out the title's long awaited HDR patch on PlayStation 4...
Thursday29th Mar 2018
News That Witcher 3 PS4 HDR Patch Is Still Happening, By the Way
But where the heck is it?
Remember that PS4 Pro HDR update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that CD Projekt Red announced ages ago? Well, it's still coming according to the developer. Always informative community lead Marcin Momot posted on Twitter saying that the patch is indeed still in development, it's just taking longer than the team...
Tuesday6th Mar 2018
Rumour Geralt from The Witcher Could Guest Star in an Upcoming Game
But which one?
The community lead for CD Projekt Red has the Internet all riled up, as he suggests in a tweet that Geralt of Rivia could venture outside of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and into an upcoming 2018 title. While some fans are speculating that this could mean we might see him in Cyberpunk 2077, the current favourite suggestion is that...
Tuesday27th Feb 2018
News The Witcher 3 PS4 HDR Patch Is Still Happening
CD Projekt Red hasn't forgotten
All the way back in December of last year, CD Projekt Red revealed that it would be releasing one more update for The Witcher 3 on PlayStation 4. Said patch would bring HDR support to the game, enhancing the experience for those who make use of HDR displays. However, we're now nearing the end of February 2018 and...
Tuesday20th Feb 2018
News Geralt in a Bathtub, Soon to Be on Your Desk in Figure Form
Soak it up
Well would you look at that, it's a figurine of Geralt having a bath. Spotted at the New York Toy Fair by Polygon, the figure depicts one of the early scenes from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, in which protagonist and grizzled warrior Geralt enjoys a good old soak. Unfortunately, if you were banking on spying the bits that his...
Wednesday20th Dec 2017
News The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to Secure PS4 HDR Support Soon
Geralt's never looked so good
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be updated with HDR support “soon”, developer CD Projekt RED has revealed. While it’s pledged the enhanced graphical feature for the supercharged PlayStation 4 Pro only, we’re going to assume that the functionality will be made available on the base PS4 as well – after all, the...
Friday13th Oct 2017
News The Witcher 3 Is Getting Another PS4 Pro Patch, This Time to Fix Crashes
It never ends
At first, CD Projekt Red said that it wasn't going to release a PS4 Pro patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Then it said that it would. Then we waited a few months. Then the patch came out around a week ago and everyone lived happily ever after. Well, not quite. It turns out that for some players, the Pro update actually introduced a...
Friday6th Oct 2017
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro Patch Provides Resolution Boost, but Hurts Framerate in Places
Not quite perfect
That update that CD Projekt Red initially said it wouldn't release is now available to download. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's latest patch adds PS4 Pro support, providing a lovely boost in resolution if you're playing the game on Sony's supercharged system. Digital Foundry reports that the difference in image quality is reasonably...
Wednesday4th Oct 2017
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro Patch Promises 4K Support and Better Performance, Out Now
Geralt a load of that
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's promised PS4 Pro support patch is now available to download. CD Projekt Red has told Eurogamer that the update provides a resolution bump and a performance boost. A representative said: "When playing the game on a PS4 Pro system, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and all its additional content...
Friday8th Sep 2017
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro Patch Is Coming Soon
Word from CD Projekt Red
If you've been holding off on starting a new run of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, then we have potentially good news for you: the game's PS4 Pro patch should arrive in the near future. The update, which was promised by CD Projekt Red back when it was revealed that the title would receive Xbox One X enhancements, is set to...
Monday4th Sep 2017
News The Witcher Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary with Heartfelt Video Featuring Geralt
Thanks for the memories
It's a notion that's been thrown around for years, but that doesn't make it any less true: CD Projekt Red really is a class act. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Witcher series of games, the studio has released a specially-made video to mark the occasion. It features Geralt and many of his friends as they pass on a...
Friday7th Jul 2017
Weirdness Swords and Underpants, That's All a Real Witcher 3 Player Needs
Geralt of here
Good golly, and we thought we were tough for finishing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Blood and Broken Bones difficulty. YouTube user Aeraloth has uploaded an almost two-hour video that shows them battering every single boss on Death March difficulty - expansions included - with a barely clothed Geralt and next to no sign usage...
Monday12th Jun 2017
E3 2017 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Will Loot a PS4 Pro Update
CD Projekt RED confirms
We took CD Projekt RED to task yesterday when it revealed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt would be updated for Xbox One X, after it had insinuated previously that it didn’t have time to support the PlayStation 4 Pro. Fortunately, it looks like the Polish developer has had a total change of heart, and will support Sony’s...
E3 2017 The Witcher 3 Will Get Xbox One X Support, Despite Dev's Stance on PS4 Pro
We thought you were cool, CD Projekt RED
Here’s a thing: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was one of the games listed that will be upgraded for the Xbox One X, the new mid-gen upgrade from Microsoft. But back when the PlayStation 4 Pro launched, many people asked developer CD Projekt RED if it would pledge similar support for Sony’s supercharged system...
Monday19th Sep 2016
News 'No Plans' For The Witcher 3 PS4 Pro Patch, Says Developer
No 4K sunsets for you
CD Projekt Red says that it has "no plans" to release a performance boosting patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt when the PlayStation 4 Pro launches. That's according to Reddit user govind1262, who emailed the studio asking whether a Pro update is a possibility. The developer's reply reads: "Our teams are currently working very...
