Tag: Cd Projekt Red
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...
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...
Talking Point Are Games Announced Too Far In Advance?
Microsoft, CDPR, we're looking at you
Today's 10-year anniversary of the teaser trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 got us thinking about about game announcements and how long we often have to wait between reveals and releases. CD Projekt Red's almost eight-year gap between teaser trailer and launch might be
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
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...
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...
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...
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...
Guide The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Release Date, Release Times, Download Size Details On Xbox
Everything you need to know
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is finally getting its long-awaited next-gen update this week, after months and months of development time over at CD Projekt RED. We know a lot of folks have been eagerly awaiting this update, so here are all the pre-release details for The Witcher 3 Next-Gen ahead of its arrival on Xbox Series X...
News Cyberpunk 2077 GOTY Edition To Launch After 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion
Another one
CD Projekt RED isn't far from launching its The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Upgrade, but there's still a fair amount of Cyberpunk 2077 stuff ticking away in the background. The team is continuing its work on the futuristic RPG's expansion, Phantom Liberty, and sometime after that a Game of the Year Edition will launch. As reported on by Polish...
Pick One Which Is Your Favourite CD Projekt Red Game On Xbox?
The Witcher 3? Cyberpunk 2077? Tell us!
It's time for another round of Pick One! This week, to celebrate the upcoming free next-gen update for The Witcher 3 on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, we thought we'd take a look back at the history of CDPR games on Xbox. CD Projekt Red hasn't created all that many games in its short existence, so there's...
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...
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...
News The Witcher 3 Free Xbox Series X|S Upgrade Arrives This December
The Witcher free
Polish developer CD Projekt Red has finally revealed the release date for its next-gen update to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt! The game's free Xbox Series X|S upgrade launches December 14th, more than seven years after the game first arrived on Xbox One. The Witcher 3 Next-Gen has been announced for over two years at this point, having...
News The Witcher Dev Is Aiming To Launch 3 New Witcher Games In 6 Years
Starting with 'Polaris'
In more CD Projekt Red news, the Polish developer has outlined its upcoming plans for The Witcher series beyond the free next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. In short, the team is now calling its upcoming saga a 'trilogy', and they're aiming to release said trilogy quicker than you might expect. From when
News CD Projekt RED Is Working On A Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel, And A New IP
It's all happening folks!
Well, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has just dropped a few bombshells here! During the company's strategy update that took place today, October 4th, it was revealed that the team is indeed working on a sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, alongside a couple of other internal projects. One of those, as we already know, is...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Passes Huge Sales Milestone Following Xbox Series X|S Launch
Big numbers
Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED has just revealed that its open world cyberpunk RPG has now surpassed 20 million copies sold worldwide, since its initial launch in December 2020. Sales will no-doubt have been boosted by this year's next-gen port, which massively improved on the game's last-gen console release. When you...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Talks Down Xbox Game Pass Inclusion, For Now
"We’ve done some deals in the past..."
We've had a lot of updates from CD Projekt RED on both Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 recently, largely due to a substantial investor call that took place this week. Well, within that call the team touched on Xbox Game Pass, and whether Cyberpunk 2077 is being considered for the service. In short, not...
News 'The Witcher 4' On Unreal Engine 5 Is The First Part Of A Multi-Game Saga
CD Projekt confirms
Earlier this year, Polish developer CD Projekt RED confirmed that it was moving towards a "New Witcher Saga" in partnership with Epic Games and Unreal Engine 5. At the time, the team didn't really clarify what it meant by labelling the move a 'saga', aside from the fact that it wasn't naming its next Witcher title just yet...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Quietly Adds Mouse & Keyboard Support On Xbox
With the game's 1.6 update!
Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.6 was a pretty extensive one, adding a smooth 60FPS mode on Xbox Series S amongst some other pretty big features and changes. However, one feature that the team omitted from the patch notes is the fact that the game now supports mouse & keyboard on Xbox. Read More: All Xbox Games With Mouse...
News The Witcher 3 Dev Still Plans To Release Free Next-Gen Upgrade This Year
Q4 is the score
CD Projekt seems pretty busy these days huh? Alongside giving us plenty of news on Cyberpunk 2077 and its upcoming next-gen-only expansion, the team has dropped a little bit of an update on The Witcher 3 and its own next-gen upgrade. In a new investor call
Talking Point Will CD Projekt Make Another 'Cyberpunk' After The Witcher 4?
Or has 2077 killed the chance
Polish developer CD Projekt Red was held in incredibly high regard after the successful launch of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, an all-encompassing sequel that masterfully built on the first two games in the RPG series. The team's trajectory meant that hype was at an all-time high for Cyberpunk 2077's launch, a launch that...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Dev Says 'Phantom Liberty' Will Be The Game's Only Expansion
One, two. Actually no, just one
After a period away from the limelight, CD Projekt Red came out all guns blazing last night with a bunch of Cyberpunk 2077 news. Announced during the team's Night City Wire livestream, last-gen consoles are being dropped after update 1.6, Xbox Series S has received a new 60 FPS mode, and finally, the team showcased a...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Brand-New Performance Mode On Xbox Series S
Update 1.6 patch notes detailed
Alongside today's Cyberpunk 2077 expansion news, CD Projekt Red has revealed that within the game's 1.6 patch, Xbox Series S is getting a new mode! The brand-new performance option will add a 60 frames per-second mode for Series S users, complete with a dynamic 1080p resolution. This is some very welcome news then!...
News Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' Expansion Hits Xbox Series X And S In 2023
After a long wait!
CD Projekt Red has, eventually, given us a sneak peek of its story expansion for Cyberpunk 2077, arriving almost two years after the game initially launched on last-gen consoles. Cyberpunk 2077 'Phantom Liberty' is coming to Xbox in 2023, and in a somewhat surprising move, the developer is ditching last-gen consoles with this...
News The Witcher 4 "Research Phase" Has Wrapped Up Ahead Of Full Development
"We are very eager to revisit the universe which has shaped our history"
It's looking like full development on The Witcher 4 is just beginning, as research on the project has wrapped up. CD Projekt's CEO Adam Kiciński addressed investors earlier today, May 26th, detailing where the company is at regardin
News The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Upgrade Heads To Xbox Series X|S In Q4 2022
It's still on track for this year
After a recent delay, CD Projekt Red has announced that the next-gen update for The Witcher 3 arrives later this year. It was initially scheduled to launch in Q2 2022, but the Polish developer has now confirmed it'll arrive in Q4. As for a more specific date? The team is holding that back for now. However, given...
News Dying Light Developer Hires CD Projekt Staff For Upcoming Fantasy RPG
Masters of the trade
Dying Light 2 has been out for just a few short months, and it seems like its developer, Techland, is keen to move on to a new IP already. While Dying Light 2 will be supported for years to come, something else is brewing over in Poland, and the team is bringing plenty of talent on board as a result. In short, they're building...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Hits 18 Million Copies Sold, Witcher Series Now At 65 Million
As a new saga begins
CD Projekt Red has revealed some interesting stats regarding its two major series' in a recent earnings presentation. The Polish developer has revealed that 2020's Cyberpunk 2077 is now at 18 million copies solid, while the whole Witcher series stands at over 65 million. Impressive numbers. The Witcher 3 itself has sold a...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Expansions And Other Updates Are Coming, Says CDPR
"We are working on expansions, we're working on stuff"
Since Cyberpunk 2077's next-gen update finally landed, attention has quickly turned to expansions. Developer CD Projekt Red confirmed the existence of DLC plans before the game even came out, and it looks like those plans are still being worked on. Recently, Cyberpunk 2077 quest designer Paweł...
News Cyberpunk 2077's First Next-Gen Patch Has Arrived, Here Are All The Changes
It's a hefty one
Cyberpunk 2077 eventually made its way to Xbox Series X and Series S last month, more than a year after the last-gen version. However, development hasn't stopped there and CD Projekt Red has already been working on an update. That update is rolling out today, March 22nd, and it delivers quite the list of changes. We've got a broad...
News CD Projekt Red Reaffirms That A Cyperpunk 2077 Expansion Is Coming
Following the game's next-gen launch
As CD Projekt Red has literally just announced a new Witcher game, all eyes will understandably be on that. However, snuck in at the bottom of its Witcher blog post is a reminder that Cyberpunk 2077 DLC is still coming. Yep, CD Projekt says that there's an upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion to be revealed,
News New Witcher Game Announced By CD Projekt Red
In partnership with Epic Games
Update: CDPR Global PR Director Radek Grabowski has provided a little extra context to this, advising that the game hasn't been announced as 'The Witcher 4', so we've removed that name from the headline for the time being. Original story: In a new blog post from
News The Games Industry Reaches Out For Financial Aid During Ukraine Crisis
Multiple studios included
Several sections of the games industry have begun to speak out about the current situation in Ukraine. Multiple studios, particularly those based in Eastern Europe, and Ukraine itself, are asking for financial aid for the country. Polish developer 11 bit studios, says that for the next seven days, all profits from its This...
News Digital Foundry's Cyberpunk 2077 Analysis Shows Big Performance Gains On Xbox Series X
Next-gen Night City
It's been a long time coming, but CD Projekt RED has finally dropped its next-gen update for Cyberpunk 2077. On Xbox Series X, that equates to two new modes, and the performance option delivers a big frame rate upgrade. The folks over at Digital Foundry have detailed all the options the next-gen update has to offer. Xbox Series...
News Ex-CDPR Devs Working On 'AAA, Dark Fantasy RPG' At New Studio
Introducing Rebel Wolves
A team of ex-CD Projekt Red developers have formed a brand new studio known as Rebel Wolves. What's perhaps even more exciting is that the team is already working on "AAA, story-driven dark fantasy RPG saga" for both PC and next-generation consoles (aka Xbox Series X|S and PS5). This studio is comprised of seven industry...
