{
  "id": 3345810,
  "title": "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is a free upgrade with revamped gameplay systems — here's everything confirmed at the ONL reveal",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-is-a-free-upgrade-with-revamped",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T20:33:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/gaming/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-is-a-free-upgrade-with-revamped-gameplay-systems-heres-everything-confirmed-at-the-onl-reveal"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "CD Projekt Red has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, a free upgrade for all platforms set to arrive on September 29. The remastered version introduces over 40 enhancements and revamped gameplay features for the popular RPG game. Announced during Gamescom 2026's Opening Night Live, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered will be free for current owners, with the added benefit of receiving the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions without additional cost. The trailer showcased various new elements, including upgraded visuals, enhanced combat, improved traversal, new witcher signs, FX, revamped mount handling, and expanded monster behaviors. Additional improvements include a skill tree revamp, transmogrification, an expanded photo mode, finishers, cross-platform mod support, and immersive meditation. The remastered edition also features refined animations, a new quest tracking UI, reworked looting, refreshed motion blur, and accessibility features. Enhanced textures, foliage shading, a modernized tutorial, HDR improvements, and Global Lighting Revisions are among the visual upgrades. PlayStation 5 Pro support, Xbox Play Anywhere support, Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive features, and NVIDIA DLSS 4.5, AMD FSR 4, and Intel XESS 2.0 technologies are also included. The announcement precedes the release of The Witcher 4, slated for 2028.",
  "summary": "CD Projekt Red has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered, a free upgrade featuring all-new improvements and revamped gameplay features.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "The Witcher 3 Remastered Launches September, Free Upgrade For All Owners",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-witcher-3-remastered-launches-september-free-upgrade-for-all",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:02:33.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The Witcher 3 Remastered announced: another huge free update, and all Witcher 3 owners get the existing expansions free",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-witcher-3-remastered-announced-another-huge-free-update-and-all",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:17:26.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}