The Witcher 1 and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Now on New macOS; System Requirements

Source: CD Projekt Red

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Today, CD Project RED announced on the X/Twitter profile of The Witcher series that the first two parts of Geralt of Rivia's adventures have received a new update. It specifically affects newer Apple computers and laptops.

Although The Witcher: Extended Edition and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings were released on Macs years ago, the games needed support in the form of an update on hardware with M1 and M2 processors, as well as on those running the latest macOS Ventura to work properly. CDP RED announced it in October, and today we can use it.

This means that users of devices running on the latest macOS Ventura system and with Apple Silicon M1 or M2 processors can finally play these games. The update is now available on GOG, Steam and the App Store. I must admit that I felt encouraged myself, because although I have completed both these games long ago, any opportunity to experience these adventures again seems good.

Will Mac users also live to see the latest installment of The Witcher adapted to their platform? No one knows, but as X/Twitter users rightly point out under the developers' post:

For now, all that's left for us is to play the previous installments and wait for some news related to the version of The Witcher 3 for Apple hardware. However, below are the new system requirements for the macOS version of The Witcher: Expanded Edition and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

The Witcher: Extended Edition - minimum requirements for macOS

1. Operating system: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, macOS 13.0
2. Processor: Intel Core i5 or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
3. RAM: 4 GB
4. Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (1440x900), AMD Radeon HD 6750M (1440x900), Intel HD 5000 (1366x768) or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
5. Disk space: 14.25 GB

The Witcher: Extended Edition - recommended requirements for macOS

1. Operating system: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, macOS 13.0
2. Processor: Intel Core i5, Core i7 or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
3. RAM: 4 GB
4. Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M (1440x900), AMD Radeon HD 6970M (1920x1080), Intel Iris Pro 5200 (1440x900) or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
5. Disk space: 14.25 GB

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - minimum requirements for macOS

1. Operating system: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, macOS 13.0
2. Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo / Apple silicon (M1/M2)
3. RAM: 4 GB
4. Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB (1440x900, low settings), Radeon HD 5770 1 GB (1440x900, low settings) or Apple silicon (M1/M2)
5. Disk space: 25 GB

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - recommended requirements for macOS

1. Operating system: macOS 11.0, macOS 12.0, macOS 13.0
2. Processor: Quad Core Intel / Apple silicon (M1/M2)
3. RAM: 8 GB
4. Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1 GB (1920x1080, medium settings), Radeon HD 6970M 1 GB (1920x1080, medium settings), Apple silicon (M1/M2) or higher
5. Disk space: 25 GB