Geralt of Rivia will return: CD Projekt officially announced Songs of the Past, the third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and said it will launch in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.
The company named Fool’s Theory as the developer and said CD Projekt Red is co‑developing the expansion. "Songs of the Past will return players to the role of legendary monster slayer Geralt of Rivia for a brand new adventure when it launches in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC," CD Projekt said, and added that more details on Songs of the Past will be released in late summer 2026.
CD Projekt also provided specifics about timing: it had planned to reveal the expansion during a REDstreams livestream set for May 28 at 11am ET and 4pm BST to mark the tenth anniversary of The Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine expansion. "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," the company said, explaining why the announcement arrived ahead of that stream.
The development credits carry weight for fans. CD Projekt described Fool’s Theory as "a team comprising industry veterans who worked on The Witcher 3," and framed the project as a return to Geralt rather than a spin‑off or standalone title. The firm called Songs of the Past the franchise’s third expansion, positioning it alongside the studio’s other major undertakings—The Witcher 4, a remake of The Witcher 1, and a multiplayer game set in the Witcher universe.
That broader slate matters to how quickly players will see the expansion take shape. CD Projekt said more information will come in late summer 2026, leaving a clear gap between this announcement and the 2027 release window. The company is juggling multiple Witcher projects at once: last summer it debuted a The Witcher 4 tech demo that it said was representative of what The Witcher 4 will look like on a base PS5 console, a detail that signaled ambitious, resource‑heavy work continuing in parallel with the new expansion.
The unexpected RED Launcher discovery is the real tension in the story. CD Projekt had tied the reveal to a ceremonial livestream marking a fan‑favorite anniversary; instead the company cited a platform discovery that forced the news out sooner. That raises two practical questions for players: what leaked, and whether the early disclosure changes the schedule or scope CD Projekt and Fool’s Theory will follow now that the expansion is public knowledge. The company has set a firm public cadence—more details in late summer 2026 and a full launch in 2027—but it did not link the launcher incident to any immediate schedule changes beyond the early announcement.
For players awaiting new content, Songs of the Past is being sold as a straight return to Geralt rather than a detour, and the firm has placed the expansion inside a clear timetable: reveal now, fuller details late summer 2026, release in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The phrase witcher 3 new dlc will now refer to a project explicitly tied to the original game’s protagonist and built by developers with ties to the franchise’s past success.
So will Geralt truly be back in a meaningful way? CD Projekt’s own words answer that: the company says Songs of the Past "will return players to the role of legendary monster slayer Geralt of Rivia for a brand new adventure" and has set a 2027 release window, which is the clearest commitment fans have received—full substance beyond that promise will arrive in late summer 2026.
