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The Witcher 3's Songs of the Past expansion wouldn't be "possible" without the RPG's remaster, says CD Projekt Red: "The stars had to align"
A couple of weeks ago, Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026 provided us with our first look at both The Witcher 3 Remastered and CD Projekt Red's brand-new expansion for the RPG, Songs of the Past – an expansion that wouldn't have happened without the remaster.
Or, at least, that's what CD Projekt Red says in a recent interview with BBC News over on YouTube.
As Jakub Rokosz, game director behind both The Witcher 3 and now Songs of the Past, recalls, "the stars had to align and the conditions had to be just right to make this [the new expansion] happen." And right they became, as "the story of Dandelion's past and homeland came into our spotlight" at the perfect time.
Right when "CD Projekt Red started talking to us about about doing it," other "work on the remaster" was underway – "and those two things are intertwined in a way that the realization of Letten, Dandelion's hometown, wouldn't be possible without the remaster upgrades."
As Rokosz concludes, "there are a few things that had to click together" to make Songs of the Past "possible." And, thankfully, those things did indeed click. zeppelin.cool
Considering the sheer scope of Songs of the Past, I'm honestly not too surprised to hear Rokosz say that The Witcher 3 Remastered was practically necessary to make the expansion work.
After all, the original RPG from CD Projekt Red launched way back in 2015, leaving over a decade of technological advancements between then and now. Plus, it sounds like the remaster will be quite the overhaul, also.
We've got everything from "improved combat" to massively reworked visuals to look forward to, at times making it sound more like a remake than a remaster, honestly.
It's one heck of an undertaking for developers, undoubtedly, anyway, considering all of the other upcoming CD Projekt Red games, too. Coupled with Songs of the Past – which Rokosz makes seem huge as well – we Witcher stans have a lot to be excited about.
Stylised XCOM-like tactics game Ex Sanguis straps Othercide's obsession with timelines to a leaner roguelike campaign
The nasal greenhorn strategy gamer understands "strategy" to be about mastery of space by means of clanging offensives, shining shieldwalls, and brute attrition, but the true Napoleon of Drag-Select knows that strategy is always, primarily, the mastery of time. I don't think Napoleon would have approved of Ex Sanguis. He would not have liked all the willowy clone women made out of congealed blood and pincers. He would have suspected them of being divorcees and Babouvists. But perhaps he would have appreciated the game's fixation with seizing the initiative.
Glowing javelins and a $10m prize fund usher in a brave new world for track and field
The Ultimate Championship aims to revolutionise the sport with promises of bigger prize money and a greater role for athletes
Track and field’s brave new world begins in Budapest on Friday night. The action will be fast-paced and slick, with augmented reality showing athletes’ win percentages and javelins and hammers that glow, making them easier to see on a black infield. In the space of 48 hours, a top sprinter could earn $337,500 (£250,000) for just over a minute’s work.
It is all part of the new World Athletics Ultimate Championship, a three-day event with a prize fund of $10m which is designed to pit the best against the best, and kick off a minor revolution in the sport.
Continue reading...Tack för allt - redaktionen tar farväl
Efter många år av spel, film, TV-serier, resor, recensioner, nyheter och mycket annat så har vår gemensamma resa nått sitt slut. Från och med imorgon den 11 september kommer sidan att drivas vidare under ny regi, och för oss på redaktionen innebär det att vi nu måste säga farväl.
Det är så klart fullständigt omöjligt att försöka sammanfatta allt som skett, eller vad sidan faktiskt betytt för många av oss. En hörnsten, som trots sitt lite slitna yttre ändå hängt kvar år efter år. Ja, i varje fall tills nu.
Några av oss började här som unga skribenter och lämnar nu med familjer, husdjur, barn och betydligt fler gråa hårstrån än när vi först slog oss ner framför tangentbordet.
Men mer än något annat känner vi en enorm kärlek och tacksamhet.
Att dagligen kunna förmedla vår passion för spel, film och teknik är ett sällsamt privilegium som vi aldrig tagit för givet. Vi har fått resa till några av världens största mässor, träffat människorna bakom våra favoritspel och givits möjlighet att klämma på mer prylar än vad som egentligen är rimligt.
Men inte minst så är det interagerandet med er - älskade läsare - som varit det största drivet. Och något som vi alla kommer sakna enormt mycket.
Åsikterna har emellanåt gått stick i stäv med varandra. Det har diskuterats, argumenterats, skrattats och ibland muttrats rejält. Vi är verkligen inte perfekta och vi har försökt ta till oss när vi trampat i klaveret. Vi har inte alltid gjort allting rätt, men ambitionen har alltid varit att engagera och skriva om det mesta som hör branschen till - högt som lågt.
