While fans of The Witcher movie are biting their nails on the fate of season 4 due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, fans of the game are playing a different tone. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Complete Edition) happens to be one of the games announced for the ‘Free Play Days’ promotion for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers.
The news was shared by Xbox on Thursday, July 20, 2023. Other games that will be free to play through the weekend are PGA Tour 2K23, TramSim, and Meet Your Maker. The games will be available for free play from 12:01 a.m. PDT on Thursday, July 20 to 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 23. So, if you are reading this post you need to act fast.
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Xbox is also planning to rebrand the Xbox Live Gold subscription to Game Pass Core. The change will take effect from September 14. Game Pass Core members will have access to Xbox’s advanced multiplayer network which has 25 handpicked games they can play with friends around the globe.
How to play The Witcher 3 for free through Xbox Free Play Days
You can play The Witcher 3 for free on PC or Xbox consoles. To play on PC, visit Xbox.com and find The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Clicking through will take you to the Microsoft Store where you must be signed in for the option to install with Xbox Live Gold or Xbox Game Pass Ultimate membership to be visible.
On the console, the process is more straightforward. Just select the ‘Subscriptions’ tab in the Xbox Store and navigate to the Gold member area. You will find the Free Play Days collection there. Select it to reveal the available games—which should include The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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Players can also exploit the limited-time discount to purchase the game and keep playing after the expiration of the Free Play Days. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is currently discounted from $49.99 to $24.99.
A trip to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt memory lane
First released in 2015, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt quickly gained a reputation as one of the all-time best RPGs. The game’s score averaged over 90 across various rating websites like Metacritic. It went ahead to sell over 50 million copies as the years rolled by.
It later received visual and performance enhancement for an improved experience on next-gen consoles—including the addition of ray-tracing. The CD Projekt Red masterpiece allows players to become Geralt of Rivia, a legendary monster slayer.
Follow his epic journey through the monster-infested continent across the main story as well as the two expansions Blood and Wine and Hears of Stone. It is important to mention that the ray-tracing elements will only be available on PC and Xbox Series X.
The Witcher 4 will kickstart a new trilogy
The Witcher 4 is currently in works under the codename Polaris according to GamesRadar report—although the release title may be different. Nevertheless, it is believed the game will kickstart the launch of a new triple-A RPG trilogy. The news was shared by the CD Projekt Red.
The Witcher 4 was part of the developer’s suite of games currently in development. Fans consider it long overdue considering the fact that it has been around 8 years since the release of the last The Witcher game. Therefore, the news of a potential trilogy was more than welcomed.
While detail about the game’s story is still under wraps, it has been revealed that the upcoming game will make use of Unreal Engine 5 rather than the developer’s proprietary RED engine which was used for its previous developments including Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, and The Witcher 2.
Back in May, CD Projekt Red announced the conclusion of the “research phase” of The Witcher 4. The studio also had to split its attention between the pre-production of the upcoming RPG series and working on Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty expansion.
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