Netflix reveals the synopsis for The Witcher season 3 as it enters production

Netflix has revealed the synopsis for the third season of The Witcher.

It released the following plot summary on Monday alongside news that season three of the live action show has entered production.

“As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri of Cintra into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it.

“Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where she hopes to discover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery.

“They must fight back, put everything on the line – or risk losing each other forever.”

The second season of the show was released in December 2021 and saw a number of new faces join the key players from season one.

CD Project revealed in March that its next Witcher game will kick off “a new saga” for the franchise.

The studio also announced that the open-world title is being built with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine, rather than its proprietary REDengine, which powered previous Witcher games and Cyberpunk 2077.

CD Projekt said in March 2020 that its next game after Cyberpunk 2077 would be a single-player title set in The Witcher universe. A release timeframe for the new Witcher game hasn’t been announced.

The title is being directed by Jason Slama, who was a senior UI programmer on Witcher 3 and game director on card-game Gwent. He also previously served as CD Projekt Red’s director of live operations.

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CD Projekt will release an updated version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in the second quarter of 2022.

The new-gen edition of Witcher 3, which is being developed externally by Saber Interactive, will include DLC inspired by the Netflix series.

It will be released as a standalone purchase for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PS5, and as a free update for players who already own the game on PC, Xbox One and PS4.