The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt has confirmed you’ll use your present save information with the recreation’s beneficiant upcoming Remastered version — and supplied element on Achievements and Trophies, too.
Writing at present by way of a post on X/Twitter, the studio stated it had seen various fan questions over the recreation’s forthcoming re-creation, which will likely be awarded to present house owners of the recreation. That is even the case for Nintendo Change house owners upgrading to a replica of Remastered on Nintendo Change 2, and free on all platforms.
“Excellent news: your present saves will work with the improve, so you may get again on the Path proper the place you left off,” CD Projekt wrote. That is nice information for lapsed followers who nonetheless have not seen the whole lot The Witcher 3 has to supply (and there’s a lot on provide).
And, in fact, it is price remembering that the base recreation now contains entry to its two expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. You may wish to play each of these earlier than the RPG’s belated third growth, Songs of the Previous, launches in 2027.
There’s extra excellent news for achievement (and trophy) hunters, as progress towards any award unlocked to this point will likely be tracked and continued in the recreation’s Remastered version. That is maybe much less of a shock, if the upgraded recreation is handled merely as an replace on supported platforms. Nonetheless, it is good to have confirmed.
CD Projekt Pink introduced The Witcher 3 Remastered final week with an extended listing of further options and technical enhancements set to be included, similar to the long-awaited cross-platform mod assist, new quest monitoring, immersive meditation, refined animations, UI enhancements, a looting rework, and far, far more. Launching on September 29, the recreation’s Remastered model will quickly grow to be its default providing, though there’s additionally been a slight improve in value (presumably to replicate the incontrovertible fact that its expansions at the moment are included).
For extra on Songs of the Previous, IGN has additionally taken a peek at one among its quests — and you may learn extra proper now on what Geralt has in retailer subsequent yr.
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