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News The Witcher 3's PS4 Patch 1.08 Fixes Potential Performance Issues
Geralt rides again
CD Projekt Red's only gone and dropped some details on The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt's upcoming patch 1.08, which is set to release in the near future. The update fixes a ton of stuff, but most notably, it supposedly helps with any performance loss that the last patch brought about. There's not much more to say this time around, so...
News Here Are Some Details on The Witcher 3's New Game Plus Mode
What will carry over?
As always, CD Projekt Red community coordinator Marcin Momot has delivered some juicy info regarding what's next for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. If you didn't know already, the game's final slice of downloadable content will be a new game plus mode, so that you can restart the title with some bonuses from your previous run - but...
News The Witcher 3's Getting New Game Plus as Free DLC
Return to the hunt
Great news for fans of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt as CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the title's getting a much requested new game plus option as free downloadable content. Given that the release features so many varying story and quest paths, many players have been asking for a way to replay the adventure without having to start...
News Bloody Hell, Your Next Free Witcher 3 DLC Is All About New Finishing Moves
Getting down and dirty
There are only two more pieces of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's downloadable content left, and this week's penultimate offering is likely going to be the most deadly that we've seen. Taking a step away from quests, bits of gear, and haircuts, the upcoming add-on will actually add new finishing moves to the game. If you're like...
News Everyone Should Be Able to Download The Witcher 3's PS4 Patch 1.07 Now
Rejoice
Well, after a weekend of broken dreams for many, it seems as though everyone should now finally be able to download the latest patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Most of us here at Push Square Towers managed to nab the update back on Friday night, but countless other PlayStation 4 users weren't so lucky. You can read about the biggest...
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.07 Apparently Damages the Game's Frame Rate
Update also still missing in action for many
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's newest patch, numbered 1.07, has been a hot topic over the weekend. Not only has the update been seemingly delayed in parts of Europe for no given reason, it's apparently also having a negative effect on the game's frame rate, according to tech experts
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.07's European Availability Issues Being Investigated
Unable to update? You're not alone
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a new PlayStation 4 patch – apparently. While some members of the Push Square team have been able to download it without a hiccup, others are still waiting for it to become available. And we're not the only ones with issues: dozens of people have got in contact with us via social...
Feature What Does The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.07 Do, And Is It an Improvement?
We've even got videos
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's newest patch is being rolled out on PlayStation 4, and luckily, we've managed to get it downloaded and installed. The update weighs in at a very hefty 7.5GB, and it promises an absolute ton of alterations and fixes. From a new movement mode for Geralt, to supposedly improved technical performance,...
News The Witcher 3's New PS4 Patch Is 7.5GB, and It's Out Now
Geralt rides again
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's new patch is out now on PlayStation 4, and it brings a slew of great changes to the already spectacular role-playing game. The update weighs in at a massive 7.5GB, so you may have to take a small break from hunting beasties to get it installed. The patch promises numerous improvements to Geralt's...
News The Witcher 3's Huge New PS4 Patch Will Be Available Just in Time for the Weekend
Start the clock
According to CD Projekt Red community manager Marcin Momot, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's latest PlayStation 4 patch should be available to download within the next 24 hours. The highly anticipated update, which includes a new movement mode for Geralt, huge inventory management tweaks, and alterations to Roach's artificial...
News This Week's Free Witcher 3 DLC's Specifically for Ciri
Looking good
This is going to be a pretty short news story, we're afraid. This week's free The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt downloadable content has been revealed, and it's an alternate outfit for main character Ciri. Rather than her usual, somewhat casual Witcher gear, you'll be able to dress the heroine up in some more rugged clothing. The add-on was...
News The Witcher 3's New PS4 Patch Is So Big It Puts Other Games to Shame
It never ends
As promised, CD Projekt Red has revealed the full patch notes for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's upcoming PlayStation 4 update - and it's an absolute monster. As such, we couldn't possibly begin to go into too much detail on this one or we'd be here all day, so we'll just skim the most important changes and leave the rest to you. For...
News The Witcher 3's Expansions Are Almost as Big as the Whole of The Witcher 2
The game that keeps on giving
Once again coming out with bold claims that we can actually believe, CD Projekt Red has revealed in an interview with Gamereactor that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's upcoming expansions will be "almost the size of The Witcher 2". Dishing out juicy bits of information was the Polish developer's Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, who...
News The Witcher 3 Is Going To Be Even Better With Its PS4 Patch 1.07
Coming soon
You've got to hand it to CD Projekt Red. The Polish developer's just detailed The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's newest patch, and it's sounding superb. Addressing some of the title's biggest remaining complaints, update 1.07 introduces a new movement mode for Geralt, player item storage, and even removes the weight of alchemy and crafting...
News This Week's Free Witcher 3 DLC Sounds Like it Could Include a Rather Good Quest
Cats and dogs
This week, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's only getting one slice of downloadable content, but it sounds like it could be pretty enjoyable. Dubbed 'Where the Cat and the Wolf Play', the new quest hints at a story that involves the respective Witcher schools of the Cat and Wolf. Consider our interest piqued. Of course, if you've already...
News Don't Forget to Download Your Free The Witcher 3 DLC on PS4
Available now in Europe and North America
Let's be honest, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's free DLC hasn't been worth shouting about – but it has kept CD Projekt Red's role-playing game in the news cycle every week. And we're going to play right into the Polish developer's hands by reminding you that there's a new batch of complimentary content...
News The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's PS4 Patch 1.05 Improves Gameplay Stability Today
More major updates on the way
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may have been succeeded by Batman: Arkham Knight as the new hotness, but CD Projekt Red is still pumping out updates for its open world adventure. A new patch – numbered v1.05 for those keeping count – will release on the PlayStation 4 later today, and will bring with it a variety of bug...
News The Witcher 3's PS4 Patch 1.05 Hunts Down Bugs In the Near Future
Squish squash
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's upcoming patch is a relatively small one, but it does fix numerous rather annoying little bugs. For starters, you no longer have to worry about getting rich, as the game won't reset your fortune by accident when you pass the 65535 crowns mark. What's more, Geralt's current outfit won't appear wet when you...
News This Week's Free Witcher 3 DLC Includes A Wolf School Gear Treasure Hunt
Howling for you
Fancy going on a treasure hunt? You do? Good, because that's what you'll be doing after you download The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's newest free downloadable content. This week, the title's two DLC sets include an alternate, classy new look for Triss, and a new quest that revolves around Wolf School Witcher gear. If you know the game...
News Dying Light, Mortal Kombat X, and The Witcher 3 Push Warner Bros to the Top Publisher Spot
Batman: Arkham Knight should keep the momentum going
Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment is taking the spot of top dog in the first half of 2015, according to The NPD Group. Thanks to the likes of Dying Light, Mortal Kombat X, and the more recent The Witcher 3, the company has risen to be the top-grossing US gaming software publisher of 2015 thus...
News Here's Your Free Witcher 3 PS4 DLC For This Week
Gwent for the masses
Ah, good old gwent. When Geralt isn't wandering around the wilderness cutting monsters to ribbons, you can usually find him challenging some hapless merchant to a game of cards. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's gwent is a rather addictive optional minigame, and it even features its own set of quests - some of which are impressively...
News The Witcher 3 Proves Monsters Mean Money, Sells 4 Million Copies in Two Weeks
That's a lot of crowns
In the words of Geralt of Rivia: not bad. Unsurprisingly marking CD Projekt Red's most successful release, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt sold four million copies during its first two weeks on the market. You can read our 10/10 review of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt through here The game's success may come as a bit of a shock to...
News For Your Own Safety, Don't Try to Slaughter Cows for Cash in The Witcher 3 on PS4
Moo-tilation
Oh dear, this is what you get for slaughtering innocent herbivores. An exploit in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that was used by many players in order to rack up some serious dosh, you could repeatedly kill a respawning group of cattle and sell their hides during your time in an early area of the game. However, with the title's latest...
Guide How to Make Easy Money in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PS4 Post Patch 1.04
Where to sell your wares
He, er, no longer sells sea shells from his Novigrad store. But that's okay, because we've found another little nifty trick that will enable you to maximise your profits in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on the PlayStation 4. While this one takes a little longer than the previous exploit, it guarantees you a tidy profit, which...
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Patch 1.04 Promises Performance Improvements, and It's Out Now
Right on cue
You have to hand it to CD Projekt Red - the Polish developer's been working like mad on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's post-launch support. Alongside free weekly downloadable content packs, the game's also racked up a few hefty patches on PlayStation 4. The latest update - numbered 1.04 - is available to download right now. It supposedly...
