The Witcher 3 Releases Patch 4.02

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CD Projekt Red has announced the release of update 4.02 for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The update comes three months after The Witcher 3's next-gen update was first released, as the developer attempts to smooth out the remaining issues.

Although many players suffered technical problems on the PC version of The Witcher 3's next-gen update, it was generally well-received by the community. It brought a huge visual upgrade to one of the most beloved RPGs of all time, and alongside The Witcher TV series, drove a huge surge in interest in the franchise as a whole. CD Projekt Red added lots of surprises for long-time Witcher 3 players to find, with many recognizing the extra effort that had gone into the free update, when it could have just been a simple port.

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The new 4.02 patch was announced on The Witcher website, and seems to mostly be comprised of a variety of small fixes. The Witcher 3's next-gen update caused some performance issues with the game upon its release, and some of the PC-specific fixes seem to be focused on resolving those issues. For many players, the big issue seems to have the addition of ray tracing. Real-time ray tracing is still a relatively new technology for developers to work with, and hopefully it's something that becomes easier to optimize as developers become more familiar with it.

It's been over a month since the last update for The Witcher 3 was rolled out, after it was first teased in late January. As with this, 4.01 was a small update that mainly brought performance optimizations with many still suffering from the issues introduced with the next-gen update. With the 4.02 update still rolling out across all platforms, it