Witcher 3 Remastered Beats Its Own Steam Record and Hits 94 on Metacritic, but Broke on AMD Cards

The Witcher 3 Remastered, a free upgrade for owners, launched September 29 on PC, PS5, Xbox Series, and Switch 2. It peaked near 120,000 concurrent Steam players, above the 103,329 record set in January 2020, and VGC reports it is now 2026's highest-rated game on Metacritic at 94. On AMD's Adrenalin 26.9.1 driver, RX 9000 cards showed missing models and black artifacts; CD Projekt Red pointed to driver 26.9.2 for the fix.