The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

What if: CD Projekt Red remade The Witcher 1?

The first Witcher game is peculiar. It's clunky even by 2007 standards, with strange, point-and-click combat, shallow characters and dialogue, and very little shared DNA with its more successful sequels.

I played The Witcher for the first time last year (thank you, pandemic backlog). While the combat is jarring, there's plenty of promise in its story. With a generous dose of TLC to bring it up to the standards of a modern game, it would make for a great adventure, especially for the 50 million-odd Witcher fans who haven't had a major new game to play in this influential series since 2016. This got me thinking - what if CD Projekt Red did exactly that? How would a Witcher 1 remake look in 2021?

The plot can stay. When everything else threatened to bog the game down, the narrative and worldbuilding powered me through to the end credits. Long story short, Kaer Morhen is pillaged by a group called the Salamandra, who steal its witcher-making secrets, so Geralt - who's suffering from amnesia - and his pals split up to track them down.

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Don't expect a new Witcher game announcement at WitcherCon

On the list of E3-like summer events you didn't know you were getting, go ahead and write down WitcherCon. CD Projekt Red and Netflix have just announced that they're partnering up for their own online event to talk about all things Witcher in July. Well, not all things Witcher. They won't be announcing The Witcher 4 or anything like that, they've already warned. This all came out alongside a rather tiny new teaser trailer for Netflix's The Witcher season 2. Perhaps WitcherCon will reveal a longer one of those, at least.

Last night, Cyberpunk 2077 developers CD Projekt Red posted an update about data leaks following the cyber attack they experienced earlier this year. This news really doesn't fit in with last night's Summer Game Fest celebrations however, because CDPR are concerned that current and former employee data might now be circulating online, in addition to game data.

6 years of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt!

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released 6 years ago!

Time flies when you're surrounded by friends. Happy anniversary, everyone!

The Witcher 3 next-gen update might include popular mods

One of The Witcher 3's most popular mods could be part of the next-gen update that's coming later this year. The creator is in talks with CD Projekt Red about the upcoming upgrade to the beloved RPG game, and currently, things are optimistic.

Halk Hogan, the modder behind The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project, posted a comment under one of his latest videos, stating that CDPR had reached out. "I know I announced a new HDRP preview in early March but I was silent the whole time. Sorry for that," they write. "In return, I have some good news, and the reasons why I was quiet and why I don't have too much to show. I think the most important news is that I got an official message from CDPR about cooperation. While it's not certain yet, it's very likely that HDRP will be included in the official next generation update."

The HD Reworked Project has been in the works since 2015, and at time of writing, it's the most popular The Witcher 3 mod on Nexus Mods. Currently, Halk is working on another version that updates the open-world game yet again. In a comment to Kotaku, CDPR confirmed that, in addition to work that's underway on the upgrade for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC, it's "in talks with creators of various mods for the 2015 release of the game."