CD Projekt has officially revealed The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, a brand-new expansion arriving more than a decade after Blood and Wine and designed to bridge the story between The Witcher 3 and The Witcher 4.
Geralt of Rivia is back.
After months of rumors surrounding new content for one of the most celebrated RPGs ever made, CD Projekt finally revealed The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past during Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live.
The expansion marks an extraordinary return to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, arriving 11 years after Blood and Wine seemingly brought CD Projekt’s work on Geralt’s adventure to an end.
Better yet, Songs of the Past isn’t the only reason players will have to reinstall The Witcher 3.
CD Projekt also revealed The Witcher 3 Remastered, a major overhaul of the original game that will be available as a free update for existing owners.
The Witcher 3 Returns With Songs of the Past
CD Projekt used Gamescom Opening Night Live to finally pull back the curtain on Songs of the Past, showing the expansion with a new cinematic trailer.
The project had been surrounded by rumors for months, with reports dating back to 2025 suggesting that CD Projekt was preparing another expansion for The Witcher 3.
Now it’s official.
Songs of the Past once again puts players in control of Geralt of Rivia, with Doug Cockle returning to voice the legendary Witcher.
More importantly, this isn’t simply another disconnected adventure set somewhere during the events of Wild Hunt.
The expansion has been positioned as a bridge between The Witcher 3 and The Witcher 4, potentially making it an important piece of the franchise’s wider story as CD Projekt prepares to move into its next major Witcher saga.
That’s particularly intriguing given where The Witcher 3 left Geralt and where the upcoming fourth game is expected to take the series.
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Players attending Gamescom won’t have to settle for watching the trailer either.
Songs of the Past is playable on the Gamescom show floor, with CD Projekt hosting one of the larger exhibits at this year’s event and allowing attendees to experience the expansion ahead of its wider release.
The Witcher 3 Remastered Is Also Coming
Songs of the Past wasn’t CD Projekt’s only major Witcher announcement.
The studio also unveiled The Witcher 3 Remastered, a substantial overhaul of the original game designed to bring Wild Hunt up to a more modern standard.
Perhaps the best part is the price.
The Witcher 3 Remastered will be completely free for existing owners of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The remastered update is scheduled to launch on September 29, giving both returning players and newcomers another reason to experience Geralt’s enormous adventure.
It’s a remarkable second life for a game originally released in 2015.
The Witcher 3 already received major technical improvements with its previous current-generation update, but the newly announced Remastered release represents another significant overhaul more than a decade after the RPG first arrived.
Combined with Songs of the Past, CD Projekt is effectively reopening a chapter of The Witcher that many players assumed had been permanently closed following Blood and Wine.
That expansion launched to widespread acclaim and served as Geralt’s farewell for years. Now, more than a decade later, The Witcher 3 is officially back, and its new story could provide our first meaningful narrative connection to the franchise’s future.
With The Witcher 4 on the horizon, Songs of the Past might be considerably more important than a simple nostalgia-driven expansion.
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