After a decade since its original launch, CD Projekt Red is breathing new life into The Witcher 3 with an entirely fresh DLC titled Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past, slated for release in 2027.
In a surprising turn, the upcoming expansion will be co‑developed by CD Projekt Red and Fools Theory and will debut on PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5—platforms that were not part of the game’s initial release lineup.
CD Projekt Red teased the news on the official Witcher X account with the cryptic line, “Medallion’s humming,” implying that a significant announcement was imminent.
Rumors of new content had been swirling ever since the company announced a special ten‑year anniversary stream for the second and final DLC, Blood and Wine, released on May 31, 2016. The timing of the stream—just a day away—seemed almost too convenient if nothing truly new was on the horizon.
Nonetheless, the revelation of brand‑new content for a game that had been dormant for ten years is a monumental surprise that has fans buzzing with excitement.
“Medallion’s humming… that can only mean one thing! It’s time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past! ⚔️” the official account declared, sealing the announcement with a dramatic flourish.
CD Projekt Red has unveiled a brand‑new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, inviting players to once again traverse the perilous Path with Geralt of Rivia. The project is a joint effort with Polish studio Fools Theory, whose recent title The Thaumaturge garnered a mixed critical reception but found a devoted audience on Steam.
Beyond this new content, the partnership signals deeper collaboration: Fools Theory is already contributing to CDPR’s long‑anticipated remake of the original The Witcher, a project announced in 2022 that has remained largely silent in the interim.
CDPR has also announced that the expansion will run on a revised set of hardware specifications to maintain optimal performance. The updated minimum requirements for PC players are: a CPU of AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or Intel Core i5‑8400, a GPU such as NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT with 8 GB VRAM, 12 GB of RAM, 70 GB of SSD storage, and a 64‑bit Windows 11 operating system.
It’s almost unbelievable that Windows 10 can still run the game, yet the title is no longer officially supported by Microsoft, meaning CD Projekt Red (CDPR) won’t be testing it. The new build effectively doubles the RAM requirement compared to the original release, and the developers have dropped support for HDD installations in favor of SSDs, citing performance issues. While the CPU demands remain largely unchanged, the GPU now needs three times the VRAM, so a modest system that could barely handle the 2012 launch will likely need an upgrade.
Perhaps the most striking change is the absence of Xbox One and PlayStation 4 ports, even though those were the platforms that first launched the game.
It remains unclear whether these enhancements will roll out to the original game—a move that would be a significant announcement in its own right. Additionally, details about the upcoming DLC are still under wraps.
The title’s name suggests a prequel, and with The Witcher 4 starring Geralt’s daughter Ciri currently in development, CDPR may be cautious about disrupting the existing narrative timeline. Alternatively, the DLC could serve as a narrative bridge between the two installments. For now, the studio keeps the plans tightly guarded, leaving fans to speculate about what stories will unfold.
The latest X post concluded with a cryptic note: “We originally planned to make this big reveal during our REDstreams tomorrow, but let’s say we found something we didn’t yet expect on RED Launcher,” accompanied by wolf and sword emojis.
In other words, the team had intended to drop a major announcement at tomorrow’s REDstreams, yet an unexpected discovery on the RED Launcher has shifted their plans.
Could this hint at an even larger reveal tomorrow? Is it possible we’re on the brink of witnessing Ciri in action for the first time in The Witcher IV?
News Source: Kotaku
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