NVIDIA GeForce has released a trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, which will launch on September 29 with support for NVIDIA Path Tracing and DLSS 4.5. The remaster includes advanced ray tracing technologies, overhauled combat animations and skill trees, cross-platform mod support, and free upgrades for existing owners.
All announced changes for The Witcher 3: Remastered
Visual enhancements
Enhanced combat system
Improved movement and scene traversal
Completely overhauled mount controls
Optimized monster behavior
Overhauled skill tree
Gear transmog system
Expanded Photo Mode
New combat finishers
Cross-platform mod support
Immersive Meditation
Optimized animations
New quest tracking feature
UI improvements
Overhauled loot system
Updated motion blur effects
New accessibility features
Texture upgrades
Overhauled vegetation shadow system
Modernized tutorial content
Improved HDR effects
GTAO (Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion)
Optimized menu navigation
Improved ray tracing effects
Overhauled global illumination system
New shading models
Subsurface Scattering
New tone mapper
PS5 Pro support
Xbox Play Anywhere support
Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive features added
Support for NVIDIA DLSS 4.5
Support for AMD FSR 4
Support for Intel XeSS 2.0
Path tracing support on PC
Ray Reconstruction support on PC
Ray-traced hair support
Native DX12 support
Render parallelization
The third story expansion for The Witcher 3, A Ballad of Old Times, is scheduled to launch sometime next year. Its scale and content volume will be comparable to the game's previous two expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. The expansion is currently planned for a 2027 release, having been originally slated for 2026.
Many questions remain regarding A Ballad of Old Times, with one of the most pressing being how its story will connect to The Witcher 4, where Ciri replaces Geralt as the protagonist. CDPR has recently confirmed that the target release window for The Witcher 4 is 2028.
