Overview
- The remaster went live Tuesday, September 29, 2026, as a free upgrade for qualifying owners on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S while Nintendo Switch 2 receives a separate eShop product.
- CD Projekt Red published update file sizes of roughly 45GB for PC/PS5/Xbox and about 50GB for Switch 2, and noted the patch is available via platform stores with physical-disc Xbox users sometimes needing a console restart to trigger the update.
- Early reviews have been highly positive, producing a Metacritic Metascore near 94, and the launch drove a new Steam concurrent‑player peak of about 120,324.
- The remaster adds high‑end graphics tech such as path tracing, ray tracing and support for DLSS 4.5, FSR 4 and XeSS, and CD Projekt Red published stepped PC system requirements that include Windows 11, SSDs and high‑end GPUs for ray‑traced or path‑traced modes.
- Beyond visuals, the update rewrites gameplay systems with a new skill tree, revamped combat and finishers, transmogrification, improved Roach handling, expanded mod support via mod.io and fresh accessibility options while serving as a technical foundation for the studio’s Songs of the Past expansion in 2027 and plans toward Witcher 4.