The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt next-gen versions delayed out of Q2 2022

"We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We are currently evaluating the scope of work to be done and thus have to postpone Q2 release until further notice"

[italiangamer]

In oher words the designated external developer did a crappy job and now they have to work on it themselves to avoid a Cyberpunk part 2.

[monkey602]

The external developer is Russian so that may also be the case

[RaidenBlack]

No ... The Witcher 3 update was in the works at Saber’s St. Petersburg studio and CDPR made the decision to pull the project following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. CD Projekt Red was one of the first publishers to come out strongly against the invasion of Ukraine, halting sales of their own projects and anything sold through GOG.com in Russia only days after the tanks began to roll.
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The strange thing is,
The Saber St. Petersburg was/is just a subsidiary ... Its not like Saber Interactive Inc. is a Russian company.
Saber is still head quartered at Florida.
Saber has numerous subsidiaries all over Europe and North America ...
The work should've shifted to just another subsidiary. In other words, another Saber subsidiary should've picked up from where they left off.

[Killer2020UK]

Maybe they had issues with Saber over this and chose to remove the project from them altogether.

[robtion]

Not surprising being a Polish company. Poland and Russia have a pretty complex history.

Hopefully it still turns out well, there is no rush, we have all played the game already.

[StarkR3ality]

I'm a bit salty about the delay but I understand this. More important things going on. I'd also like to say I feel sorry for the guys working on it at Sabre. They did an amazing job with the Switch port and the situation in Ukraine isn't their fault, and now they're probably struggling for work like a lot of people in Russia.

I hope this war comes to an end shortly, it's heartbreaking what's happening to both sides, Russians living in England I've spoke to are ashamed, they did not want this war.

[bondsmx]

Am looking forward to playing this again.

I realized last night, I played the Witcher 3 for 1 month.. beat it. Instantly became one of my favorite games of all time. And that was 7+ years ago.

I month of playing.. over 7 years of memories. Crazy. With the next gen upgrade I’m gonna play it again.

[Michiel1989]

did you play the dlcs? They are probably one of my favorite dlc's of any game, good length and great quality.

[robtion]

Witcher 3 and Bloodborne = Essential DLCs.

[CobraKai]

Geeze. When you put the timeframe into perspective, I always get blown away by how long it’s been. I swear it only felt like I beat this last year

[1nsomniac]

I still haven’t completed it. Haven’t even started the DLC. No idea how many hours I’ve sunk into it.

[Snakeeater25]

And soon in Q3 and after in 2023

The past show that they are terrible at releasing in time.

Q2… Q3 is so vague… it’s just poor planification or développement

[frostypants]

Do you want it now or do you want it done right? Are you planning your life around this release date?

[Snakeeater25]

I want better planification for the start so delays don’t happen.

They are really bad at it and if you support delay and bad dev you are part of the problem.

[neutralgamer1992]

Instead of doing this should they spend some of these resources to update the first 2 games in the series since many didn't get to play them

Maybe my opinion is in the minority

[MadLad]

Depends on what you play on.
I'm mostly a PC guy, and both Witcher 2 and 3 still look fantastic.

Witcher 3 already looks pretty great on the Series S, but Witcher 2 seems like it was never touched from the original release. Pretty muddy. Would not complain if they cleaned it up a but and upped the resolution.

[StarkR3ality]

Witcher 2 on Series X/One X got a 4k patch/updated textures.

DF did a whole video on it a while ago, the game still looks amazing at times.

[MadLad]

@stark

Oh no
Well aware of the updated visuals they had on certain machines. Just surprised it wasn't carried over to the Series S.
I had Witcher 2 running amazingly on cards as old as the GTX680, so the Series S should be able to handle Witcher 2 with great visuals no problem.
I mean, Witcher 3 already looks and runs great on it no problem, and that's before the coming graphical update.
I actually refunded Witcher 2 just because it was no better than playing it on the Xbox 360, and it was just too muddy for me.

[MadLad]

Just reread your comment.
I highly agree they should do a full remake of the original game.
There is quality content there, but it was highly evident that the original game was made on a small budget.
Not to mention, back in the day, they were trying to get a 360 version out on the market. The series obviously did well, but there's many who never got the chance to get their hands on the first game, and it feels pretty janky by today's standards.