News A New Single-Player Witcher Card Game Is Coming In 2022
"Project Golden Nekker" in the works
Back in 2018, the popular Witcher card game, Gwent, got its own standalone title in the form of The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker. Now, the team is hard at work on a follow up, which will be single-player focused and is set to launch this year. Project Golden Nekker is the game's current working name, as revealed...
News Supposed Next-Gen Artwork For Cyberpunk 2077 Appears On PlayStation Store
Are we nearly there?
It's been more than a year since Cyberpunk 2077 launched, no really, and it appears the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S port might finally be nearing release. Unique artwork has cropped up for a PS5 version of the game, as shared by Twitter account PlayStation Game Size, which tracks PlayStation Store uploads.
News The Witcher 3's Next-Gen Update Will Arrive In The Second Half Of 2021
Will be a free upgrade for existing owners
CD Projekt's third entry in The Witcher series already runs rather well on the Xbox Series X|S, but as you might recall, there's more to come. The Polish-based company will be releasing a true "next-generation" update for The
News CD Projekt Red Hackers Are Reportedly Beginning To Auction Leaked Files
With a starting bid of $1,000,000
Earlier this week, CD Projekt Red confirmed it had been a victim of a cyber attack. At the time, it stated it was being held ransom as a third-party party claimed to have obtained the source code for multiple games - alongside insider documents. Now, it seems the source codes are starting to leak and are being...
News CD Projekt Has 'Many Plans' For The Future Beyond Cyberpunk
What could they be for?
Towards the end of CD Projekt's latest video message about its "commitment" to Cyberpunk 2077, co-founder Marcin Iwinski briefly touched on the Polish company's future and what's ahead. While he had no specific updates to share about what comes next after the latest game's roadmap is completed, he did mention how there are...
News CDPR Still Targeting Early 2021 Release For Cyberpunk 2077 DLC
"Stay tuned"
If you thought CD Projekt Red might perhaps delay the release Cyberpunk 2077's DLC after all the glitches, bugs and crashes players have been encountering since the base game's launch, think again. The company recently sent its DLC webpage live, reminding users to "stay tuned" when its entirely free DLC starts to arrive early on this...
News CD Projekt Has Already Sold 13 Million Copies Of Cyberpunk 2077
Despite troubled launch period
Although CD Projekt is under fire at the moment for all sorts of bugs, glitches and crashes in Cyberpunk 2077, it seems Night City is doing just fine in terms of sales. According to a new report from Bloomberg, the Polish company's latest release has already shifted 13 million units, as of 20th December. This same...
News CDPR Releases Hotfix 1.05 For Cyberpunk 2077, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Another 16GB update is required
As the whole drama with Cyberpunk 2077 seemingly worsens, CD Projekt Red has been busy rolling out regular patches for the game, in an attempt to resolve all the bugs, glitches and crashes, and improve the overall experience. It's now released Hotfix 1.05 for the console versions (that includes the Xbox release). It...
News Xbox Rival PlayStation Pulls Cyberpunk 2077 From Its Digital Store
Update: No signs of being pulled from the Xbox Store
Update (Fri 18th Dec, 2020 11:30 GMT): CD Projekt Red has told Reuters that it hasn't been talking to Microsoft about removing Cyberpunk 2077 from the Xbox Store, so it looks like it'll remain for now.
News CDPR Rolls Out Hotfix For Cyberpunk 2077, Now Live On Xbox
You're looking at a 16GB download
Update: This update is now live on Xbox and is a 16GB download. See the full patch notes below. Original story: A new hotfix has been released for Cyberpunk 2077, the only catch is it's not on Xbox systems just yet. CD Projekt Red says it's working on having the update out "as soon as possible" for this platform...
Random #Cyberbug2077 Begins Trending On Social Media As Players Encounter More Glitches
It's not a good look for CDPR's latest release
In response to all the bugs, glitches, performance issues and crashes players have been encountering in Cyberpunk 2077, the hashtag #Cyberbug2077 is now trending on the social media platform Twitter. At the time of writing, there are now more than 17,000 tweets. Of course, not all of them are entirely...
News CDPR Warns Fans Not To Share Cyberpunk 2077 Footage Ahead Of Release
Wants every player to have the same "spoiler-free" experience
CD Projekt Red has issued a warning about sharing footage of Cyberpunk 2077 ahead of the game's release next week. To ensure players around the world can enjoy the same "spoiler-free" experience on release, it's asking anyone who does receive a copy of the game early not to upload or...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have A Setting To Censor The Naughty Bits
Avert your eyes
As we get closer to the release of Cyberpunk 2077, we're obviously learning more and more about it. Fans have also been asking the team on social media various questions and one interesting one that popped up earlier this week over on Twitter was in regards to the nudity in the game. CD Projekt Red’s QA lead Łukasz Babiel was...
News CDPR Will Now Reveal Cyberpunk 2077 DLC After Game's Launch
Multiplayer info is also on the way
Before the most recent Cyberpunk 2077 delay, CD Projekt Red was getting ready to reveal "everything" about the DLC and expansion content. Now, it seems plans have slightly changed. In an update during the company's third-quarter earnings call this week, president and joint-CEO Adam Kiciński explained how the...
