Third expansion for The Witcher 3 in 2027

[weirdfeline]

Rumored for a few months now and just confirmed. Expansion won't be on Xbox One, PS4 or Switch.

Songs of the Past will return players to the role of legendary monster slayer Geralt of Rivia for a brand new adventure when it launches in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

CD PROJEKT RED is co-developing the expansion with Fool’s Theory, a team comprising industry veterans who worked on The Witcher 3. More details on Songs of the Past will be released in late summer 2026.

The Witcher 3 has sold more than 60 million copies since its release in 2015 and is the winner of more than 250 Game of the Year awards and 1,000 industry awards. It lets players explore a dark fantasy open world as witcher Geralt of Rivia as he takes on the most important contract of his life: saving his daughter Ciri.

https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-songs-of-the-past-announced/

[ssj4yamgeta]

My biggest question is... why? Why now after all this time? In 2027, TW3 will be 12 years old. The complete edition with all DLC was released a decade ago. Can any game be considered complete now that they go on forever? Seems like they don't have much faith in The Witcher 4 if they're resorting to this.

[telekill]

I'm on board with it. I completely associate the Witcher with Geralt, which it why I'm not really looking forward to Witcher 4. I'd much rather hold off and get the Witcher 1 remake.

[kamikazekeeg]

My biggest question is... why? Why now after all this time? In 2027, TW3 will be 12 years old. The complete edition with all DLC was released a decade ago. Can any game be considered complete now that they go on forever? Seems like they don't have much faith in The Witcher 4 if they're resorting to this.

Nothing about this shows they have no faith in TW4, that game is guaranteed to sell a crap ton of copies.  I think this is meant to be a way to bridge the two games, so people get one last run with Geralt.  I could see it being a story told by Ciri about Geralt or with it being "Songs", maybe it's an older Dandelion telling the tale.

It does make me want to give Witcher 3 another shot, I played it once when it first came out, but I found it abit rough and never really loved the gameplay, so after beating the game, I never went back, didn't play the DLC.  I know they did updates and improvements, so I'm curious to see what I think of it now.