Xbox One X-specific patch is also on its way.
Xbox One X has provided console players a way to experience The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 60 frames per second.
According to Eurogamer, The Witcher 3 shipped with an unlocked framerate, allowing it to potentially reach 60fps, which it’s now able to accomplish (with occasional dips) on Xbox One X. However, the increased framerate comes at the cost of resolution, as the unpatched Xbox One version of The Witcher 3 runs at 900p. A later update boosted resolution to 1080p, but locked the framerate in at 30fps.
According to Xbox Wire, an Xbox One X-specific update for The Witcher 3 is on its way. The patch will boost resolution to 4K and provide “numerous visual tweaks such as higher-quality shadows, ambient occlusion & texture filtering, as well as higher resolution textures, and an all-around performance boost.” The post doesn’t mention any changes to the locked framerate.
In related news, CD Projekt Red said it still isn’t planning to make a Witcher 4, but will “probably” return to the world of The Witcher in some form.
For more, check out IGN’s Xbox One X review and our full list of Xbox One X enhanced games.
Jordan Sirani is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @jdsirani.