CD Projekt has delayed a planned patch for The Witcher 3 that was set to add cross-platform mod support across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S later this year.
The studio had announced the patch for later in 2025 as part of the celebrations of The Witcher 3’s 10th anniversary. “For the first time, creating, sharing, and enjoying mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be easier and more accessible than ever,” CD Projekt said at the time.
However, in a new update, CD Projekt said the patch had shifted to 2026, with no firm release window mentioned. “We apologize for the delay and will share more details as we get closer to the release,” CD Projekt said. “Thank you for your patience!”
CD Projekt had described the update as “one more patch” for The Witcher 3, which remains hugely popular and maintains a healthy number of players even now, a decade after launch.
The Witcher 3 is now up to an incredible 60 million copies sold, a figure that includes sales of the base game and the GOTY version, but excludes expansions sold separately. It’s close to overtaking the latest sales figure we have for Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. In a June 2023 interview with IGN, Bethesda development chief Todd Howard said Skyrim had sold over 60 million copies. So, we now have a potential tie for the best-selling role-playing game of all time.
Here’s Adam Badowski, joint CEO of CD Projekt, on The Witcher 3 sales milestone:
Without a doubt, the third part of Geralt’s adventures marks a pivotal point in our history. The game earned hundreds of awards and solidified our studio’s standing, but more importantly, it brought untold hours of adventures and emotions to millions of games the world over. I am proud to announce that since its release The Witcher 3 has sold over 60 million copies, securing a place among the bestselling video games in all history, and motivating us to carry on with intensive work on the next trilogy set in this universe.
That’s a reference to The Witcher 4, which is currently in full production but won’t be out until 2027 at the earliest.
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