Following the official reveal of the third expansion of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Songs of the Past, Polish developer CD Projekt RED revealed more information during the company's Q1 2026 earnings call.
First of all, CDPR boasted that the announcement quickly became the second-most-liked and shared tweet on the saga's official account, only trailing the announcement of The Witcher 4, with 16 million impressions registered within 24 hours of the reveal. With that also comes a lot of responsibility to do it right, which is perhaps part of the reason Songs of the Past got delayed.
Investors didn't forget how CDPR had previously hinted at the DLC coming in 2026. Michał Nowakowski, Joint Chief Executive Officer, explained:
As Piotr also mentioned before, in one of the questions that were asked, I think, here in the written form, we had a moment where our plans assumed that Songs of the Past would be released this year. We decided together with the development team that the game will be launching in 2027, to be honest, for it's best to achieve the best possible result from the consumer standpoint, which in the end, frankly speaking, is the only ultimate thing that really matters.
Nowakowski also addressed the question of scope, confirming that Songs of the Past will be closer to The Witcher 3's second expansion, Blood and Wine, than the first one, Hearts of Stone. That's certainly great news for fans, as Blood and Wine was considerably larger, taking a minimum of 15 hours and up to 40 hours to be fully completed, whereas Hearts of Stone lasted between 10 and 17 hours.
CD Projekt RED also shared that around 190 developers are working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past, most of them from Fool's Theory, the same studio working on the remake of the first installment. As a reminder, the remake is expected to be released after The Witcher 4, so the current roadmap is Songs of the Past, The Witcher 4, and The Witcher remake.
More information about Songs of the Past will be provided at Gamescom 2026, likely through a guided demo experience, as the studio doesn't believe that hands-on demos make sense for its kind of games. In other franchise news, the base game has now surpassed 65 million units sold, and 513 developers are now hard at work on The Witcher 4.
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