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The latest news and rumors about The Witcher for today and 2026. Here you will find all the news about The Witcher updates, learn the release date for PC, when the game will be available on other platforms, and other announcements. We will also write about the system requirements of The Witcher for PC, about pirate cracks, and the appearance of the game on torrents, where it can be downloaded for free.
The Witcher 1’s Sex Cards Didn’t Match Because The Dev In Charge Of Colors Was Colorblind, Story Lead Reveals
The Witcher 1’s romance system is back in the spotlight, and this time we finally know why so many of its notorious “sex cards” don’t actually match the women they depict.
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February 23, 2026
Writer of the First Witcher Accidentally “Killed” a Key Character — A Tester Had to Replay the Entire Game
During the development of the original “The Witcher,” CD Projekt Red ran into an unexpected problem: one of the key characters simply vanished from the game’s finale. As lead writer Artur Ganszyniec recalled, the bug was so serious that a tester had to replay almost the entire campaign to figure out what had gone wrong.
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February 19, 2026
‘We’ll Have to Adjust It to Fit the Canon’: Original Witcher Writer Says the Wild Hunt Will Likely Be Reworked in the Remake
One of the lead writers of the original The Witcher, Artur Ganszyniec, believes that CD Projekt Red will have to reconsider the portrayal of the Wild Hunt in the upcoming remake. According to him, back in 2007 the team envisioned it very differently from how it was later depicted in the rest of the trilogy.
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February 19, 2026
Lead Writer of the First ‘The Witcher’ Replays the Game After 20 Years — Shares the Entire Playthrough on YouTube
Artur Ganszyniec, lead writer of the original The Witcher, has completed a full replay of the game — nearly two decades after its release. The developer shared the entire journey on YouTube in the form of a let’s play with commentary.
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February 17, 2026
The Witcher and Witcher 2 Have Sold Over 25 Million Copies, CD Projekt RED Reveals
The Witcher series has long been one of the crown jewels of the Polish gaming industry, but for years CD Projekt RED avoided disclosing exact sales figures for the early entries released before The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. That’s finally changed.
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January 17, 2026
Rumor: The Witcher Remake to Release After The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2 Expected in 2030
Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski has published a new report revising the release schedules and budgets of CD Projekt’s key projects. According to his estimates, the remake of the first The Witcher will not be released before 2028, while the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077 is expected to arrive in 2030.
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December 20, 2025
“My Choice Will Always Be Yennefer”: The Witcher 3 Director Reveals the Triss-or-Yen Decision Was Added Late in Development
CD Projekt Red co-director Adam Badowski revealed that one of the defining choices in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — forcing players to pick between Yennefer and Triss — was added late in the game’s development.
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November 14, 2025
‘Geralt can finally legally buy "elixirs"’: The first Witcher turns 18
Another birthday for CD Projekt RED — the studio is celebrating 18 years since the release of the first Witcher, the game that started it all.
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October 27, 2025
Blame the Beer: The Witcher Dev Explains Why Combat in the First Game Felt Like a Rhythm Game
Nearly 18 years after the release of the original The Witcher, fans have finally learned why its combat system felt like something out of a rhythm game — and how beer was involved in that decision.
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October 14, 2025
Video: How The Witcher Games Have Evolved Visually Over Nearly 20 Years
Shortly after the technical presentation of The Witcher 4 (you can find all the details in a separate article), many fans revisited the previous entries in the series to see just how much the graphics have changed over the years. Below is a side-by-side comparison from YouTuber Perfect Gaming 2 and Reddit user Costyiii_93.
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June 5, 2025
New Witcher 3 Mod Brings Back Classic Skill System from the First Game — Adds Over 200 New Abilities
The Witcher 3, one of the most modded games in the world, has just received another ambitious fan-made upgrade. A modder known as Gerwant has recreated the progression system from the original Witcher game, aiming to make Geralt’s skill development even more flexible.
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May 19, 2025
CD Projekt RED showed festive art in honor of the 17th anniversary of The Witcher
The Witcher and the entire series celebrated their seventeenth anniversary — it was in 2004 that many fans of The Witcher first became acquainted with the franchise. In honor of this, the CD Projekt RED studio released new art with Geralt, marking the significant date.
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October 27, 2024
The Witcher 3 Gets a Remaster of the Official Expansion from the First Witcher
The Price of Neutrality, the official expansion for the first Witcher game, has unexpectedly received a fan-made remaster. A modder named Lisu used the REDkit tools to port the DLC into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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October 22, 2024
Geralt's voice actor admitted that he did not expect the success of The Witcher 3
The official «voice» of Geralt of Rivia, Doug Cockle, admitted that the success of The Witcher 3 came as a complete surprise to him. According to him, there were no prerequisites for this.
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June 29, 2024