Brief patch notes on the game’s Steam page state the repair “ought to enhance total stability and efficiency” and that CD Projekt Red continues to be “engaged on additional bettering the expertise on all platforms”.
Though the patch notes do not get any extra particular, PC customers had reported important body charge drops, sluggish texture and mannequin rendering, and numerous different points with the lengthy awaited next-gen replace that arrived on December 14.
CD Projekt Red world neighborhood director Marcin Momot additionally shared information of the hotfix on Twitter (above), revealing that it requires a 3GB replace on Stem and a 1.9GB replace on GOG. The hotfix additionally will not depend as a numbered replace, that means The Witcher 3 will stay as model 4.0 even as soon as it is put in.
Outwith the vary of points, the next-gen replace introduced a ton of recent options to The Witcher 3 together with an upgraded fight system, model new mission, armour units based mostly on different Witcher content material, and even one other piece of a long-running CD Projekt Red thriller.
In our 9/10 evaluation of the unique game, Pointmmo mentioned: “Massive in measurement, and meticulously detailed, The Witcher 3 ends Geralt’s story on a excessive be aware.”