News Wait a Minute, The Witcher 3 Doesn't Have a Level Cap?
Kills for skills
A point that we've made countless times now: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a massive game. So massive, in fact, that Geralt's maximum level has been the point of much debate, purely because next to no one's managed to find and finish every available quest in the release. Indeed, quests are your main source of experience points in the...
News This Week's Free Witcher 3 DLC Has Been Detailed
Two more packs to fill your inventory with
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting two more pieces of free downloadable content this week, although they don't appear to be all that exciting. First up is the Nilfgaardian Armour Set, which seems to include two sets of armour - one for Geralt, and one for his ever-trusty steed, Roach. Much like the orderly...
News The Witcher 3 PS4 Framerate Issues Being Looked into by Dev
Patch v1.04 details announced
Despite some welcome performance improvements being implemented as part of patch v1.03, there are still some areas that cause the PlayStation 4 version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's framerate to chug. This is something that developer CD Projekt Red is looking into, and will likely be addressed in a future update...
News These Witcher 3 Glitches are Bloody Horrific
Why the long face?
We've seen some pretty dumb glitches during our time with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but nothing particularly nefarious. The same can't be said for often hilarious YouTube user Tyrannicon, however, who's put together a short video of non-playable characters and their long, melted faces. Complete with eerie music and dark, stormy...
News Smell That? It's a Free Witcher 3 PS4 Theme That You Can Download Right Now
Witcher senses are tingling
Much like Geralt of Rivia and his super sensitive senses, we could feel something in the air today when we hauled ourselves out of bed. No, funnily enough, it wasn't the stench of last night's leftover pizza - it was actually something better. Indeed, if you boot up the PlayStation Store right now, you should be able to...
News New Witcher 3 PS4 Patch Is Out in the Wild, Addresses Performance and Enlarges Text
Got your name on it
Well that didn't take very long, did it? The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's promised PlayStation 4 patch is available to download now - in Europe, at least. But have no fear North Americans, for CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the update will be released over on your end as soon as possible. The patch supposedly addresses the two most...
News Beware: Witcher 3 Spoilers Are Spreading Like a Plague Around the Internet
Worse than the pox
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a whole range of different endings depending on the choices that you make during your time with the game. However, the variety on offer hasn't stopped some very nasty spoiler posts from spreading incredibly quickly across the web, much like the horrific plagues that feature in Geralt's tale. Internet...
Guide How to Make Unlimited Money in The Witcher 3 on PS4
Cash back
Money makes the world go round – and that's true even if you're a badass Witcher such as our white haired friend, Geralt. You're going to need copious amounts of cash if you intend to get by in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on the PlayStation 4 – especially if you've decided to, ahem, "test" yourself on the upper difficulty tiers. Of...
News CD Projekt Red Hoping to Find The Witcher 3 PS4 Framerate and Font Size Fix
New patch in production
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's text is so tiny that you may need to push your nose right up against your television screen in order to read it. Look, this scribe may need to wear glasses while operating the computer, but that's more of an eyestrain thing – the reality is that this game's font is abnormally small, and we're not...
News The DualShock 4's Touchpad Is Your Pal in The Witcher 3 on PS4
Geralt's best friend
Ever since the PlayStation 4's announcement, the touchpad on the DualShock 4 has seemed like a bit of a gimmick. It's been employed, mostly, as a replacement for the select button since launch, but The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a few more uses for the responsive rectangle that you may not be aware of. Tapping it will, obviously,...
Talking Point Are You Enjoying The Witcher 3 on PS4 as Much as We Are?
Witch will it be
We reckon that reviews are important here at Push Square – we enjoy writing them, and it's even better if they're informative enough to help you to decide whether or not you want to splash your cash on a particular game. However, as with anything, we can't guarantee that you'll enjoy, or indeed hate, a release as much as we have...
News Don't Forget to Download The Witcher 3's Day One PS4 Patch
Bewitching
The day of reckoning has arrived here at Push Square Towers. Yes, if the stream of articles on the site's home page didn't already alert you, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is, er, out now. Of course, this can only mean one thing in the modern gaming industry: there's a day one patch to download. Fortunately, you won't have to wait too long to...
Soapbox The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's Physical Package Puts All Other Games to Shame
Above and beyond
I'm not overly thrilled at the fact that my age is beginning to increase against my will, but I am thankful that I'm old enough to appreciate physical media. It scares me somewhat that the kids growing up today may never know what it means to flick through the lyrics in a record sleeve or sniff the manual inside a brand new game...
