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  "id": 10994261,
  "title": "The Witcher 3 hits its highest-ever Steam concurrent player count following Remastered launch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/the-witcher-3-hits-its-highest-ever-steam-concurrent-player-count",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-30T17:01:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GamesIndustry",
    "slug": "gamesindustry",
    "url": "https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-witcher-3-hits-its-highest-ever-steam-concurrent-player-count-following-remastered-launch"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has hit its highest concurrent player count on Steam since launch following the launch of CD Projekt Red's free Remastered edition. Read more",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
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    "outlets": 5,
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      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "CD Projekt lays out why you should play The Witcher 3 Remastered",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/cd-projekt-lays-out-why-you-should-play-the-witcher-3-remastered",
        "published": "2026-09-28T19:31:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Guide",
        "title": "Witcher 3 Remastered on Switch 2 is the portable RPG experience Nintendo fans deserve — and a huge upgrade over the Switch 1’s compromised port",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/witcher-3-remastered-on-switch-2-is-the-portable-rpg-experience",
        "published": "2026-09-29T12:08:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered adds a neat Bard's Ballad preset designed to 'streamline gameplay' by offering a ton of custom options you would normally need mods for, and I'm eager to try it out",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-adds-a-neat-bards-ballad-preset",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:10:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
        "title": "The Witcher 3 Remastered only just released, and Linux gamers already got it running \"with no issues\"",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/the-witcher-3-remastered-only-just-released-and-linux-gamers-already",
        "published": "2026-09-30T05:51:57.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}