{"id":110273,"date":"2026-05-27T10:43:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/the-witcher-3-is-getting-new-dlc-nearly-12-years-after-launch\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:43:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:43:50","slug":"the-witcher-3-is-getting-new-dlc-nearly-12-years-after-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/the-witcher-3-is-getting-new-dlc-nearly-12-years-after-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 Is Getting New DLC Nearly 12 Years After Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Witcher 3<\/a> developer CD Projekt Red has announced the new Songs of the Past expansion for the game, which comes 11 years after its second expansion, Blood and Wine. Co-developed with&nbsp;Fool&#8217;s Theory&#8211;a studio&nbsp;that includes&nbsp;several Witcher 3 veterans and previously released The Thaumaturge in 2024&#8211;Songs of the Past will be revealed in more detail later this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What CDPR has revealed is that the expansion will launch in 2027 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S versions of The Witcher 3, and it will once again&nbsp;revolve around&nbsp;Geralt of Rivia. Rumors&nbsp;about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/why-some-believe-a-witcher-3-expansion-is-coming-soon\/1100-6537282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a new Witcher 3 DLC<\/a> began picking up earlier this year, with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/why-some-believe-a-witcher-3-expansion-is-coming-soon\/1100-6537282\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">initial reports<\/a> speculating that the DLC could see players visit&nbsp;the far-eastern destination of Zerrikania. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/rumored-witcher-3-dlc-likely-to-stay-close-to-velen-bridging-the-gap-between-witcher-3-and-4\/1100-6538406\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New reports claimed<\/a> that the DLC will instead reuse existing assets and will be set in the&nbsp;territories of Temeria and Redania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CDPR has also confirmed that system requirements for The Witcher 3 on PC will be updated to &#8220;ensure smooth performance and compatibility&#8221; going forward. This means that any Witcher 3 player running the game on a Windows 10 operating system will need to upgrade to Windows 11 if they want to keep playing it. If you&#8217;re curious, you can check out the updated PC specs below for The Witcher 3:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>CPU:<\/strong>\u00a0AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or\u00a0Intel Core i5-8400<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPU:<\/strong>\u00a0Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 or AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 8GB<\/li>\n<li><strong>VRAM:<\/strong>\u00a06GB<\/li>\n<li><strong>RAM:<\/strong>\u00a012GB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storage:<\/strong>\u00a070GB SSD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operating System:<\/strong>\u00a064-bit Windows 11<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curiously, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thewitcher\/status\/2059560464082743560\">CDPR also teased<\/a> something else for this week.\u00a0&#8220;We originally planned to make this big reveal during our REDstreams tomorrow, but let\u2019s say we found something we didn&#8217;t yet expect on RED Launcher,&#8221;\u00a0the studio said in a social media post that included\u00a0wolf and swords emojis, symbols related to The Witcher franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s a busy time for The Witcher franchise currently, as not only is there new content on the way for The Witcher 3, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/the-witcher-remake-will-be-fully-open-world-unlike-the-original\/1100-6509525\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first game is getting a remake<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/witcher-4-and-new-ip-at-cd-projekt-get-fresh-updates-heres-the-latest\/1100-6538907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Witcher 4 is also in development<\/a>. 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