{
  "id": 4891647,
  "title": "The Witcher 3: Songs of Past looked alright in its behind-closed-doors preview, though I'm more enticed by the remaster’s combat upgrades",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/the-witcher-3-songs-of-past-looked-alright-in-its-behind-closed-doors",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-01T16:06:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-witcher-3-songs-of-past-looked-alright-in-its-behind-closed-doors-preview-though-im-more-enticed-by-the-remasters-combat-upgrades"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The preview of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt's Songs of the Past expansion, held in a secret venue during the Gamescom livestream, was not as thrilling as the combat enhancements in the upcoming Remastered upgrade. This remaster, set to launch on September 29th, will come months before the expansion and offers a more enticing experience for returning players. The preview emphasized the combat, movement, UI, and role-playing improvements that will be introduced in the base game's remastered version.",
  "summary": "Well, I say behind-closed-doors. It turns out that if I wanted to watch a prerecorded saunter through a chunk of The Witcher III: Wild Hunt ’s Songs of the Past expansion , I could have just tuned into the Gamescom livestream , rather than travelling to Germany before parking myself in an almost pitch-black miniature theatre for 45 minutes. Now my by-touch handwritten notes are completely…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Creative Bloq",
        "title": "The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past's lush new location and remaster improvements have me excited to be Geralt again",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-pasts-lush-new-location-and-remaster",
        "published": "2026-09-01T09:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}