The Witcher 3 is getting a third expansion: Songs of the Past arrives in 2027

The studio has announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past, a third full expansion for its 2015 role-playing game. It’s due in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and notably not on the older consoles that ran the original release.

A surprise reveal, a day ahead of schedule

The announcement didn’t arrive the way CD Projekt planned. The studio had lined up a celebratory livestream to mark the tenth anniversary of Blood and Wine, the game’s last expansion, and intended to unveil the new DLC there. Instead, eagle-eyed players spotted references to it inside CDPR’s own RED Launcher, forcing the studio to confirm the project a full day early.

CDPR leaned into the slip-up rather than fighting it, framing the reveal around Geralt’s monster-sensing medallion and promising that the expansion would bring players back to the Path with the White Wolf once more.

What we actually know, and what we don’t

For now, the details are thin. CDPR hasn’t shared story specifics, gameplay features, or anything resembling a firm release date beyond the 2027 window. What the studio has confirmed:

• It returns players to the role of Geralt of Rivia, rather than Ciri, who headlines the upcoming The Witcher 4.
• It’s a co-development between CD Projekt Red and Fool’s Theory, a Polish studio staffed by veterans who worked on the original The Witcher 3. That same team is also building the ground-up remake of the first Witcher game.
• More information is promised for late summer 2026.

The “Songs of the Past” title, combined with Geralt’s return rather than Ciri’s debut, has fans reading it as a bridge between Wild Hunt and the next mainline game. CDPR hasn’t confirmed any narrative connection, so that remains speculation for now.

New PC requirements: Windows 11 and an SSD are now mandatory

The expansion comes with a quieter but significant change for PC players: CDPR is raising the game’s minimum system requirements to keep performance and compatibility steady going forward.

The two headline shifts are the operating system and storage. Windows 11 is now required, which the studio ties to Microsoft winding down Windows 10 support, and a hard drive no longer cuts it. An SSD is now mandatory.

The updated minimum spec:

The bigger picture

The Witcher 3 has sold more than 60 million copies since 2015 and remains one of the most decorated RPGs ever made, so a fresh reason to return carries weight. It also lands during an unusually busy stretch for CD Projekt. The Witcher 4, starring Ciri, is in full production with a 2027 target at the earliest, and it anchors a multi-game roadmap that the studio has said stretches all the way to The Witcher 5 and 6.

Rather than a distraction from that future, Songs of the Past looks designed to pull longtime fans back into Geralt’s world right as the series prepares to hand the lead role to a new protagonist. We’ll find out how the two connect, if at all, when CDPR shares more later this summer.