What is The Witcher 3 DLC Songs of the Past?

Witcher 3’s Songs of the Past: new expansion details and what it means

CD Projekt Red has confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is getting a third major story expansion titled Songs of the Past. The project is being positioned as an expansion rather than DLC, and the distinction matters because it signals a larger, more substantial content drop.

The expansion is set to revisit Geralt’s adventure and comes more than a decade after the original The Witcher 3 release, extending the game’s long-running post-launch era beyond even the expectations created by earlier expansions.

Key points players can take from the announcement

• It’s called an expansion: CD Projekt Red repeatedly emphasizes this is not “small pieces” of downloadable content.
• Full reveal timing: CDPR has said the expansion’s full reveal will take place at Gamescom in August 2026.
• Release window: multiple reports tied to the announcements place it in 2027.
• Platforms: the news cycle includes concern that Switch players may be left behind, but the available information in the stories is not consistent enough to definitively list platform coverage.

Why it matters

The Witcher 3 already remains one of the most durable best-sellers in the industry, and CDPR’s recent sales milestones (including a major worldwide copy count) help explain why the studio is continuing to invest. A third story expansion—especially one revealed so far after launch—also underlines how major RPGs can keep generating long-tail revenue and player attention.

For players, it sets expectations for a notable new arc, not just an add-on mode pack—and it creates a longer roadmap that spans from the next marketing reveals (Gamescom) into the eventual 2027 release.