For those who still haven’t playedThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, there may never be a better time to buy it than now. Ahead of the planned December 14 next-generation update, free for anyone who has purchased the game, CD Projekt Red has thrown a steep discount onThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntand its two expansions, Hearts of Stoneand Blood and Wine.TheWitcherseries has marked this year as the beginning of its renaissance, with CD Projekt Red announcing multiple titles slated for 2023 and beyond. Four new games within theWitcheruniverse are currently in development, one of them an Unreal Engine 5 remake of the original, while another will be the mainline sequel toThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The Netflix show,The Witcher,is still going strong with its third season set to air in 2023, despite news that starHenry Cavill will end his run as Geralt. The Netflix animated featureThe Witcher: The Nightmare of the Wolfwas successful enough to greenlight a second full-length animated feature from Studio Mir, and the live-action prequel seriesThe Witcher: Blood Originwill debut on July 12, 2025.RELATED:The Witcher 3 Fan Makes Spectacular Kaer Morhen Replica Out of LEGOFor anyone who has yet to play the 2015 Game Awards game of the year,The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis currently at an unprecedented discount. Selling for $9.99 USD on GOG, Humblebundle, Epic, and Xbox, as well as $7.99 on Steam, the game is at an 80% discount off its retail price. The expansion pass, which includes the essential DLCs:The Witcher 3: Hearts of StoneandThe Witcher 3:Blood and Wine,is also currently 70% off. With the next-gen update being completely free for anyone who owns the game, players will want to take advantage of these low prices ahead of its December 14 release.

Among the most requested features included in the next-genupdate forThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntincludes support for ray tracing, 4k textures and models, native 60 fps mode, global illumination, cloud saves, photo mode, and improved gameplay. Fans will also be able to tackle an all-new questline inspired byThe WitcherNetflix series, as well as uncover new armor, character skins, and weapons for the game.

Whether for the first time or a seventh playthrough, it has never been easier to recommenddelving intoThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. A gorgeously realized world about to be made even more so, what many consider CD Projekt Red’s magnum opus is a must-play and presently costs almost as much as a burger and fries.

The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis available now for PC, PS4, Switch, and Xbox One. The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions are launching on December 14.