CD PROJEKT RED left the 44th Golden Joystick Awards with 2 wins and a record. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered won Best Remake/Remaster, which the studio says makes The Witcher 3 the most-awarded game in Golden Joystick history, and The Witcher 4 won Most Wanted Game. Both categories were decided by public vote. The Witcher account posted its thanks this morning at 5:38 AM MST. Check out the official posts down below:
CD PROJEKT RED was also on stage during the show, as Production Director Malgorzata Mitrega was one of the night's guest presenters.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered
CD PROJEKT RED announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered on August 25 and released it on September 29. It was a free upgrade for existing owners on PC through GOG, Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, and it also launched natively on Nintendo Switch 2. The studio co-developed it with Yigsoft. In the Best Remake/Remaster category, it beat Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Gothic 1 Remake, METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol.2, Star Fox and Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter. The Golden Joysticks' post on the win is below:
The Remastered version adds path tracing, a PS5 Pro mode that runs at 60 frames per second with ray tracing or up to 90 frames per second in performance mode, a reimagined skill system, reworked combat and animations, and cross-platform mod support through Mod.io. On Switch 2, it supports motion controls. CD PROJEKT RED's launch trailer is below:
A new expansion for The Witcher 3, Songs of the Past, is planned for 2027. It adds a new region called Letten and a chain weapon, and it is being developed with Fool's Theory. The game has won more than 250 Game of the Year awards and sold over 65 million copies.
The Witcher 4
The Witcher 4 was revealed at The Game Awards in December 2024 with a cinematic trailer close to 6 minutes long. Ciri is the protagonist, and it is the first game in a new Witcher saga. Sebastian Kalemba is the game director. In the trailer, Ciri takes on a witcher contract in a remote village that has been terrorized for generations by a monster demanding human sacrifices. CD PROJEKT RED's reveal trailer is below:
In an August 24 video, CD PROJEKT RED said it is targeting a 2028 release window for The Witcher 4, with more than 500 developers working on it. The Witcher account's post this morning thanked fans for "proving there's still life in this old wolf," but it did not share any new details about the game.
The Witcher 4 beat 13 other games for Most Wanted: Alien: Isolation 2, ANANTA, Black Myth: Zhong Kui, EXODUS, Fable, Final Fantasy VII Revelation, God of War Laufey, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, Kingdom Hearts IV, METRO 2039, NO LAW, Persona 6 and Resident Evil Veronica.
More From The Witcher
The Witcher series has also continued outside the games this year. Dark Horse's comic line is up to its 11th volume, as covered in CD PROJEKT RED's Witcher Comics Continue With Volume 11: Blood Stone, and the studio recently gave NBA star Victor Wembanyama his own Witcher look, as covered in The Witcher Officially Turns Victor Wembanyama Into Wemby The Witcher With New Art.
The rest of the Golden Joysticks went to Resident Evil Requiem for Ultimate Game of the Year, Crimson Desert for PC Game of the Year and MECCHA CHAMELEON with 4 wins.
Are you replaying The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered while waiting for The Witcher 4, or saving it for Songs of the Past?
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