The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

LARP Witcher School is shutting down after license pulled by CD Projekt

A real world Witcher school in Poland is having to close down due to having its license to the IP pulled by CD Projekt Red.

As reported by Eurogamer, The Witcher School, a real-life school that fans of the series could attend to learn things like leatherwork, fencing, and casting magical signs, is shutting down. 5 Żywiołów, the company that ran the role-playing school, announced the news on Facebook, saying that CD Projekt Red "terminated the license agreement."

5 Żywiołów alleges that the license was pulled due to one staff member's involvement in a controversial, ultra-conservative Polish Catholic organisation Ordo Iuris, known for being anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ+, and is against gender equality.

Yesterday was the seventh anniversary since the launch of The Witcher 3, and to celebrate CD Projekt Red put a new release window to the fantasy RPG's next-gen update. The much delayed graphical spit-and-shine is now aiming for a Q4 release.

Hot on the heels of the announcement that the project had been indefinitely delayed, developer CD Projekt Red now says The Witcher 3's next-gen upgrade will be ready to launch later this year. The studio now plans to release the upgrade in late 2022.

"Let's make this 7th anniversary even better, shall we?" reads a tweet to the official Witcher account. "We're delighted to share that the next gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is planned to release in Q4 2022. See you on the Path, witchers!"

Just last month, CD Projekt announced that the remaining work on The Witcher 3's next-gen upgrade would be handled by the publisher's in-house development team, who took over the project from Saber Interactive, the developer behind remakes like the Crysis: Remastered series and the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. CDPR did not specify why responsibilities for the upgrade had been shifted to the in-house team, but said it was delaying the planned second quarter release date as it evaluated "the scope of work to be done".

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The Witcher 3 next-gen version coming to PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S in Q4 2022

CD Projekt Red has announced a Q4 2022 release window for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition.

The next-gen version was originally expected sometime during Q2 before it was postponed until "further notice" back in April.

The delay was announced alongside news that development had moved in-house, and the team was evaluating the "scope of work to be done." It was originally being handled by Saber Interactive.