The Witcher 3 Next-Gen (Xbox Series X|S) News Articles
Thursday15th Oct 2026
News The Witcher 3 Remastered Update Targets 'Poor Image Clarity' On Xbox Series S
A witcher must keep their eyesight sharp, lest they need a prescription from Specsavers
CD Projekt Red has whipped up and released a hotfix for The Witcher 3 Remastered, specifically addressing issues with the Xbox Series S version. The Xbox Series S specific patch is intended to improve issues with overall image clarity. According to a few...
Monday5th Oct 2026
News Five Key Fixes Are Currently Being Worked On For The Witcher 3 Remastered
"We’re aiming to address many of these in the next update."
It's been almost a week now since The Witcher 3 Remastered arrived on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with other platforms) as a free update, adding tons of new features and a visual refresh to the 2015 classic. CD Projekt Red isn't stopping there though, with another five key...
Tuesday29th Sep 2026
News The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Out Now On Xbox Series X|S, And Here's How To Download It
Time to go back to Witcher school?
In case you somehow missed it, the freshly remastered version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is out now on Xbox, and is a free update for all those who already own the critically acclaimed RPG. On the Xbox Store, we've already noticed the Witcher 3 Complete Edition's page has been updated, and now shows The Witcher...
Monday28th Sep 2026
Roundup The First Reviews Are In For The Witcher 3 Remastered
Ahead of its release on Tuesday
One of the massive releases of this week is The Witcher 3 Remastered, and ahead of its launch on Tuesday, the first reviews for this huge update have begun filtering in over the past few hours. Just to remind you, the update is free for anyone who owns the digital version (and seemingly the physical version) of The...
Friday25th Sep 2026
News CDPR Announces Release Times & Update Sizes For The Witcher 3 Remastered
We'll be playing it as soon as next Tuesday
Ready for The Witcher 3 Remastered?! The massive free update for The Witcher 3 will officially arrive on Tuesday, September 29th, and CD Projekt Red has also now revealed the release times and update sizes for this version. The times are the same for every platform, and they equate to 3am PDT / 6am EDT /...
Tuesday1st Sep 2026
News CDPR Reveals New Details About The Xbox Version Of The Witcher 3: Remastered
Including how saves and Xbox achievements will transfer
One of the biggest announcements of Gamescom 2026 week was that of The Witcher 3: Remastered, which officially arrives on September 29th as a free upgrade for those who already own the game (at least digitally, and seemingly even physically) on Xbox and other platforms. Today, the Community...
Thursday27th Aug 2026
News The Witcher 3's Phenomenal DLC Is Now Completely Free On Xbox Ahead Of Remaster
Can't argue with freebies
As if The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's current-gen upgrade wasn't already awesome enough, CD Projekt Red has announced a free Witcher 3 Remaster coming next month, with an all-new DLC Songs of the Past scheduled for 2027. But to top it all off, both Hear
Wednesday27th May 2026
News The Witcher 3 Is Getting A Brand-New Expansion On Xbox, 12 Years After Release
Listen out for Songs of the Past
CD Projekt RED has surprise-announced a third major expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - more than a decade since its last DLC release in 2016's Blood and Wine. The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past is due out in 2027 — 12 years after the initial launch of TW3 — and is being developed in collaboration with...
Thursday25th Sep 2025
News The Witcher 3 Is Getting Mod Support On Xbox, But It's Been Delayed To 2026
"Thank you for your patience!"
Continuing its celebrations in relation to 10 years of The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red has announced a new cross-platform mod program - and it'll bring mods to Xbox consoles for the very first time. Yep, The Witcher 3 Next-Gen will soon support in-game mods downloaded via the mod.io platform. Fellow open-world affair...
Friday23rd May 2025
News The Witcher 3 Xbox Controller Sells Out, Instantly Targeted By Scalpers
The price has increased massively in some countries
Yesterday's announcement of The Witcher 3's two new Xbox controllers (celebrating the franchise's 10th anniversary) proved extremely popular, to the point where they've started selling out in multiple regions already. The problem is that they're exclusive to the Microsoft Store, meaning that when...
