{"id":7657,"date":"2020-09-04T11:34:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/the-witcher-3-announced-ps5-xbox-series-x-free-upgrades"},"modified":"2024-07-19T12:40:49","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T12:40:49","slug":"the-witcher-3-announced-ps5-xbox-series-x-free-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/the-witcher\/the-witcher-3-announced-ps5-xbox-series-x-free-upgrades","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 announced for PS5 and Xbox Series X, free upgrades for current owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An improved version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles in 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red revealed the new versions will feature &ldquo;a range of visual and technical improvements&rdquo; which include ray-tracing and faster load times.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This re-release is the complete edition of the game, which includes both DLC expansions Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/top-25-best-playstation-4-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Top 25 best PlayStation 4 games you need to play<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/Awnw5VMHLsosxT8eekHmB6SZ_iOk2d534tDOTylF5ks\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzL3RoZV93aXRjaGVyXzNfcHM1LmpwZWc\" alt=\"the_witcher_3_ps5\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" loading=\"lazy\"><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">The Witcher 3 is coming to next-gen (Picture: CD Projekt Red)&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It will be available as a standalone release on PS5, Xbox Series X and PC, while players who already own the game on PC, PlayStation 4 or Xbox One will be entitled to a free upgrade. It&rsquo;s unclear however whether players will need to own the complete edition to be eligible for the upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not exactly surprising The Witcher 3 would be coming to next-gen platforms considering the success of the franchise, with the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/the-witcher\/netflix-releases-documentary-the-witcher\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix series<\/a> catapulting its popularity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red is also supporting a similar upgrade system for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/video-games\/cyberpunk-2077-delayed-again-november\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>, which is set to release in November.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"embed-title\" style=\"font-size: 22px; text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer; color: grey; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/others\/witcher-3-next-gen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In Feed: The Witcher 3 coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X<\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/embed-player\/1061\" width=\"100%\" height=\"368px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An improved version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be released on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X consoles in 2021.&nbsp; CD Projekt Red&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":601,"featured_media":7658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-witcher","content_type-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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