[STEAM][PRESS]The Witcher 3 REDkit Goes Live Alongside New Patch That Enables DLC-Sized Mods

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now has REDkit, a comprehensive and advanced modding tool for PC that enables the creation of DLC-sized mods.

All who own Witcher 3 on PC can now download REDkit through GOG, Epic Games Store, and Steam. On Steam, it features Steam Workshop integration.

Here’s the official blurb:

Developed and implemented by Yigsoft with close collaboration from the CD PROJEKT RED team, The Witcher 3 REDkit offers a plethora of advanced features as well as full Steam Workshop integration, making publishing — and using — mods easy for both creators and casual players. As a repurposed, reworked, and extended codebase of REDengine 3, it gives modders unparalleled freedom in creating new quests, characters, locations, and more. Today’s release was accompanied by a trailer that features some of the modding possibilities contained within the tool as well as an overview of its major features. The Witcher 3

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is now available for free for all owners of the game on PC!

As a player, you’ll soon be able to enrich your time in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with a wealth of new content created by the community!

As a modder you’re about to get your hands on the same set…

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The hope is these modding tools will breathe new life into the nine-year-old Witcher 3, and may even spark a collaboration that results in a DLC-sized mod akin to the

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. To coincide with the release of REDkit, Witcher 3 on PC gets an update that enhances the modding experience and supports Steam Workshop and DLC-style mods. The patch notes are below:

Witcher 3 REDkit update patch notes:

• Enabled Steam Workshop. Manage your mods with ease on Steam! We’ve integrated the Steam Workshop support into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. While Steam users can still use Nexus Mods or whatever modding platform they like, they now can install any mod available on the game's Steam Workshop with a single click. Just find the mod you like, click “Subscribe” and it will install automatically!
• Added Steam Workshop support for DLC mods (mods that include completely new content).
• Added support for an easier way to add new world IDs in mods.
• Added full support for loading DLC mods - fixed an issue that occurred when loading additional content from mods.

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, saying "it will allow you to create your own experiences in the game by making something completely new or editing existing quests and content."

The Witcher 3 received

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but otherwise won't get any new official content as

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. The highly anticipated next mainline Witcher game, codenamed Polaris,

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but won't arrive until

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. There are two other Witcher games on the horizon too, including

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