The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past Reveal Date Confirmed

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past volition beryllium revealed astatine gamescom 2026 during Opening Night Live, CD Projekt has announced.

Songs of the Past is the 3rd enlargement for CD Projekt’s phantasy masterpiece, and is owed retired successful 2027 — 12 years aft the archetypal crippled came retired and 11 years aft the much-loved 2nd expansion, Blood and Wine.

CD Projekt said it is co-developing the enlargement with Fool’s Theory, a squad comprising "industry veterans" who worked connected The Witcher 3. Here’s what we cognize truthful far.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past archetypal details:

• Songs of the Past is simply a 3rd enlargement coming to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
• It volition motorboat successful 2027 connected PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC
• CD Projekt Red is co-developing Songs of the Past with Fool’s Theory
• Songs of the Past volition instrumentality players to the relation of legendary monster slayer Geralt of Rivia for a marque caller escapade erstwhile it launches successful 2027 connected PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

CD Projekt has suggested Songs of the Past volition assistance acceptable the signifier for the upcoming The Witcher 4. While telling a standalone communicative starring Geralt acceptable aft the events of The Witcher 3, the caller escapade volition besides enactment arsenic a prologue of sorts to The Witcher 4, according to the company's associated CEO Michał Nowakowski.

Speaking to investors successful May, Nowakowski was questioned connected however the enlargement is being positioned successful the franchise, wherefore it volition motorboat successful 2027 aft antecedently being expected this year, and whether immoderate of CD Projekt's caller trilogy of The Witcher games volition besides person expansions, arsenic The Witcher 3 has.

"First and foremost, we truly wanted to present a large acquisition to the fans, a truly chill enlargement that's going to marque radical blessed that they tin travel backmost to The Witcher 3 setting," Nowakowski said, discussing wherefore Songs of the Past was being made successful the archetypal place.

"Of course, indirectly, yes, it is simply a reminder [of the franchise for fans]. It is, successful a way, a prologue, though it's not a prologue successful a verbatim mode of [being] a prologue for the existent The Witcher 4. Yes, you tin look astatine it arsenic it's a mode to support definite chatter connected The Witcher 3. All of those are broadside effects, further broadside effects. The halfway happening for us, from our perspective, is truly delivering a high-quality, amusive acquisition to the existing fans of The Witcher."

"We had a infinitesimal wherever our plans assumed that Songs of the Past would beryllium released this year," Nowakowski said, erstwhile questioned wherefore the enlargement was launching aboriginal than expected. "We decided unneurotic with the improvement team, that the crippled volition beryllium launching successful 2027, to beryllium honest, to execute the champion imaginable effect from the user standpoint, which successful the end, frankly speaking, is the lone eventual happening that truly matters."

CD Projekt's The Witcher 3 Belleteyn tease, with Geralt's caller Songs of the Past sword disposable successful the bottommost near corner. Image credit: CD Projekt.

During a livestream aimed astatine The Witcher fans, CD Projekt gave a fewer further hints connected the expansion's focus, teasing the value of Geralt's caller 3rd sword — arsenic glimpsed successful a caller portion of artwork released to observe a springtime festival. Geralt's bard buddy Dandelion is besides present.

"We won't springiness excessively overmuch distant close present due to the fact that we privation you to acquisition it arsenic you play," elder assemblage and societal media manager Laura Beitzel teased during the 10th day livestream designed to observe Blood and Wine.

"But arsenic a fewer eagle-eyed radical person already seen implicit the past 24 hours, determination are immoderate hints waiting for you connected a precise important evening successful Witcher lore, Belleteyn Night, successful our Belleteyn solemnisation that we shared a fewer weeks ago. So... support looking for clues."

Here, Beitzel is referencing a portion of artwork and a poem it posted connected societal media successful April. It shows Geralt resting by a bonfire arsenic Dandelion plays the lute portion villagers dance. More importantly, though, it shows Geralt with a mysterious caller sword — the aforesaid sword he's besides holding successful Songs of the Past's uncover artwork, which sports an antithetic ornate curved crossguard.

The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past authoritative artwork. Image credit: CD Projekt.

"So yes, Geralt is holding a sword," CD Projekt's Amelia Korzycka continued, referencing Songs of the Past's cardinal artwork. "It is simply a precise important sword for the communicative and you volition get to cognize it erstwhile the crippled comes out. So a fewer much streams earlier that erstwhile [we] uncover it."

Beitzel besides discussed the size of the expansion. "Songs of the Past volition beryllium aligned with what you're acquainted with successful Blood and Wine, and what you've travel to acquisition and expect from america erstwhile we bash our expansions," Beitzel explained. "It's an expansion, let's marque it clear."

We besides person confirmation that Songs of the Past volition see much Gwent cards, and that CD Projekt was inactive moving connected cross-platform mod enactment for The Witcher 3, to motorboat astatine immoderate constituent successful the future.

CD Projekt has yet to amusement Songs of the Past disconnected successful immoderate mode since it announced the enlargement successful May, truthful I expect we’ll spot a trailer and, hopefully, immoderate gameplay astatine ONL connected August 25. The amusement kicks disconnected astatine 11am PT / 2pm ET / 7pm UK clip / 8pm CEST.

The Witcher 3 precocious deed an astonishing 65 cardinal copies sold (it lone seemed close that The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim deed the aforesaid income milestone conscionable a fewer months later). CD Projekt is of people engaged moving connected The Witcher 4, though there’s nary merchandise model yet. The Polish games institution is besides moving connected Cyberpunk 2 successful what is an highly engaged improvement period.

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