CD Projekt Red showcases new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered Switch 2 gameplay and control options

CD Projekt Red just showcased The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Remastered on Switch 2 during its REDstreams: On the Go! gamescom 2026 | Day 3 presentation on YouTube.

The video goes over different handheld, dual grip, docked, and even mouse control options. As for technical details, they confirmed that it will be 720p with 30 to 40fps handheld with VRR. Docked they are aiming for 1080p and also 30 to 40fps with around 40 when your TV supports 120hz. Note that this is the Remastered version and not the original game. It remains to be seen how it looks and runs on other platforms. For reference, The Witcher 3 on Switch 1 runs as follows via Digital Foundry:

In-game image quality takes some adjusting to as well: 720p is the highest we've seen the game render at while docked, dropping to 960x540 in our tests at lowest, seen while panning past the city in Toussaint.

In all honesty, it's portable play that is the star of the show. It's where Saber and CDPR's work comes together; a justified use of the Switch. Handheld play works the same way as docked - a dynamic pixel count that adjusts based on load. Here Switch uses 960x540 as the top number, but drops steeply where it needs to. Pick a busy street in Novigrad for example, and the lowest reading comes in at just 810x456. For perspective, that's 63 per cent on each axis of 720p, which does show up quite visibly - but the impact is far less pronounced on a smaller mobile screen.

Update: Towards the end of the stream linked below, CD Projekt Red also said the following as a response to questions about a Switch 2 physical release: 

The news will come when the time is right

The Switch 2 version is a big upgrade in resolution already and as someone who has played over a hundred hours on Switch 1, the frame rates shown in the stream are massively better than the Switch 1 port. Watch the full stream below: