The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past – Geralt of Rivia returns after a decade in the sun
CD Projekt Red is revisiting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with a new expansion, Songs of the Past, due in 2027, despite the 2016 Blood and Wine expansion appearing to conclude Geralt of Rivia’s story. The return is significant because it extends one of modern gaming’s best-known role-playing games before The Witcher 4 arrives in 2028, while testing whether Geralt can be brought out of retirement without weakening that earlier ending.
The expansion will be developed chiefly by Fool’s Theory, a studio founded by former CD Projekt Red staff, and released alongside a full remaster that will be free to existing owners of the 2015 game. Dandelion summons Geralt to his homeland of Letten, a seemingly prosperous festival-filled land with darker secrets; returning actors Doug Cockle and John Schwab reprise their roles. New gameplay elements include enhanced combat and skill trees, a chain weapon, and mutagens that alter Geralt’s abilities; it is planned for PC, Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S.
- Geralt returns in a new Witcher 3 expansion in 2027.
- A free remaster accompanies Songs of the Past.
- The expansion is separate from The Witcher 4.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a role-playing game released in 2015, based on books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Players follow Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter, through a world shaped by war, political rivalries and supernatural threats.
The game’s 2016 expansion, Blood and Wine, gave Geralt’s story what many players saw as a closing chapter. CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio behind the game, is also making The Witcher 4, so bringing Geralt back before that game arrives raises questions about how the two stories will fit together.
Fool’s Theory, a studio founded by former CD Projekt Red staff, is leading development of the new expansion. Dandelion, Geralt’s friend and a travelling musician, draws him to Letten, where festivals and apparent prosperity conceal darker secrets.
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The case for
A new expansion could give players a welcome return to Geralt and a richly realised world, while the remaster makes the original adventure more accessible to new and existing players. A fresh story led by Dandelion, familiar performances and new combat systems may build on the series’ strengths and sustain interest before The Witcher 4.
The case against
Blood and Wine offered what many players saw as a fitting close to Geralt’s journey, and extending it risks diluting the emotional force of that ending. A new expansion and remaster could also draw attention and creative effort towards revisiting a celebrated game when the series might be better served by moving forward.
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