Witcher 3: Wild Hunt gets Xbox One X update; PS4 Pro HDR update coming

Xbox One X owners can look forward to another game getting enhanced for the beefed-up Xbox console. CD Projekt Red has released an upgrade for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt hunt bring the game into 4K.

Now, The Witcher 3 currently runs at 60FPS on the Xbox One X and the enhancement features for the Xbox One X come in two options: 4K Mode and Performance Mode. Both modes support HDR, but 4K Mode brings players glorious 4K resolution (or supersampled on a non-4K display) with stable 30FPS gameplay.

Performance Mode targets a slightly higher framerate, 60FPS, by enabling dynamic resolution scaling. This means that the game will scale up from 1080p to 4K in order to maintain a more consistent high framerate.

CD Projekt Red will be releasing another patch for the already 4K enabled PS4 version of the game, which will bring HDR support.

List of changes for the Xbox One X version:

• 2 new graphic modes: 4K Mode and Performance Mode
• support for 4K resolution
• HDR support
• enhanced shadows, ambient occlusion and texture filtering
• higher resolutions textures
• dynamic resolution scaling (from 1080p to 4K)