News The Witcher Now Has a Postage Stamp in Poland
The legend lives on
In case you didn't know, The Witcher is kind of a big deal over in Poland. One of the country's most successful entertainment exports, CD Projekt Red's video game franchise - which is based upon a series short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski - really hit the big time with last year's The Witcher 3: Wild...
Tuesday30th Aug 2016
News Relive the Greatness of The Witcher 3 with Its Final Trailer
What a ride
This could potentially be the last ever article we write about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which seems a little sad when you consider that we've been covering the game for over a year now. It's not hard to argue that CD Projekt Red's sublime role-playing release has raised the bar for the genre, and if you haven't yet delved into The...
News The Witcher 3 Loots One Last Patch on PS4
Geralt's goodbye
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has had a good run, hasn't it? Since the game launched all the way back in May of 2015, developer CD Projekt Red has supported it with a ton of free downloadable content, two superb expansions, and numerous updates that have both fixed and added a huge amount of stuff. And with the deserved Game of the Year...
Tuesday16th Aug 2016
News Your Witcher 3 Save Files Won't Work with the Complete Edition
Damn and blast
Just a quick heads-up if you plan on nabbing the upcoming Complete Edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: save files will not carry over between the two versions. According to CD Projekt Red community lead Marcin Momot, the original game and the Complete Edition will be treated as separate products, so your PlayStation 4 will...
Thursday11th Aug 2016
News The Witcher 3: Game of the Year Edition Hunts on PS4 This Month
You knew this was coming
The inevitable announcement is here: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a Game of the Year edition, which comes complete with all available downloadable content, including the title's two big expansions. Needless to say that if you plan on picking this package up, then you'll want to make some room on your PlayStation 4's...
Wednesday6th Jul 2016
News The Witcher III Will Get a PS4 Game of the Year Edition Deserving of Its Name
Triss-tastic
We didn't vote The Witcher III: Wild Hunt as our Game of the Year – that coveted accolade went to the unbelievably good Bloodborne – but it came mighty close. We're also comfortable admitting that we were in the minority – the last we read, over 240 individual publications had awarded CD Projekt Red's fantasy epic their top gong...
Monday20th Jun 2016
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.22 Is Available to Download Now
Bugs begone
What could well be the final game update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available to download right now on PlayStation 4. The patch weighs in at about 3.4GB, and as detailed last week, it aims to fix various bugs that are present in both the base release and the recent Blood and Wine expansion. If you're eager to see the full list of...
Wednesday15th Jun 2016
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.22 Attempts to Fix Almost Every Remaining Bug
One more time
CD Projekt Red has released the patch notes for what could be The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's final game update. Patch 1.22 - which is expected to release on PlayStation 4 fairly soon - aims to fix numerous gameplay and quest related bugs, many of which have popped up in the title's final expansion, Blood and Wine. As always, it's nice to...
Wednesday8th Jun 2016
News The Witcher 3's Standalone Gwent Game Seems to Be Real
Cue the music
We've had a lot of hints over the last few months that CD Projekt Red is working on a standalone project based on Gwent - a collectible card game that's featured in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Supposedly, the title is going to be revealed at E3 2016, but it looks as though it's leaked ahead of time. As spotted by NerdLeaks, the name...
News The Witcher 3 Is Getting Another Patch on PS4 Soon
They just keep comin'
CD Projekt Red sounds like its on a bug hunt right now, as community lead Marcin Momot has revealed that the developer is currently working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's next update. The title's second and final expansion, Blood and Wine, released last month, and perhaps unsurprisingly, it came with a few issues that players...
Monday30th May 2016
News The Witcher 3's Impressive Patch 1.20 Is Available to Download Now on PS4
Revamped menus, level scaling options, and more
With Blood and Wine out tomorrow on PlayStation 4, it's probably a good job that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's latest patch has gone live today on Sony's system. Update version 1.20 brings a wealth of improvements to Geralt's adventure, including a completely revamped inventory menu. If you want to take a...
Friday27th May 2016
News A Year Later, The Witcher 3 Gets One of Its Biggest PS4 Patches Ever
Better than ever
You've got to hand it to CD Projekt Red; when it comes to supporting its games, the Polish studio deserves all the praise that it gets. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now over a year old, and it's about to get a huge patch on PlayStation 4 that tweaks and fixes a load of different things for the better. The update obviously prepares...
Tuesday24th May 2016
News Rock Out to The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine's Brilliant But Gory Launch Trailer
A messy business
Presumably our last look at The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Blood and Wine before it launches at the end of the month, the expansion's launch trailer is bound to get the red stuff pumping. The clip's short but sweet, offering ominous narration and a look at some of the add-on's grizzly new foes. Naturally, vampires are all over the...
Friday20th May 2016
News The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine will Bite into About 15GB of Your PS4 Hard Drive
Smaller patch also incoming
Well it wasn't going to be small, was it? Blood and Wine, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's final expansion, will take up 10-15GB of your PlayStation 4's hard drive, CD Projekt Red has confirmed. In other words, you'll want to set some time aside to get this one downloaded before you jump into Geralt's last big adventure...
