The Witcher 3 Remastered brings tons of graphics enhancements, however developer CD Projekt Purple has left one extremely essential creature because it was: the pigeon.
Forward of the remaster’s public launch, up to date pigeon fashions have been present in the recreation, nevertheless it solely appears to apply to pigeons which are hanging out on the floor. Nonetheless, some folks have been upset with the assumed change, with one individual posting the new ground-based mannequin with the outdated flying one in a (*3*)captioned, “Gone, however by no means forgotten.”
Fortunately, it looks as if the beloved low-poly pigeon has survived the remaster, because it was noticed by Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Ethan Gach on X / Twitter out in the wild. Apparently, The Witcher 3 makes use of completely different pigeon fashions for flying and grounded birds! If something, the low-polygon pigeon seems to be even funnier in the remaster, because it reveals the (lack of) element even higher with the up to date lighting.
It is a false alarm.
Avenue pigeons have at all times been completely different from the ones flying. https://t.co/flLv1VgqF6 pic.twitter.com/6JFGuzZ7K2
— AmericanTruckSongs9 (@ethangach) September 28, 2026
So, despite the fact that The Witcher 3 Remastered got here with a complete host of graphics enhancements, it does appear to be some outdated property have stored their place in the recreation. Hopefully, CD Projekt Purple additionally stored in a few of the low-detail meals in the recreation as properly.
The Witcher 3 Remastered has solely been out a number of hours, nevertheless it’s already breaking participant data. It is damaged the 11-year-old recreation’s peak Steam concurrent participant rely, and the quantity seems to be set to rise additional as we get nearer to the weekend.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered is on the market as a free replace on PC, PS5, Xbox Collection X|S, and Nintendo Swap 2. To ease you into Geralt’s life on the street, try the issues The Witcher 3 doesn’t inform you, plus IGN’s The Witcher 3 walkthrough and The Witcher 3 endings information, which outlines all of the main quests and selections in the base recreation and expansions (now bundled in with the Remastered version). If you’re prepared for the robust selections, try our The Witcher 3 intercourse and romance information to see who Geralt can smooch and all the alternatives to accomplish that. And to make Geralt as robust a monster hunter as doable, try all the Witcher gear areas, Locations of Energy areas, and even Gwent card areas.
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