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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."

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The Witcher 3's next-gen update may include the work of modders

CD Projekt Red announced last year that they'll be releasing a big next-gen (now-gen) update to The Witcher 3, which PC players will get as a free game update too. We still don't know when that'll be arriving just yet, but when it does it may include the work of modders. CDPR have confirmed that they're in talkes with mod creators whose work may wind up being used in the facy new release. I don't expect it'll include the ones that turn Geralt into Henry Cavill though.

The Witcher 3 director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz has resigned from CD Projekt Red after an internal investigation into alleged workplace bullying, Bloomberg reports. Tomaszkiewicz, who was secondary game director and head of production on Cyberpunk 2077, denies the allegations, but apologised "for all the bad blood I have caused" in an email to CD Projekt staff.

While it's a fantasy game set in a land full of magic and fantastical beasties to slay, The Witcher 3 does have layers of realism folded in. For one - spoiler alert! - Yennefer and Triss will be very angry if you try to pursue relationships with both of them at the same time (sorceresses do talk, y'know). And, as far as mechanics go, there are things you simply can't do, like run around scooping up loot while enemies are sinking their swords or fangs into you - though a nifty new mod is changing that.

Witcher 3 modder Forkmaster has posted a simple but super handy new mod called - yep, you guessed it - 'Loot in Combat'. Sure, the premise is simple, but as the creator highlights, it offers some real scope to "save time and make more profit in some missions". For example, if you're looking at a long slog of a fight with a water hag in the early game, but want to slip in and nab the treasure she's guarding without all the fuss, it sounds like this mod will let you do that more easily.

It also means you should be less likely to miss out on any potential loot in situations where a combat sequence is immediately followed by a cutscene, as you can just grab it while you're twirling your swords and casting your signs.