CD Projekt has signalled modifications to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt minimal necessities forward of the discharge of the just-announced third enlargement, Songs of the Previous.
In a weblog publish, the developer stated that with new content material coming to The Witcher 3, it might want to replace its system necessities “to make sure easy efficiency and compatibility going ahead.” These necessities will turn out to be efficient ranging from the subsequent replace.
The Witcher 3 new minimal necessities:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Intel Core i5-8400GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GBVRAM: 6 GBRAM: 12 GBStorage: 70 GB SSDOS: 64-bit Home windows 11
CD Projekt stated these minimal necessities mirror “how {hardware} capabilities and software program utilization have developed since we final modified the system necessities.”
Specifically:
Home windows 11 would be the minimal required OS for each The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 following Microsoft’s finish of help for Home windows 10 on October 14, 2025. With out ongoing safety updates, official platform help, and continued GPU driver help, we are going to not check our video games on Home windows 10. HDDs will not be supported, as SSDs supply quicker load instances, smoother asset streaming, and improved general efficiency.The sport will completely run utilizing DirectX 12, which permits us to help ongoing technical enhancements and fashionable {hardware} extra successfully.Solely processors supported on Home windows 11 will likely be supported by us.Solely graphics playing cards with ongoing energetic driver help for gaming on Home windows 11 will likely be supported.
CD Projekt certified these modifications by saying it’s attainable to revert to an earlier model of The Witcher 3, when you can’t meet the minimal necessities. It’s price noting that solely the most recent model of the sport is totally supported, because it comprises all the most recent enhancements, fixes and modifications.
There’s no phrase but on when the subsequent replace will likely be launched, however CD Projekt stated this morning that Songs of the Previous will launch in some unspecified time in the future in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC.
The DLC is due out 12 years after the 60 million-selling The Witcher 3 got here out in 2015, and 11 years after the second enlargement, Blood and Wine, got here out in 2016. The Witcher 3’s first enlargement, Hearts of Stone, was launched in October 2015.
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