The Witcher 3 Is Getting Brand New DLC In 2027, CD Projekt Red Confirms

Over ten years since its original release, The Witcher 3 is receiving some brand new DLC. Much rumored of late, but often looking more like hopium than reality, CD Projekt Red has now confirmed that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past is a reality, and it’s coming out in 2027.

The new content for what will by then be a twelve-year-old game is being co-developed by CDPR and Fools Theory, coming to PC, Xbox Series and PS5. And not, notably, the consoles on which it originally released.

“Medallion’s humming,” says CDPR on the official Witcher X account. “That can only mean one thing!” Rumors that news like this might be happening had been swirling after the announcement of a special ten-year anniversary stream for the second and formerly last DLC pack for the epic RPG, Blood and Wine. Released May 31, 2016, marking the occasion seemed rather suspect if there was nothing new to announce. But even so, brand new content for a game left fallow for a full decade remains an enormous and very welcome surprise. Oh, and that stream is still a day away.

Medallion's humming… that can only mean one thing! It's time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past! ⚔️

This brand new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will take you to the Path with Geralt of Rivia once more. It’s being co-developed with @Fools_Theory… pic.twitter.com/rrcPXppgdc

— The Witcher (@thewitcher) May 27, 2026

The other developer, Fools Theory, are another Polish team who released story-driven RPG The Thaumaturge in 2024. It received fair to middling reviews among critics, but proved very popular with players on Steam. But more importantly, the team is already working with CDPR on the long-awaited remake of the original The Witcher, announced in 2022 and then extremely quiet since.

It seems CDPR and Fools Theory aren’t just building Songs of the Past in the original engine, either. CDPR notes that “with new content coming to the game, we also need to update our system requirements to ensure smooth performance and compatibility.” Those new PC specs are:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600, Intel Core i5-8400
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB
VRAM: 6 GB
RAM: 12 GB
Storage: 70 GB SSD
OS: 64-bit Windows 11

It’s hard to fathom how Windows 10 wouldn’t be able to run the game, (it’s just because it’s no longer officially supported by Microsoft, so CDPR won’t test it), but this represents a doubling of RAM since the original version. The developer is also saying it’s no longer supporting HDD installs, given their sluggish ways compared to SSDs. The CPU requirements have barely moved, but it’s also a tripling of VRAM demands from your GPU, meaning if you’ve a rickety old rig that could just about manage the game 12 years ago, you’ll likely have to upgrade for this.

More stark is the lack of an Xbox One or PS4 version, given those were the consoles on which the game launched.

What we don’t yet know is whether this improvements will also be applied to the original game—that’d be quite the big announcement. Oh, and we also have no idea what the DLC will be about!

Given the title, it does hint toward prequel territory, and given The Witcher 4 is in active development it would make sense not to want to interfere too much with the ongoing timeline. Although, just as easily this DLC could be considered a bridge between the two games. Who knows! CDPR are keeping it all very close to their leather vests.

The posts on X end with an enigmatic comment: “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,” followed by wolf and swords emojis.

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 Witcher (@thewitcher) May 27, 2026

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