The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

The Witcher 3's free next-gen update is out now, but some players report performance issues

Folks, lurking in your games library right now is the prettiest, shiniest Geralt you've ever seen, but you might want to let him sit for a while before you take a look. The Witcher 3's free next-gen update is out for everyone who owns the game, bringing with it graphical improvements, gameplay tweaks, and integration for a few of the game's most popular mods. But some players say they're running into freezes and framerate dips that mostly seem to revolve around the game's ray tracing and DX12 implementation...
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The Witcher 3’s next-gen update is borked, so here’s how to roll it back

Today is the day The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s much touted free next-gen update arrives on PC and consoles, but it’s not been going so well for a lot of us folk on PC. People have already taken to Twitter, Reddit, and Steam with their tales of performance woe since the update landed, with Steam reviews claiming it's caused everything from reduced frame rates to issues with the HUD. The RPS Treehouse has also been having trouble since installing the 4.0 update too, getting very inconsistent frame rates on the new max settings even with a RTX 3080 unless they turn off ray tracing and other new graphical features. Hardware editor James and vid bud Liam have more on The Witcher 3's performance woes here, but for now, here's how to avoid having the next-gen update ruin your Witcher 3 experience, and keep Roach running nice and smoothly.

If you already own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, then you'll get the new Complete Editon next-gen update free of charge. Another bit of good news is: you can take your saves with you thanks to the new cross-platform progression system. Unfortunately, some players—including me—are getting error messages when trying to connect their PSN accounts to GOG Galaxy, but Xbox, Nintendo and Steam accounts seem to be working fine. So, let's take a look at what you need to do to enable cross-platform progression...
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Next-Gen Update (Patch 4.0)

The free Next-Gen Update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available!

https://youtu.be/nBT2SP21f3Q

Experience the game as never before, with improved visuals and performance, new additional content, Photo Mode, and more...

For more information see the patchnotes:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/292030/view/3642879552277333733

Here's an hour and a half of Geralt standing by a tranquil lake as peaceful music plays

Everyone needs to take a break now and then—even the world's foremost monster hunter. Toussaint is a land of exotic wonder and there's no end of sights and sounds in the free city of Novigrad, but sometimes the path to tranquility is simplicity: Blue skies, clear water, and the distant, gentle rush of wind playing through nearby trees. And thanks to a new video shared by CD Projekt ahead of the release of the big Witcher 3 next-gen patch, we can all take a moment to find that peace on the Path...
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