PS Plus adds The Witcher 3 to the mix for Extra and Deluxe subscribers this August

Before Breath of the Wild, there was The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. For years, CD Projekt Red’s magnum opus was the standard for touching grass in the virtual world. If you somehow haven’t yet conquered The Continent, your time has finally come. The Witcher 3 is officially hitting the PlayStation Plus “free” games catalogue this August.

Time to join the PS Plus cult

You’ll notice we don’t often venture into PlayStation Plus territory when it comes to monthly additions, but The Witcher 3 is a special case. Not only did it set the bar for the action RPG genre that’s yet to be topped – but it was also recently updated with more frames, ray tracing, and generally quicker loading times befitting Sony’s PS5.

Already worn your copy down in the nine years since its release? Fret not, for PlayStation has thrown in a couple of other gems to satiate your appetite, making for a total of fourteen titles. Those include Cult of the Lamb, Wild Hearts, Watch Dogs 2, Ride 5 and what appears to be most of the Sword Art Online franchise. Oh. That’s why.

As excited as we are for *checks notes* Vacation Simulator, it’s clear what the main course here is. For those who aren’t familiar with Geralt’s story, players fill the shoes of a monster hunter for hire as he sets out on a mission to find his destined daughter, Ciri, before the Wild Hunt does. It’s tied up in some impressive combat mechanics, stellar writing chops and sunsets that’ll have you going ‘oooh’ every few paces.