CD Projekt has delayed a deliberate patch for The Witcher 3 that was set so as to add cross-platform mod assist throughout PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X and S later this 12 months.
The studio had introduced the patch for later in 2025 as a part of the celebrations of The Witcher 3’s tenth anniversary. “For the primary time, creating, sharing, and having fun with mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will probably be simpler and extra accessible than ever,” CD Projekt mentioned on the time.
Nonetheless, in a brand new replace, CD Projekt mentioned the patch had shifted to 2026, with no agency launch window talked about. “We apologize for the delay and can share extra particulars as we get nearer to the discharge,” CD Projekt mentioned. “Thanks on your persistence!”
CD Projekt had described the replace as “another patch” for The Witcher 3, which stays massively fashionable and maintains a wholesome variety of gamers even now, a decade after launch.
The Witcher 3 is now as much as an unimaginable 60 million copies bought, a determine that features gross sales of the bottom sport and the GOTY model, however excludes expansions bought individually. It’s near overtaking the most recent gross sales determine now we have for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. In a June 2023 interview with IGN, Bethesda improvement chief Todd Howard mentioned Skyrim had bought over 60 million copies. So, we now have a possible tie for the best-selling role-playing sport of all time.
Right here’s Adam Badowski, joint CEO of CD Projekt, on The Witcher 3 gross sales milestone:
Certainly, the third a part of Geralt’s adventures marks a pivotal level in our historical past. The sport earned lots of of awards and solidified our studio’s standing, however extra importantly, it introduced untold hours of adventures and feelings to tens of millions of video games the world over. I’m proud to announce that since its launch The Witcher 3 has bought over 60 million copies, securing a spot among the many bestselling video video games in all historical past, and motivating us to hold on with intensive work on the subsequent trilogy set on this universe.
That’s a reference to The Witcher 4, which is at the moment in full manufacturing however gained’t be out till 2027 on the earliest.
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