During the latest Nintendo Direct livestream, CD PROJEKT RED featured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered for Nintendo Switch 2, which launches on September 29.
Snapshot:
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered launches on Nintendo Switch 2™ on September 29;
- The game takes advantage of Nintendo Switch 2 features
- Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 is a free upgrade for owners of The Witcher 3 on the original Nintendo Switch
- New players can pre-order the game now
- Remastered contains the base game and its two already-released expansions: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine
- The upcoming expansion Songs of the Past is available to wishlist
Launching on September 29, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is a modernized, upgraded version of one of the best-selling role-playing games of all time. Nintendo Switch 2 players will take on the role of professional monster slayer, Geralt of Rivia, who must traverse the war-torn Northern Kingdoms in search of Ciri — his adopted daughter and the Child of Prophecy — before the ruthless riders of the Wild Hunt claim her power for themselves. Players will explore a vast open world filled with quests, monsters, and difficult choices across the base game and its two already-released expansions: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.
The Nintendo Switch 2 version of the game takes advantage of the platform’s dedicated features. With motion controls, players can cast witcher signs, fire a crossbow, toss a bomb, drink a potion, and speed up and stop Roach. Gyro aiming allows for extra precision in combat, and mouse controls also give players who prefer this input a new way to play. Touch screen support also allows for convenient browsing of the in-game map and menus — and also can be used to play Gwent.
The game also takes advantage of the hardware capabilities of Nintendo Switch 2 to improve both performance and visual fidelity, alongside the wide slate of upgrades and improvements coming with Remastered itself. These include graphical and performance enhancements alongside overhauled combat and animations, a completely redesigned skills and character progression system, updated monster behaviors, transmogrification, expanded photo mode and much more.
Players who own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on the original Nintendo Switch can claim Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 at no extra cost. Digital owners can pre-order Remastered for free right now from the Nintendo eShop. Owners of a physical copy of the game will be able to claim the upgrade on launch. For new players, Remastered can be pre-ordered today ahead of its release on September 29.
Also featured in the Nintendo Direct segment was Songs of the Past — the upcoming third expansion that sees Geralt return to the Path in the new realm of Letten. The expansion will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027, and can be wishlisted today.
About The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Remastered
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a single-player open-world role-playing game from CD PROJEKT RED. In this acclaimed dark fantasy adventure, players take on the role of Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, as he searches for his adopted daughter, Ciri. Originally released in 2015, the base game and its first two expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, are being modernized and upgraded in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered. By introducing sweeping improvements to visuals, gameplay, and performance, it offers players the most polished and immersive version of Geralt’s adventure to date, all ahead of the release of a third expansion in 2027 — Songs of the Past. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has won over 250 Game of the Year awards and sold more than 65 million copies worldwide.
About CD PROJEKT RED
CD PROJEKT RED is a video game development studio founded in 2002. Its flagship titles include the futuristic role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 and its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty, alongside The Witcher series of games including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its expansions. CD PROJEKT RED also created the award-winning Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, set in the same universe as the game. CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT RED Capital Group. CD PROJEKT RED S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).
