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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered: Everything We Know

Official The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered key art, showing Geralt and his companions on a mountain ridge under a pale sky

Our The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered game hub collects the essentials; here is everything confirmed so far.

What is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is a role-playing game that modernises the original with upgrades to visuals, performance, combat and the skill system. Players take the role of Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire, and journey across the war-torn Northern Kingdoms to find his adopted daughter, Ciri, before the spectral Wild Hunt can take her power for their own. Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are included, extending the story through further regions, including Toussaint.

Release date and platforms

The remaster was released on 29 September 2026. It is optimised for Xbox Series X|S, is Xbox One X Enhanced, is handheld optimised, and is an Xbox Play Anywhere title with Smart Delivery. It is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, Xbox Cloud Gaming and handheld. Existing owners of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on Xbox receive it as a free upgrade, which also includes both expansions.

Is it on Game Pass?

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is not included with Game Pass. It is cloud playable with Game Pass Essential, Premium or Ultimate, with a game purchase required.

Gameplay

The Continent takes in bustling cities, ancient ruins and superstitious villages. Combat uses swords, potions, bombs and combat magic. It is a single-player game, with Xbox Play Anywhere and Smart Delivery, and has 78 Xbox achievements worth 2,000 Gamerscore. Using console mods disables achievements.

Editions and further content

The remaster includes the base game plus Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. A further story expansion, Songs of the Past, has been announced for 2027. It is rated PEGI 18 for extreme violence and strong language, and offers in-game purchases.

Who is making it?

It is developed and published by CD PROJEKT RED.

Written by

Duncan Baxter

Duncan Baxter runs Cloudy with Games and its YouTube channel from the UK. He covers Xbox news, what's joining and leaving Game Pass, Play Anywhere & Cloud support, and which games are actually worth your time. The Xbox 360 got him back into gaming, and he's been happily losing evenings to cosy games and Assassin's Creed ever since. Find him on YouTube and X at @cloudywithgames.