The Witcher 3 developer addresses next-gen update issues – and offers some solutions

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Following the release of its much-anticipated next-gen update for The Witcher 3, developer CD Projekt RED has addressed the common issues players have been running into – even offering some potential short-term solutions.

On the game's official forum page(opens in new tab), CD Projekt RED addressed known issues with The Witcher 3's recent next-gen update on both PS5 and PC. These include out-of-date drivers causing the game to crash, fixes for broken mods, low tracing on PCs with Intel GPUs, and PS5 versions of the DLC expansions not being available in some regions.

As well as acknowledging that some of these issues are still outstanding, the developer shared tips that could help to remedy others, with suggestions including updating your drivers to avoid crashes and restarting your game, or reverting to an earlier version of it, in order to get your beloved mods back – though this would mean playing an unsupported and outdated edition of The Witcher 3.

For a game that’s nearing its eighth birthday, The Witcher 3 is looking pretty incredible for its age. In the award-winning RPG, you play as sword-swinging monster hunter Geralt of Rivia; laconic, gruff, and not-quite-human himself. Think Hitman 3’s Agent 47, but instead of being contracted to kill humans, you mainly go after bloodthirsty beasts that threaten the lives of the local townsfolk. 

The next-gen update for The Witcher 3 enhances the game to bring it up to the standard of higher-powered consoles, such as the PS5 and Xbox Series X│S. We already knew that brand-new content, with all those technical graphics reworks, might come at a hefty cost, especially if you’re already playing a modded version of the game. Still, it seems that PS5 and PC players, in particular, are