Impossibly enough, The Witcher 3 is coming to the Nintendo Switch soon (albeit with some not-so-surprising concessions). But though the port was announced by Nintendo back at E3, we haven’t really heard much else about it since then- especially not when exactly it will be launching.

The ESRB, though, have handed The Witcher 3 for the Switch an age rating. What’s important here isn’t what age rating the game received (it’s M, of course), but that it has received one, which would, in ordinary circumstances, mean that a release for the game is close. Seeing as we haven’t even had an announcement for the release date yet, there’s a chance that we might be getting a release date announcement soon.

This doesn’t necessarily have to mean that an announcement is coming in soon, but it’s worth noting that Nintendo have confirmed they’ll be showing new gameplay and releasing new details for The Witcher 3 at Gamescom later this month– so it very well might. Recently, a retailer listing suggested that the game would be out in September.

CD Projekt RED are saying that they are making no cuts to The Witcher 3 on the Switch, and that the port will offer the full experience. Take a look at some screenshots to see how it’s looking.

Nintendo has unveiled its plans for Gamescom. The gaming trade fair kicks off in Cologne, Germany on August 20th, and starting then, up until August 22nd, Nintendo will be publishing videos showing new gameplay footage and sharing new information for several upcoming Switch titles.

These include Astral Chain (which releases days after Gamescom wraps up), Luigi’s Mansion 3 (which is due out in October), The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (releasing in September), Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (also coming out in September), The Witcher 3: Complete Edition (which doesn’t have a release date yet- hopefully we get one at Gamescom), and Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Other than these video, Nintendo will, of course, also have their own booth at the show. From August 20th to August 24th, several games will be playable at this booth. Other than the ones mentioned above, you can also get hands-on time with Pokemon Sword and Shield and Daemon X Machina.

With Gamescom right around the corner, stay tuned to GamingBolt for all the latest news and updates from the event.

The rumours and leaks were right after all. The Witcher 3 is coming to the Nintendo Switch. During their E3 2019 Direct presentation, Nintendo confirmed that CD Projekt RED’s open world behemoth RPG will be coming to their system.

The trailer shown off showed gameplay on the Switch, and while it looks good enough, it remains to be seen how the game will actually run on the system. The Witcher 3 will be launching on the Switch as a Complete Edition, which means it’ll be shipping with both the game’s sizeable expansions- Blood and Wine and Hears of Stone. That’s over a hundred hours of excellent open world narrative focused content, so it sounds like a great deal.

No specific release date was given for the port’s launch, but we do know it’s out on the Switch some time this year. We’ll be hearing more about it in the coming months. Stay tuned to GamingBolt as Nintendo’s E3 Direct presentation continues.