Over a decade after launch, The Witcher 3 is getting a new story expansion

Alongside the new story expansion, Songs of the Past, The Witcher 3's minimum system requirements are going up too.

Since the launch of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015, developer CD Projekt RED has released two major story expansions to the popular RPG. While the studio was believed to have moved on from the project to work on the next entry, today CD Projekt revealed that another expansion is in development for the aging title.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past is now official, bringing back Geralt of Rivia for players to experience a brand-new adventure in the fantasy world. CD Projekt RED revealed that this expansion is in development alongside Fool’s Theory, the independent game studio behind titles like Thaumaturge and Seven: The Days Long Gone.

Only the image embedded above has been revealed so far, so we don't have any gameplay footage or story information about this expansion just yet. Judging by the title, though, this may be bringing back something from Geralt's past for players to experience. Fans are also speculating that this expansion could bridge the gap between The Witcher 3 and the upcoming The Witcher 4, perhaps setting up the new protagonist's journey early.

Rumors about the studio bringing another story expansion to The Witcher 3 have been circulating for a while, but this is the first official confirmation. The studio said that while this announcement was supposed to be made during the studio's new livestream tomorrow, a leak on its launcher had made it reveal the surprise early.

At the same time, The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt system requirements will be changing with this content expansion. Here are the new minimum requirements on PC:

• 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

• Windows 11 will be the minimum required OS for both The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 following Microsoft's end of support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. Without ongoing security updates, official platform support, and continued GPU driver support, we will no longer test our games on Windows 10.
• HDDs will no longer be supported, as SSDs offer faster load times, smoother asset streaming, and improved overall performance.
• The game will exclusively run using DirectX 12, which allows us to support ongoing technical improvements and modern hardware more effectively.
• Only processors supported on Windows 11 will be supported by us.
• Only graphics cards with ongoing active driver support for gaming on Windows 11 will be supported.

The studio will offer the option to revert to the older version of the game for PC gamers who may have older hardware. They may have to skip out on the expansion in this case, though.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past expansion will be released in 2027 for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

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