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CD Projekt Red has confirmed a third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, called Songs of the Past, co-developed with Fool's Theory and set for 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Geralt of Rivia returns as the lead, and the studio has raised the game's minimum PC requirements to Windows 11 and an SSD to carry the new content. CDPR says more information will follow in late summer.

Release Date Is Known... Almost

On May 27, CD Projekt Red announced new DLC for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt through its official X account. The expansion is called Songs of the Past, it brings back Geralt of Rivia, and it is co-developed with Fool's Theory, the studio remaking the original Witcher game. The release window is 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, with no firm date yet. CDPR's own post named only those three platforms, though some coverage has also listed Nintendo Switch 2.

The studio stayed quiet through months of rumors before the announcement that pointed to a third Witcher 3 expansion built in REDengine rather than Unreal Engine 5. One piece of that came from a developer's LinkedIn page, spotted by fans, listing UI work on the Witcher series in REDengine and WitcherScript, the toolset behind The Witcher 3. CDPR had also referenced unannounced projects in a financial report without naming any of them. In a follow-up post, the studio confirmed the reveal was meant for an upcoming stream marking the 10th anniversary of Blood and Wine, but the expansion's title leaked early and pushed the announcement forward.

Here is what CDPR has confirmed so far:

• Title: Songs of the Past
• Release window: 2027
• Platforms: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S
• Lead character: Geralt of Rivia returns
• Co-developer: Fool's Theory, alongside CD Projekt Red
• Scope: described as a third expansion, in line with Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine
• Next update: more information in late summer

The press release describes Songs of the Past as a third expansion, which puts it next to Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine in scale. Blood and Wine added a full region and close to a single-player game's worth of content. ScreenRant went further and framed the new release as the third and final expansion for The Witcher 3, though CDPR itself only used the word "third."

The 2027 window also shapes the timing around The Witcher 4. CDPR has said the next mainline game will not arrive before 2027, and shipping a major expansion and a new entry close together would have them compete for attention, so The Witcher 4 looks unlikely to land in 2026. There has been financial pressure on CDPR to release something significant to cover a revenue shortfall tied to a company bonus target, but the studio's fiscal year matches the calendar year, and a 2027 expansion cannot count toward this year's figures. The Witcher 3's 12th anniversary in May 2027 would be a natural slot for it.

New Witcher 3 System Requirements

Ahead of the expansion, CDPR has lifted the minimum PC requirements for The Witcher 3, an 11-year-old game. The two biggest changes are the end of hard-drive support and the end of Windows 10 support. From the next update onward, only solid-state drives and 64-bit Windows 11 will be supported. That update does not have a date yet.

CDPR ties the change to the new content, saying it needs to update requirements to keep performance and compatibility steady for both the base game and Songs of the Past. The Windows 11 requirement carries knock-on effects. The game will run exclusively on DirectX 12, only processors supported on Windows 11 will be covered, and only graphics cards with active driver support for gaming on Windows 11 will work. Hard drives are out because SSDs handle loading and asset streaming faster.

The Windows 10 cut follows Microsoft ending support for the operating system last year. Without security updates, platform support and ongoing GPU drivers, CDPR says it will stop testing its games on Windows 10. Nvidia is also set to end Windows 10 support soon, which the studio named as a factor.

CDPR's director of player experience and safety, Karolina "Vinthir" Niewęgłowska, addressed the backlash on the company forum and clarified that the game is not being locked out of Windows 10.

This change does not mean that the game will not run on Windows 10. It means we cannot ensure that it will.

— Karolina "Vinthir" Niewęgłowska

She added that no one at CDPR uses Windows 10 anymore, which makes it hard to guarantee quality there. Players who are affected can revert The Witcher 3 to an earlier version, and CDPR has published a guide for doing so. I see why CDPR would drop an operating system that Microsoft and Nvidia no longer support, but telling owners of a 2015 game to buy an SSD and a newer GPU is a hard sell while AI data-center demand keeps component prices high.

Is New Witcher DLC A Bridge Between Witcher 3 & Witcher 4

The title points backward. Songs of the Past reads as a prequel or a set of older tales, which would solve a continuity problem. Geralt effectively retires at the end of Blood and Wine and hands things over to Ciri, who leads The Witcher 4. Bringing Geralt back as the lead only works cleanly if the story sits earlier on the timeline.