Thursday22nd May 2025
News Xbox Adds More Dynamic Backgrounds Based On Third-Party Hits
Take a look
Xbox's library of dynamic backgrounds for the Series X and S has slowly expanded over time and we're now also regularly getting third-party designs. With this in mind, the latest two designs are based on the Atlus RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio and The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, with the Witcher background focused around the game's 10th...
Tuesday20th May 2025
News Witcher 3 Celebrates 10 Years On Xbox With A Special Anniversary Trailer
What's your fondest memory?
Before Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red was crafting The Witcher 3 and while it's now focused on the development of the next major entry in the series, it's taken a brief moment out of its busy schedule to pay its respects to Geralt's third outing. It's now been 10 years since this particular title made its original debut...
Thursday15th May 2025
News The Witcher 3 Drops To 'Lowest Price Ever' In Unbelievable Xbox Deal
If you haven't bought it yet, now's the time
The Witcher 3 is arguably one of the greatest games we've ever seen on Xbox, but if you've yet to play it for whatever reason, now's surely the time - it's dropped to its lowest price ever as part of an incredible new Xbox deal. Included via this week's new batch of mid-May Xbox sales, The Witcher 3 is...
Friday21st Jun 2024
News The Witcher 3 Dev Concedes 'Best-Rated RPG DLC', Congratulates FromSoftware In The Process
"Elden Ring gets to wear that crown now"
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree is currently the highest-rated Xbox release of 2024 according to Metacritic, and in the process, it's become the best-reviewed expansion of all time. Prior to this new DLC champion, The Witcher 3: Blood & Wine was the frontrunner for RPGs, and CD Projekt Red has now endorsed...
Wednesday26th Jul 2023
News CD Projekt Red Says 'Overstaffing' Issues Will Result In 100 Job Losses
"Roughly 9% of the entire team"
The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has announced today that around 100 people will soon lose their jobs at the studio, as the company simply "[doesn't] have other opportunities for them in the next year". The news was revealed in a lengthy statement from CEO Adam Kiciński a few hours ago:...
Thursday20th Jul 2023
News Free Play Days: Try These Xbox Games For Free (July 20-23)
Included with Xbox Live Gold & Game Pass Ultimate
Xbox Free Play Days is back once again, and this week's selection is the best we've seen in months! The headlining act this weekend is The Witcher 3 Complete Edition, which includes the recently released next-gen version. We also have Behaviour Interactive's new title Meet Your Maker, alongside a...
News The Witcher 3's New Update (4.04) Comes With A Minor Xbox Series X Fix
Here's everything included in Patch 4.04
Although CD Projekt Red is busy with Cyberpunk 2077's new expansion, it's still giving The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt plenty of love. The latest patch for all platforms including the Xbox and next-gen versions of the game is now live. While Patch 4.04 is mostly focused on delivering the "long-awaited" Netflix...
Thursday11th May 2023
News The Witcher 3 Update 4.03 Continues To Improve Xbox Series X|S Performance
Here are the full patch notes
The Witcher 3 Next-Gen finally dropped at the tail end of last year, and it was a largely impressive port even if some performance issues did present themselves around launch. In the months since, CD Projekt RED has been working to improve the experience on Xbox Series X|S, and another fresh update is rolling out today,...
Wednesday5th Apr 2023
News The Witcher 3's Latest Patch Is A Big Upgrade For Xbox Series X, Confirms Digital Foundry
"The best experience we've seen yet"
The Witcher 3's 4.02 update arrived for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S back in March, promising improved visuals and performance, and Digital Foundry has confirmed that it's a big upgrade - at least for Xbox Series X. The report only focuses on the Series X and PS5 versions, with the big benefit of this patch...
Monday13th Mar 2023
News The Witcher 3 New Update (4.02) Improves Visuals & Performance On Xbox Series X|S
It's being "rolled out" right now
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has received a surprise update across all platforms today, and it brings some interesting improvements to Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S (along with PS5) in terms of both visuals and performance. You can see the full list of patch notes for update 4.02 below, which includes highlights like...
