CD Projekt Red releases The Witcher 3 Remastered on Sept 29 — free update with expansions included

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CD Projekt Red will release The Witcher 3 Remastered as a free update for all owners on September 29. The update adds major graphical upgrades (new textures, updated rendering and advanced path tracing), gameplay overhauls to combat, movement, Roach riding and monster behavior, a revamped ability/skill tree, and an updated photo mode. Owners who don’t already have the expansions will receive Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone for free, and the expansions will be bundled with the remaster for new buyers; the remaster arrives ahead of the next expansion, Songs of the Past, due next year.

• Release date: The Witcher 3 Remastered launches September 29 as a free update for all current owners.
• Expansions: Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone are provided free to existing owners and included with the remaster bundle for newcomers.
• Graphics: The update delivers new textures, updated rendering, advanced path tracing and improved foliage among other visual upgrades.
• Gameplay: Combat is modernized with an updated camera, targeting system, new animations and finishers; movement, Roach riding, monster behaviors, the ability/skill tree and photo mode have all been revised.