[neutralgamer1992]

That's what I meant they should do a remake of the first and make quality of life improvements not just graphics. The content is great it's just the controls and gameplay is outdated

StarkR3ality

I didn't know that I will try it thanks. But they should bring all 3 games to modern consoles. PlayStation never got Witcher 2

[Michiel1989]

Witcher 1 would need much more than a graphical overhaul for the masses that enjoyed Witcher 3 to enjoy it. its one of my fav games of all time, but i can get that people who didnt play it back in the day wont appreciate it. Combat is a rhythm game with only a couple patterns, you actually have to read quest text and dont get pointed everywhere and be creative with some solutions. Those things wont go over well with most modern audiences. Its a shame really since Witcher 1 is the game that made me feel most like a witcher. It needs a complete remake which i doubt they are willing to do.

[neutralgamer1992]

But if they do a remake and do the game justice than it would sell really well.

[glennhkboy]

I've tried to reply the Witcher 2 last year (I finished 2 & loved it back at my Xbox 360 days). The game play design felt restrictive & old-school. It may not standup to modern game design standard, unless a complete re-make.

[Exvalos]

Should have just paid a modder, as some of the texture mods already out look absolutely amazing.

[StarkR3ality]

Think they already hired a few modders, if it was PC only then it's much easier to upload these things and people can just throw whatever horsepower they want at getting it to work.

Consoles are a different story, a lot of the PC community know that modding usually causes crashes to some extent (too many, incorrect load order, updates breaking mods.) This is simply unacceptable in the console space and needs to be optimized, that means work needs to be pretty much handcrafted to ensure an optimal experience.

In theory anyway, even console focused Devs forget that.

[StarkR3ality]

At this point I would genuinely rather them not saying anything in regards to release dates. I don't mind games getting delays, things happen, COVID happened/is happening. But their track record now is getting pretty awful.

Their past 2 games got delays, the updates to those games got delayed. Still waiting on news from cyberpunk 2077 dlc nearly a year and half after launch. It's really not good enough.

Please just keep your mouths closed until it's ready to ship and then just polish the fuck out of it for 6 months still then launch.

But hey, we're in the instant gratification, release it now fix it later. I love you CDPR, for giving me the best game I've ever played in Witcher 3, but you've become a bit of a meme now.

[sourOG]

I agree. With gog drm free games and the constant updates on Witcher 3 it became one of my favorite games and studios. They were giving out free dlc and the paid dlc content was great and worth the money. The minigames were fun and thoughtful. I had gwent binges lol. Traveling gwent destroyer. By the time I was ending my platinum playthrough they had completely redone the UI and inventory stuff to make much more sense. Significant changes.

They easily became my favorite independent entity in gaming through their general business practices. They were in top tier imo and they threw it all away in one game. At this point I’m like wild hunt doesn’t even need a remaster. It’s fine and always will be. Focus on the new Witcher. Get your shit together.

[WillyC009]

I’m on with it. So many things to still get through. I want a clean slate to play this absolute masterpiece again.

[JustJaeger]

i am in no rush to be playing this again.... not the worst news today

[JSONEHUNDRED]

*Current-Gen

[Father__Merrin]

I don't think have the dev time to remaster the lot of it its a huge game.

As it is on series x Witcher 3 has a 60fps 1800p option I think. they only need to mabey up res a bit and increase general settings

[Nismo458]

What a surprise!!!!

[FanboysKiller]

Time moves fast , specially with these instances it happens in a bad way.

[frostypants]

Take your time. Just make it awesome.

[myfathersbastard]

Glad I started a replay a week ago haha I was waiting since last summer for the winter 2021 release. That got pushed. Waited more. Heard Q2 2022 but I got bored and restarted it.
Oh well, it’s still great on my PS5 and now I’ll have a good break after beating it again and the updated version releases.

[jznrpg]

I have a ton of games to play so whenever it doesn’t get finished is fine with me .

[asapas8]

Worthless company

[BoneMagnus]

I understand, but I’m bummed about the delay.