In one of the biggest surprises of the year, CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Titled Songs of the Past, the new chapter will arrive in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC - more than a decade after the 2015 original that redefined the open-world RPG.
The reveal landed out of nowhere via the studio's official channels, with CD Projekt Red noting it had originally planned to save the announcement for one of its REDstreams before deciding to let the cat out of the bag early. For a game that wrapped up its acclaimed Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions back in 2015 and 2016, the prospect of an all-new story is the kind of news Witcher fans had long stopped expecting.
Geralt rides again
Songs of the Past once again puts players in the boots of Geralt of Rivia, the legendary monster slayer, for what CD Projekt Red describes as a brand-new adventure. The studio is keeping the plot firmly under wraps for now - there are no story specifics, no setting details and no character reveals just yet - but the framing makes clear this is a fresh tale rather than a remaster or a repackaging of old content.
A team of veterans, co-developed with Fool's Theory
Notably, CD Projekt Red is not building Songs of the Past alone. The expansion is being co-developed with Fool's Theory, a studio made up of industry veterans - several of whom worked on the original Witcher 3. Fool's Theory is already deep in CD Projekt's orbit: the team is behind the narrative RPG The Thaumaturge and is leading development on the ground-up remake of the first Witcher game. Handing a returning, beloved property to a trusted partner of ex-CDPR talent is a vote of confidence in both the studio and the project.
Current-gen only, with more to come
There is a catch for some players: Songs of the Past is launching exclusively on current-generation hardware and PC, with no Nintendo Switch version planned despite the base game's well-regarded Switch port. Updated minimum system requirements tied to the announcement suggest the expansion is built to take advantage of more powerful hardware, hinting that it could be the best-looking slice of The Witcher 3 yet.
For now, that is the extent of what we officially know. CD Projekt Red says a fuller reveal - presumably with story details, a setting and a first proper look - is coming in late summer 2026, ahead of the expansion's 2027 release. After years of speculation, a third Witcher 3 expansion is no longer a rumour. It is real, it is coming, and Geralt's story isn't finished yet.
