CD Projekt RED brought its acclaimed open world action RPG The Witcher 3 over to current-gen consoles last month with the free Next-Gen Update, while also offering the new version as standalone purchase for those who don’t already own the game. Though it only launched digitally at first, the developer confirmed earlier this month that a physical version would be launching later in January. Now, we know exactly when that will happen.
CD Projekt RED has announced via a press release that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Complete Edition will get its physical launch for PS5 and Xbox Series X on January 26 in North America, Europe, and “select” territories across the world (though the latter hasn’t been detailed).
The Witcher 3’s PS5 and Xbox Series X version offers support for 4K and 60 FPS options, ray-traced global illuminations, various other visual upgrades, a new camera angle to use during gameplay, several quality-of-life improvements, new context based on Netflix’s The Witcher series, and much more.
In our review of the action RPG’s upgraded version, we awarded it a score of 9/10, saying, “The Witcher 3 was a masterpiece then, and it’s a masterpiece now. The only difference is that it looks and runs better than it ever has on a console.” Read the full review through here.