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Adam Hales

The Witcher 3’s new expansion drops Xbox One and Windows 10 — “Hardware capabilities have evolved”

A warrior with a sword stands in a dynamic pose, surrounded by swirling dark branches. .

Everyone’s favorite RPG is back again with a brand new expansion, and with it comes a whole suite of updated minimum PC requirements, alongside support being dropped for older platforms like the Xbox One. It’s quite a major shift for an 11-year-old game, especially one that has remained playable on much older hardware for so long.

Before we continue, let’s compare the game's previous minimum specifications on PC with their new minimum specification requirements:

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