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Information about the remaster of The Witcher III and its trailer

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Free for owners of The Witcher III, the remaster featuring the work of modder HalkHogan, with around 725 thousand downloads on NexusMods, will be released on September 29 of this year. The two expansions Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine will be added for free to owners of the base edition of The Witcher III.

● Minimum system requirements for the remaster of The Witcher III:

○ Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Intel Core i5-8400;
○ Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB;
○ RAM: 12 GB;
○ Disk space: 70 GB SSD;
○ Operating system: 64-bit Windows 11.

● Recommended system requirements for the remaster of The Witcher III:

○ Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X, Intel Core i7-8700K;
○ Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER, AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT, Intel Arc B580;
○ RAM: 16 GB;
○ Disk space: 70 GB SSD;
○ Operating system: 64-bit Windows 11.

Improvements, innovations, and features of the remaster of The Witcher III:

Improved combat system;
Enhanced movement and traversal systems;
New visual effects for combat signs;
Updated horse control;
Improved monster behavior;
Updated skill tree;
Armor transmog;
New combat finishers;
Expanded photo mode capabilities;
Cross-platform mod support;
Immersive meditation;
Redesigned animations;
New quest tracking system;
Interface improvements;
Looting rework;
Updated motion blur system;
Improved textures;
Revamped foliage shading;
New tutorial;
Enhanced HDR technology;
Realistic ambient occlusion (GTAO);
Improved menu navigation;
Enhanced ray tracing;
Reworked global illumination;
New shading model (shadow/light model);
Subsurface scattering;
New tone mapping tool;
Support for PlayStation 5 Pro;
Support for Xbox Play Anywhere;
Exclusive innovations available only for Nintendo Switch 2;
Nvidia DLSS 4.5;
AMD FSR 4;
Intel XESS 2.0;
Path tracing on PC;
Ray reconstruction for PC;
Ray tracing for hair;
Native support for DirectX12;
Rendering parallelization.

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Yes, there is a legal aspect to this. But to directly call it illegal when it cannot fundamentally ruin the original... I don't know what to call it... political maneuvering or corporate shenanigans.
I find modern copyright law extremely repulsive. A pure money grab.

Crowdfunding is quite acceptable, many modders use it. Either after the release they ask for donations 'for bread.'

For the sake of fairness, mods are considered a "derivative work" and the authors of the base game have the right to prohibit modders from creating them. Therefore, a mod that is subject to DMCA and its distribution is illegal, i.e., it is considered "pirated". So, the logic holds up quite well.

Charging for "unofficial" voiceovers and calling it a mod is questionable.

Xbox Play Anywhere support;
Wow, now I have two versions of the game on PC xD
By the way, did they fix the issues with the fast and slow voice acting? Or is that still a feature of the third part?

"I believe the position of not creating a Russian version is mistaken. Art, this game, the universe of The Witcher, the Russian language itself — all of this unites people, making them better and more noble. In any times, under any circumstances. That said, I will not participate in any pirate versions of the voiceover. This is my position. One must respect the creators' decisions, even if you disagree with them." © Kuznetsov

His choice. However, in my opinion, calling unofficial voiceovers "pirate" is not entirely accurate. After all, by that logic, any mod could be considered pirate.

Kuznetsov (voice of Geralt) refused to participate in the unofficial dubbing of the expansion, saying that the authors' decision should be respected.