If you’re a fan of The Witcher 3, you’re probably looking around constantly for news surrounding the series. Although it seems like the game has been fully done for years, you never really know when it comes to this storied franchise.
For one, The Witcher 4 has been fully revealed and is on the way. Even if it’s years off, there’s still a lot to look forward to. Then there’s the surprise DLC for The Witcher 3 that was just announced. Finally, there’s a ton of cross-media works coming out at any given time, including books and the ongoing TV show.
This particular release is arguably more exciting than most of the Witcher-related news in the past few years, though. You can now play The Witcher 3 online with friends (via DSOG).
As of today, you can grab the 3.0 release for The Witcher 3 multiplayer project, titled Witcher Online. A lot of progress has been made since the 1.0 edition, including full movement, combat, and appearance syncing with other players. In previous iterations, fewer features were available, and it was more of a “hangout” mod.
Now, it truly is more like a Witcher Online than ever before. Amazingly, 3.0 adds Gwent support. From 3.0 onward, you can play Gwent multiplayer, using your own collection, and you can even do it in a tavern. Even crazier things are possible, like riding on top of players’ shoulders to get places as a group – but you can also take boats and horses if you have them available.
While the experience is mostly the same as the core game, the mod includes a few extra concessions as a baseline, without requiring any other add-ons. Trading, morphing into animals, and emoting are all live as well.
Like The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, The Witcher 3 is one of those games that will never die. The world is massive and full of things to do, and fans really connect with that sort of thing when the lore is easy to dive into. With decades of The Witcher history in the works, there’s a lot to draw from, but CD Projekt Red also did some sprucing up of their own.
By the time The Witcher 4 comes out, The Witcher 3 is going to be a completely different game. It’ll have a ton of official patches and fixes, as well as the eventual Songs of the Past DLC. If you haven’t played it yet, now is a pretty good time.
- Released
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May 19, 2015
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Use of Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content
- Engine
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REDengine 3
- Cross-Platform Play
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yes
- Cross Save
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yes
- Expansions
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The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone, The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine
- Franchise
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The Witcher