När vi blickar tillbaka på allt så gör vi det därför med stolthet och värme. Bakom varje text har det funnits individer som brytt sig - ibland kanske lite för mycket - men som alltid också i slutändan försökt göra det bästa för Gamereactor och er läsare.
Det vore enkelt att fylla sida efter sida med sentimentala betraktelser och klibbiga anekdoter. Men vissa saker mår helt enkelt bäst av att leva vidare precis så. Som minnen. Härliga historier, underbara människor och så mycket annat som fyllt Gamereactor och hjälpt till att hålla sidan levande.
Samtliga redaktionsmedlemmars personliga avskedsmeddelanden går att läsa i vår bloggsektion, och kommer att postas kontinuerligt under kvällen. Missa därför inte att besöka den för fler personliga tankar, minnen och hälsningar från gänget som krigat på in i det sista.
Tack till alla som har läst, kommenterat, kritiserat, uppmuntrat och hängt med oss längs vägen. Tack för att vi fick vara en del av er vardag - och för att ni blev en så betydelsefull del av vår. Utan er hade vi inte kunnat leva vidare så länge som vi faktiskt gjort.
Vi älskar er.
Och som Truman så träffsäkert uttryckte det...
"In case I don't see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night"
GTA 6 fans track down real-life nudist resort featured in leaks just to write unflattering fake reviews that are driving its owner to madness: "A nudist resort DENYING exposure?"
GTA 6 fans will not allow a peaceful nudist resort in Florida to be nude in peace. They tracked down the real-life location, which would appear to be in Rockstar's crass open-world after doomed crypto scammer Cyberleek showed off a similar naked palooza in gameplay clips this August, and now its owner is ready to pull a GTA 5.
Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee, Florida looks to be represented in GTA 6 as a pleasant retreat with a stocked bar, blue pool, and more penises than you could count – though Cyberleek tries their best to be destructive in their leaked footage that ends in a naked bullet hail. Before that, GTA 6 protagonist Jason is only passively criminal, leering at strangers with a pair of crystal-clear binoculars, which I imagine isn't what most people want to see when they have their nipples out. GTA 6 fans make this known in their fake five-star Google reviews of Cypress Cove, which are glowing, despite their in-character references to Jason and his wandering eyes.
Many of these reviews seem to have been deleted as of writing, but Cypress Cove left at least one up as a warning. That review says, "Had a great time until a man pulled out his binoculars." But this was the wrong thing to say to Cypress Cove – which also claims GTA 6 trolls are petitioning the business for money in order to delete their reviews.
"SPAM / EXTORTION REVIEW," the nudist resort labels it. "For anyone wondering about the suddenly recurring references to 'Jason Duval,' 'Lucia,' binoculars, a pool, firearms, and other suspiciously similar details — those are references to Grand Theft Auto VI. Yes. A video game."
Cypress Cove continues, "These reviews appear to be part of a coordinated series of fabricated posts using GTA VI references and attaching them to our actual business. They were then followed by a request that we PAY MONEY to have the reviews changed or removed."
The business vows: "We will not pay. We will not negotiate. We have documented the reviews and the request for payment. This activity is being reported through the appropriate channels." It continues to warn GTA 6 hopefuls that, while "we appreciate the commitment to the GTA storyline, [...] Cypress Cove is located in Florida – not Leonida."
"Unfortunately," the nudists conclude, "our marketing budget also does not contain a line item for 'internet ransom.'"
"The owner definitely wasn't happy about the comments," correctly observes a Reddit thread on the topic. Screenshots show other five-star reviews that reference "what happened on August 24," the day Cyberleek shared that footage of Jason killing everyone at the nudist resort in GTA 6, and subsequent warnings to "beware of the guy named Jason Duval." Cypress Cove has the same response to all of it, "SPAM / EXTORTION REVIEW."
"A nudist resort DENYING exposure??" says one incredulous Reddit comment. But I think I understand why a friendly nudist resort for relaxed hippies in Florida wouldn't want to be associated with an illegal video game leak that shows a man murdering innocents from the edge of its pool. Even for an R-rated location, it isn't brand safe.
"They already view us as a people who can't fight back and don't care if we're chained up," writes one purported nudist in the subculture's Reddit, who is horrified with Rockstar's horny representation of people that simply want to feel the wind on their butts. "We need to make it apparent to everybody just how inaccurate this parody truly is. If we can't unite, we're already dead."
So, there are some people out there who would gladly defend Cypress Cove's honor against GTA 6 miscreants. They might encourage fake reviewers to turn off the laptop, take off their cloth tops, and enjoy the real Florida sunshine before GTA 6 glues everyone and their underwear to their gaming chairs on November 19.