The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered Is Now Available on Battle.net

Geralt has a new home. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is now available to buy on Battle.net, the first time CD PROJEKT RED’s open-world RPG has landed on Blizzard’s launcher.

The Battle.net release went live alongside the wider Remastered launch on 29 September 2026. It’s the result of a partnership between CD PROJEKT RED and Blizzard Entertainment that was announced at gamescom Opening Night Live in August.

Remastered Is Not the 2022 Next-Gen Update

If you’re thinking “didn’t The Witcher 3 already get upgraded?”, you’re right, and this is something different. The 2022 next-gen update gave us the Complete Edition on current consoles and PC. Remastered is a new, separate overhaul that launched this week, and CD PROJEKT RED says it replaces the Complete Edition on supported platforms.

It was co-developed with Yigsoft, a Hungarian studio that already worked with CD PROJEKT RED on Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty and The Witcher 3 Complete Edition. So the same hands that did the last upgrade are back for this one.

If you already own The Witcher 3 on GOG, Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S, Remastered is a free upgrade. Owners of the original Switch version get the new native Switch 2 version for free as well. Battle.net and the Microsoft Store, where it’s an Xbox Play Anywhere title, are the places where it’s sold as a purchase. Blizzard hasn’t put a price in the announcement, so check the Battle.net store page before you buy.

Both expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, come included as standard.

Path Tracing, New Textures and a Bigger Photo Mode

The visual upgrade is the headline. Remastered brings improved textures for environments, NPCs and monsters, plus big changes to foliage, lighting, rendering and ray tracing. On PC, there’s Path Tracing on top of all that, which CD PROJEKT RED calls the most visually stunning version of the game it has made.

Geralt’s signs got some love too. Aard, Igni, Yrden, Quen and Axii all have new visual effects. And the Photo Mode has been expanded with posing options, camera controls, frames, filters and models, so expect your socials to fill up with moody Skellige sunsets again.

Combat, Finishers and a Reworked Skill Tree

This is where Remastered goes past a fresh coat of paint. Combat gets revamped animations, new finishers and an adaptive camera. Enemy behaviour has been improved as well, so routine fights with wolves and drowners are meant to feel more reactive.

Movement has been reworked with new animations for Geralt and Roach. Vaulting, ladder climbing and general traversal should feel less stiff, which anyone who has fought Geralt’s turning circle in a narrow Novigrad alley will appreciate.

The skill tree has also been overhauled with rebalanced abilities. CD PROJEKT RED says each skill point should have a bigger impact on how you play, giving you more flexibility with builds. That’s the change I’m most curious about. The old system worked, but plenty of skills were dead weight, and a rebalance could finally make oddball builds viable on a new playthrough.

Transmog, Mod Support and Quality of Life

Quest tracking has been improved so you can see all available quests on the map at once. The main menu and notifications have been refreshed, and looting is streamlined, letting you grab nearby items in batches. Crate goblins, rejoice.

Transmogrification is in, so you can change how your weapons and armour look without touching their stats. No more wearing ugly gear because the numbers are better.

Mod support now goes cross-platform, with Mod.io integration on consoles. That opens up custom quests, gear and balance tweaks to players who never had access to the PC modding scene. New accessibility features are part of the package too.

Songs of the Past Arrives in 2027

There’s more on the way. Songs of the Past, the third full expansion for The Witcher 3, launches in 2027 as a paid expansion on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. It takes Geralt to Letten, a new region with a dark secret, and adds a new weapon, the chain.

It’s being co-developed with Fool’s Theory, and it’s also coming to Battle.net, where you can wishlist it now. CD PROJEKT RED says buying the expansion on Blizzard’s platform unlocks a Geralt-inspired skin in Diablo 4, with more details promised later. No price or release date has been announced yet.

Source: press release from CD PROJEKT RED. Images courtesy of CD PROJEKT RED.