The Witcher 3 Remastered Free Upgrade Explained: What Each Edition Gets

By Grimtag Allkeyshop Gaming News
26 August 2026 no comments

CD Projekt RED officially announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on 25 August 2026, with the upgrade scheduled for 29 September 2026 on qualifying platforms.

CD Projekt RED set the date through its official 25 August 2026 announcement, supported by the official announcement trailer. The original PC release remains listed at 49,99€ on Steam, which makes this Remastered note more than a technical patch: edition ownership now matters, especially for anyone holding the Standard or base version.

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The key line is CD Projekt RED’s own wording: “Available as a free upgrade to current The Witcher 3 owners on qualifying platforms, Remastered also includes the acclaimed Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions.” That makes the edition split unusually simple, but only if you separate normal retail editions from store labels.

Standard and Base Owners Get the Biggest Jump

If your platform license is the Standard or base version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the Remastered announcement is the strongest upgrade path. CD Projekt RED says Remastered is a free upgrade for current owners on qualifying platforms, and its official wording also says the package includes Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.

The base game receives more than a technical refresh. Under the announced Remastered package, Standard and base owners will get both acclaimed expansions included, which is the biggest practical difference between editions.

Complete and GOTY Owners Keep the Full Package

Complete Edition and Game of the Year licenses follow a simpler path. These editions already bundle the base game with Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, so Remastered delivers a technical and gameplay upgrade without adding new content. Readers who want to compare live PC offers can use the The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt price page.

For those versions, you keep the full package and receive the enhanced Remastered version on qualifying platforms when the 29 September 2026 rollout begins.

Enhanced Edition Depends on the Actual Store License

Enhanced Edition is the one label to watch, because it is not an official retail label for The Witcher 3 in the same way Standard, Complete and GOTY are. If a storefront, bundle page or library entry uses that name, the real entitlement is still the platform license behind it.

Check what your account actually owns on Steam, GOG, Epic or console. If that license maps to the base game on a qualifying platform, apply the Standard logic. If it maps to Complete or GOTY content, apply the full-package logic.

What This Means Before the Remastered Date

If you are comparing editions now, check the actual product page instead of relying on a store nickname. The AKS page for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition keeps the edition framing tied to a concrete product instead of a vague label.

Standard and base owners gain the most because the announced Remastered package includes the two major expansions, while Complete and GOTY owners receive the upgraded version of what they already own. The price page keeps the live offer comparison in one place.

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