The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is real, it is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC on September 29th, 2026, and it is landing on Battle.net for the first time through a brand new partnership between CD Projekt Red and Blizzard Entertainment.
The September 29th date deserves its own moment of appreciation, because that is not a hopeful estimate or a fiscal year placeholder. That is five weeks from tonight. CD Projekt Red walked onto the Gamescom stage, revealed a full ground up remaster of one of the most beloved role playing games ever made, and then told the room they could have it before Halloween. The audacity alone is worth applauding.
The list of what is actually being overhauled in this remaster is substantial enough to justify the announcement even without the price conversation that comes later.
- Visuals have been rebuilt with denser foliage, improved lighting, better HDR output, and support for modern upscaling technology including DLSS 4.5 and FSR 4.
- Combat has been enhanced with new finishers and smoother mechanics across the board.
- Traversal and movement have been refined. Witcher Sign effects have been visually redone from scratch.
- Mount handling has been improved.
- Monster behaviors have been made more dynamic and unpredictable.
- The skill tree has received a full revamp.
- An expanded photo mode has been added.
And perhaps most significantly for anyone who has spent hours in this game grinding for the best gear only to look absolutely ridiculous wearing it, transmogrification is finally in, meaning players can now separate the appearance of their armor from its stats and actually dress Geralt like a person rather than a medieval scarecrow.
Now for the part that makes this announcement genuinely remarkable in the context of where the gaming industry currently sits. The remaster is free for existing owners across GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S. Not discounted. Not bundled into a new tier. Free. And for anyone who owns the base game without the expansions, both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are being included at no additional cost as part of the upgrade.
At a moment in time when the industry is actively debating whether eighty dollars is an acceptable standard price for a new release and whether locking in game storefronts behind hundred dollar premium editions is an acceptable content delivery strategy, CD Projekt Red responded by handing one of the most complete gaming packages ever assembled to its existing playerbase for nothing.
The announcement did not stop at the remaster either. A first look at Songs of the Past, a brand new Witcher 3 expansion set in an entirely new realm called Letten, was also revealed. Described as a place of rural tradition with something genuinely dark buried underneath its surface, Songs of the Past is targeting a 2027 release and is available to wishlist right now.
The Witcher 3 launched in 2015, has spent over a decade being the game that people point to when they want to explain what a truly complete open world role playing experience looks like, and is now preparing to reenter the conversation with a full remaster, a new platform, a new storefront, both of its acclaimed expansions included, and an entirely new chapter on the way.
