CD Projekt Red is bringing Geralt back to The Witcher 3 with Songs of the Past, its third expansion for Wild Hunt, releasing in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. More details are planned for late summer 2026, leaving scope, price, and timing stil
Geralt doesn’t stay gone for long.
CD Projekt Red has announced Songs of the Past, a third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, sending the retired monster-hunter back onto the Path for one last hunt. The game is set to arrive in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
The reveal also lands with a countdown of its own. CD Projekt Red says it will share more details in late summer 2026—though the big parts players will want answered first are still missing. Scope, price, and the exact release window haven’t been announced yet.
Pulling Geralt back now might sound like a gamble. except the numbers suggest CD Projekt Red isn’t worried about the appetite. The studio says The Witcher 3 has sold over 60 million copies since 2015 and has collected more than 250 Game of the Year awards across 1. 000 total industry awards. That track record makes Songs of the Past harder to dismiss as a quick cash-in—and harder to live up to casually.
The bar is visible in what came before. Players won’t be comparing the expansion to an ordinary side story. They’ll measure it against Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, the expansions that helped make Wild Hunt feel unusually complete.
There’s also a familiar name in the mix, but with new hands at the table. CD Projekt Red says Fool’s Theory is co-developing Songs of the Past, alongside the studio. The pitch here is credibility: CD Projekt Red says Fool’s Theory includes industry veterans who worked on The Witcher 3. For players who might worry about handing Geralt’s next chapter to an outside team, that detail matters.
Even so, the announcement didn’t arrive in a perfectly clean frame. The news reportedly followed moves made by CD Projekt Red after a Red Launcher leak and a same-day trademark filing for Songs of the Past. The result is that the reveal feels less like a carefully staged reveal and more like a story pushed forward by events.
For fans, the weight of that Geralt return doesn’t sit in a vacuum. The Witcher 4 is supposedly a shift toward Ciri, and that reality hangs over this expansion. Songs of the Past inevitably becomes a sharper piece of timing—especially for players who still see Geralt as the series’ defining face.
Right now. though. players don’t have enough information to decide whether Songs of the Past is a proper farewell. or something else entirely. Geralt is coming back—but how big the hunt will be is still unknown. Late summer 2026 is the date to watch, when CD Projekt Red says more details will finally arrive.
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Geralt back again… cool I guess. 2027 is forever though.
Wait so it’s on PS5 AND Xbox and PC, but they still don’t say the price? That’s kinda shady lol. I hope it’s not like $30 for like 2 hours of content.
Fool’s Theory is co-developing?? Didn’t they make that Cyberpunk thing or am I mixing it up. Also Geralt’s retired so is this just a reskin questline or what. Witcher 4 is supposed to be Ciri right, so they’re trying to milk Geralt one last time before they switch characters.
I read “countdown” and thought it meant there was a surprise release date like this winter, not 2027. And the article says numbers show they’re not worried, but sales 60 million from 2015 doesn’t mean this expansion will be good. Leaks and trademarks same day sounds like they were scrambling, not planning. I just want them to stop delaying and tell us what it even includes already.