CD Projekt has started pulling back the curtain on story details for The Witcher 3‘s next major expansion, Songs of the Past, which the studio officially revealed with key details just yesterday.
The expansion is slated to hit PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2027. Players will once again step into the boots of Geralt, the famed monster hunter at the center of the series.
By the time it launches, Songs of the Past will mark a full 12 years since The Witcher 3 first arrived in 2015, and 11 years since its previous expansion, Blood and Wine, came out in 2016. Many fans are also hoping the new content will help set the stage for The Witcher 4, which remains without a release window.
“We won’t give too much away right now because we want you to experience it as you play,” said Laura Beitzel, senior community and social media manager at CD Projekt, during a special anniversary stream honoring Blood and Wine.
“But as a few eagle-eyed people have already seen over the past 24 hours, there are some hints waiting for you on a very important evening in Witcher lore, Belleteyn Night, in our Belleteyn celebration that we shared a few weeks ago. So… keep looking for clues.”
Beitzel was pointing to artwork and a poem that CD Projekt had quietly shared on social media about a month earlier. The image depicts Geralt relaxing near a bonfire while Dandelion plays his lute and villagers dance around them. The more telling detail, though, is the unfamiliar sword at Geralt’s side. That same blade appears in the Songs of the Past reveal artwork, distinguished by an ornate curved crossguard.
CD Projekt’s sneaky The Witcher 3 Belleteyn tease, with Geralt’s new Songs of the Past sword visible in the bottom left corner.
Belleteyn has come up previously in The Witcher universe. It is a spring fertility festival. The poem that ran alongside the image reads as follows, for those still hunting for hints:
On Belleteyn night, when tall fires rise,
Whispered wishes go through the quiet skies.
A lion cub’s fate is penned in the stars,
And lilac and gooseberries are never too far.
Tonight, there are no monsters to kill, no roads to roam,
Just quiet thoughts and wishes that try to find a home.
The White Wolf sits still, mesmerized by the dancing flame,
While Dandelion strums his lute and hums Geralt’s name.
“So yes, Geralt is holding a sword,” Amelia Korzycka from CD Projekt added, speaking about the Songs of the Past key art. “It is a very important sword for the story and you will get to know it when the game comes out. So a few more streams before that when [we] reveal it.”
Beitzel also addressed the scope of the upcoming release. As reported earlier, Songs of the Past is being built as a full expansion, not a modest DLC pack.
“Songs of the Past will be aligned with what you’re familiar with in Blood and Wine, and what you’ve come to experience and expect from us when we do our expansions,” Beitzel said. “It’s an expansion, let’s make it clear.”
The anniversary stream also brought word that Songs of the Past will add more Gwent cards to the game. CD Projekt additionally confirmed it is still developing cross-platform mod support for The Witcher 3, though no timeline was given for that feature.
Separately, fresh financial figures from CD Projekt today put The Witcher 3‘s total sales at 65 million copies, an increase of five million from the last reported figure, according to the company’s latest earnings disclosure. That total will almost certainly climb higher once Songs of the Past arrives in 2027. Those planning to jump back in may also want to check whether their setup still meets the shifting system requirements for the new expansion.