News This Letter That Comes with The Witcher 3 Will Put a Smile on Your Face
No, thank you
If you haven't already noticed, we're massive fans of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt here at Push Square - so much so that we've deemed it a 'masterpiece' in our review. As such, we wish developer CD Projekt Red every success with the title's launch, and we've no doubt that many of you heard the game drop through your letterbox this morning,...
News Go Your Way in The Witcher 3's Launch Trailer
The Witcher and the wardrobe
We were half hoping for a spot of Fleetwood Mac in The Witcher 3's rousing 'Go Your Way' launch trailer – but we suppose that Ben Howard's a better fit. We've already posted more videos from CD Projekt Red's hotly anticipated role-playing release than we care to count, so we'll let this one do the talking for us...
News You'll Get Your First Pieces of Free The Witcher 3 DLC Tomorrow
Available for all PS4 owners
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an epic fantasy adventure that's already consumed associate editor Robert Ramsey's entire soul – seriously, he rocked up to work today with a white ponytail wielding a sword – but there'll be even more for you to sink your teeth into on launch day. Community lead Marcin Momot has confirmed...
Feature Do You Need to Play the First Two Games to Understand The Witcher 3 on PS4?
A legacy of blood
A question that we've seen asked around the Internet countless times: do you really need to play The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in order to understand The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt? Since the upcoming open world title is the first entry in the series to venture onto PlayStation platforms, the concern is...
First Impressions The Witcher 3 May Be One of the Best Games on PS4
Itchin' for a witchin'
It's as simple as the headline makes it seem: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is something special. Although we're not quite ready to forge our final opinion on the game, we've put together this relatively quick impressions piece for you, and hopefully, it'll give you a decent idea of what to expect from CD Projekt Red's open world...
Feature How Does The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Look and Run on PS4?
Witching business
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been bathed in critical acclaim over the last week or so, but one question that continues to pop up around the web concerns the game's performance on the PlayStation 4. Various reviews from other publications state that there are noticeable frame rate issues, and that bugs and glitches rear their ugly...
News There Aren't Enough The Witcher 3 PS4 Videos on This Site, So Have Another One
Broken record
Associate editor Robert Ramsey's usual The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video posting services have been temporarily revoked while he actually, y'know, plays the game for your critical consumption. This leaves fussy fantasy game hater Sammy Barker to regurgitate yet another YouTube video from the release and post it for your perusal pleasure...
News The Witcher 3's Latest and Possibly Last Trailer Is a Bit of a Masterpiece
By the light of the moon
We rag on CG trailers as much as anyone else, but we can usually forgive them when they've been preceded by more gameplay than our brain capacity can handle. As such, we're not too fussed that CD Projekt Red's let The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's new CG trailer loose. Plus, it's pretty bloody good. In truth, the video actually...
News The Witcher 3 Pre-Launch PS4 Patch Promises Numerous Performance Improvements
Witching business
By now, we all know that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt may have some technical issues on the PlayStation 4, which includes minor bugs, glitches, and, the most dreaded of all: a choppy frame rate. CD Projekt Red's recently gone on record saying that it's already addressed these issues, and a patch that's now available to download on...
News Wow, 35 Minutes of Witcher 3 PS4 Footage Takes Us from One Side of the Map to the Other
Leg it
We already know that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is one heck of a big game. The open world map apparently takes a good 20 minutes to travel from one end of it to the other on horseback, and that's without factoring in any strange happenings or tense fights with beasties. However, if you're not quite taken in by the sheer scale of CD Projekt...
News CD Projekt Red Reckons It's Already Fixed The Witcher 3's Supposed PS4 Frame Rate Issues
Burn the witch
Another blockbuster release, another rampant and potentially damaging technical discussion echoes across the internet. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was on the receiving end of a lot of praise yesterday when reviews from around the web went live, but all it took was one mention of the game sporting a supposedly choppy frame rate for people...
Round Up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt PS4 Reviews Echo Across the Land
The hunt is on
With the smell of blood in the air and the corpses of monsters littering the ground, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has finally been stabbed, skewered, and sliced in half by critics as they attempt to find out what makes CD Projekt Red's ambitious current-gen project tick. Fortunately for grizzled protagonist Geralt of Rivia, the Gods are...