Monday13th Feb 2023
News The Witcher 3 Update 4.01 Is 'Baffling', Worsens Performance Mode On Xbox Series X
Not quite smooth sailing
At the beginning of the month, CD Projekt RED deployed a brand new The Witcher 3 patch for current-gen consoles, with one of the update's major objectives being to improve the game's ray tracing mode. While update 4.01 seems to have done that fairly successfully, it's made some 'baffling' changes to the game's 60FPS...
Thursday2nd Feb 2023
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Patch Improves Ray Tracing Performance On Xbox Series X
Amongst other fixes & changes
CD Projekt RED has detailed its latest The Witcher 3 Next-Gen patch, and it brings with it some very welcome performance improvements for console players - notably in the game's ray tracing mode on Xbox Series X. Update 4.01 also makes changes to the game's screen space reflection quality, which applies to both the...
Friday6th Jan 2023
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Physical Version Arriving 'Late January' On Xbox
According to a new statement from CDPR
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt finally got a proper next-gen port last month, with developer CD Projekt Red toiling away on the upgrade throughout 2022. The Witcher 3 Next-Gen initially arrived as a digital update in December, and now, CDPR has confirmed a new physical edition of the game. In a statement provided to
Wednesday28th Dec 2022
News The Witcher 3 Xbox Series S Comparison Shows Mixed Results For CDPR's 'Next-Gen' Update
Is this a 'next-gen' experience?
Shortly after performing a full analysis of The Witcher 3 Next-Gen on Xbox Series X and PS5, those folks over at Digital Foundry are back to do a full once over of the Xbox Series S version of CD Projekt RED's RPG. Much like the Series X and PS5 analysis showed us, The Witcher 3 on Xbox Series S is a bit of a mixed...
Wednesday14th Dec 2022
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Is Out Now For Xbox Series X And Series S
And the new photo mode is going down a treat!
The Witcher 3 Next-Gen has been one of the most anticipated launches of the year, despite the original game coming out more than seven years ago! It's no surprise really, given how loved The Witcher 3 is as one of the best Xbox RPGs. Well, it's finally out and players have already been enjoying what...
Tuesday13th Dec 2022
News The Witcher 3 For Xbox Series S Contains Impressive 60FPS Performance Mode
"It's a really, really good new-gen upgrade"
The Witcher 3's next-gen upgrade may not be out in the wild just yet (it arrives real soon), but several outlets have already gone hands on with the new version ahead of its launch later this week. That includes The Xbox Tester, who has been putting the Xbox Series S upgrade through its paces. Although...
Monday12th Dec 2022
News CDPR Details 'The Witcher 3 Next-Gen' Feature List With Update 4.0 Patch Notes
Here's all the info
The Witcher 3 Next-Gen is almost here, with CDPR set to deliver the game's big Xbox Series X|S overhaul later this week on December 14th. Ahead of the native current-gen version's release, the team has detailed all the big features coming to this new edition of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. <related ids="142444"> There's...
Monday5th Dec 2022
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen 'Impresses Hugely' For Xbox Series X In Digital Foundry Preview
"Truly looks and plays better than ever before"
We're only just over a week away from the launch of The Witcher 3 Next-Gen for Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and Digital Foundry has had a chance to go hands-on with the free update prior to its December 14th release date. Basically, it's good news! The outlet says that the new version "impressed...
Friday25th Nov 2022
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Looks Even More Impressive In Side-By-Side Comparison
There are some major improvements!
The Witcher 3 may well be seven years old at this point, but most would argue it's still a pretty good-looking game today, even on Xbox One. However, the team at CDPR has just showcased a first glimpse at its Witcher 3 Next-Gen update and well, it looks absolutely fantastic compared to the original. The first...
Thursday24th Nov 2022
PSA The Witcher 3 Is Dirt Cheap On Xbox One Prior To Free Next-Gen Upgrade
Could be worth picking up!
Polish developer CD Projekt RED has finally shown us some of what The Witcher 3 Next-Gen has to offer, with more details set to trickle out over the next few weeks prior to launch. CDPR's upgrade is free for existing owners of the last-gen version, and the good news is that if you don't yet own The Witcher 3, it's dirt...
