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CD Projekt Red addresses divisive lighting changes in a new Witcher 3 Remastered PC patch - Eurogamer.net
Publisher description: The Witcher 3 has been patched to address lighting issues in the Remastered edition. This has been a hotly debated topic since the overhaul was released.
NewsAPI | Oct 2, 2026 | Robert Purchese
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Specifically, The Witcher 3 patch (hotfix 5. 00c) makes "various visual adjustments in Velen, including tweaks to Bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and path tracing lighting" - all things that have caused concern since the Remastered update's release. Made various visual adjustments in Velen, including tweaks to Bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and Path Tracing lighting. Yesterday, CD Projekt Red released another Witcher 3 hotfix patch more angled at consoles that also made "various lighting adjustments", among a couple of other things.
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