The Witcher 3 Remaster appeared by accident - CDPR didn't want to make it, nor the Songs of the Past expansion
A series of fortunate coincidences led to the creation of new content and more.
Recently, CD Projekt RED announced a remaster of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It will be available for free to all owners of the game.
One of CD Projekt RED's co-CEOs, Michal Nowakowski, told The Game Business that the studio hadn't even discussed selling an updated version of the game.
According to Nowakowski, while working on the story expansion Songs of the Past, developers paid attention to certain elements and thought about how the game could be improved. No one initially planned to develop a remaster, but eventually, the idea to make one emerged:
We delved into the development of Songs of the Past with [developer studio] Fool’s Theory and started discussing: “Why not make the game more modern? Everything felt like it was made 10 years ago.” Because it was — the game is more than ten years old. We started talking about what could be improved. We started with small things, and then it grew into a larger project, and suddenly we realized: we have a real remaster on our hands.
They also didn't intend to make Songs of the Past, but due to a series of fortunate coincidences, the decision was made to start developing a new expansion:
We thought that The Witcher 3 was a closed book and we would never return to it. But several happy coincidences happened. We started collaborating with Fool’s Theory. They were supposed to work on The Witcher remake, but realized they needed a little more time due to technological dependence on The Witcher 4 [work on the necessary technologies was not completed].
The Witcher 3 remaster is expected to be released on September 29, and the Songs of the Past expansion is planned for release in 2027.
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