The Witcher games place Ciri's birth in 1251. The Witcher 1 runs in 1270, The Witcher 2 in 1271, the Witcher 3 base game in 1272, Hearts of Stone around 1273, and Blood and Wine a few years later in 1275. Setting Songs of the Past in the early part of Ciri's life keeps her present, which matters for The Witcher 4, and avoids overlap with the existing games. CDPR has already shown Geralt in that era, in a brief playable section near the start of The Witcher 3, so it would not need new character models or a visual overhaul.

There is a catch. Those early events are covered in detail in Andrzej Sapkowski's books and in the Netflix series, including how Geralt enters Ciri's life. CDPR's games tell original stories, so the studio may steer around that material or go much further back than the moment the games already glimpse.

GamesRadar's read leans toward something lower in stakes, closer to a ballad than a sequel, comparing it to the spin-off Reigns: The Witcher and floating a retired Geralt spinning tales of old hunts between games of Gwent. Early rumors held that the expansion's main job is to set up The Witcher 4, and with Geralt confirmed as the lead, a handover to Ciri fits. CDPR stayed vague at first, then they revealed more details, calling it a full expansion with new characters and new storylines.

Cover Art & CDPR Latest Live

For now, the only visual is concept art, and CDPR has held back plot details until it is ready to share them. Most of the cover art explanation so far has come from fans rather than the studio, and three details have drawn attention. Geralt carries three swords on the art instead of his usual two, which fed a theory that the events might be a dream. The silver sword in his hand resembles Gesheft from the Beyond Hill and Dale quest in Blood and Wine, and fans note the design appears to combine both variants of that weapon. The scabbard looks close to the one Ciri carries in The Witcher 4 trailer, which feeds the idea that Geralt passes the blade to her by the end, setting up the next game. The key art itself shows Geralt with his sword drawn as a large Leshen-style tree spirit looms behind him.

The reveal also reshaped CDPR's livestream plans. The Blood and Wine 10th Anniversary stream, running on YouTube and Twitch under the REDstreams banner, was meant to host the announcement. The early title leak forced CDPR's hand, so the stream followed the news rather than breaking it. The studio has promised plot details when the time comes, and it has already teased that Songs of the Past will introduce new characters and storylines rather than padding out old ones.

Witcher 1 Remake

Fool's Theory is the thread running through all of this. The studio is staffed with CDPR veterans, made the 2024 role-playing game The Thaumaturge, supported Baldur's Gate 3, and is leading the remake of the original Witcher. It is also helping on The Witcher 4. Songs of the Past hands Fool's Theory control of Geralt before that remake ships, which is why it reads as more than a side project. I think the real test here is Fool's Theory handling Geralt at all, since the studio gets to prove itself on a known quantity before its larger game arrives.

The open questions are practical. Whether Fool's Theory can carry CDPR's blend of monster-hunting investigation and branching choice, whether it can match Geralt's voice and temperament, and whether it has brought back Doug Cockle for the role. The Witcher 1 remake reportedly made CDPR realize the true impact of never properly documenting its older work, a problem that traces back to the first game's development.

That documentation gap connects to a wider promise. CDPR has said it wants to avoid Cyberpunk 2077's mistakes with The Witcher 4 and Cyberpunk 2, pointing to unified data standards and mandatory documentation at every development stage after Cyberpunk 2077's rough 2020 launch. The studio has leaned on co-developers more often lately, using Virtuos for recent Cyberpunk 2077 updates and Fool's Theory across the Witcher work. Cyberpunk's own DLC story shows how plans can shift. Cyberpunk 2077 launched in a rough state in 2020 and recovered into one of the studio's most praised games, and its 2023 expansion Phantom Liberty was billed as the first and last DLC before going on to sell more than 10 million copies. A second Cyberpunk expansion was scrapped during development. CDPR is also working on Cyberpunk 2 and a rumored new action-RPG, Project Hadar. Songs of the Past now sits between Geralt's past and Ciri's future, with the next update due in late summer.