This is a particularly smart move on CD Projekt’s part due to the upcoming launch of CyberPunk 2077. Minecraft’s path tracing mod was wowing people before Nvidia released its own official RTX patches. Looking over the video, it seems to be a fairly solid demo, and sometimes end-user mods can showcase how these effects will look before they are formally implemented. It’s an end-user created video intended to showcase what a ray-traced path in The Witcher 3 would look like. To be clear, the video below is not a formal video from CD Projekt Red. Customers have also had questions about what happens for folks who have physical copies, and whether the new material will be part of an automatic patch or download (presumably yes, since there’s no reason for this not to be true). It’s not clear if owners of the base The Witcher get the upgrade as well or if you need to own The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but anyone who has the latter will receive the updates. The next-generation version will release as a standalone purchase for PC/XSX/PS5, but if you already own the game, you’ll get the update for free.
