CD Projekt has indicated that its newly announced The Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, will help lay groundwork for the forthcoming The Witcher 4.
The new adventure tells a self-contained story featuring Geralt that takes place following the events of The Witcher 3. According to joint CEO Michał Nowakowski, it will also function as something of a prologue to the studio’s next major release.
During an investor call, Nowakowski fielded questions about how the expansion fits within the franchise, the reasoning behind its shift to a 2027 launch after earlier expectations for a 2026 release, and whether CD Projekt’s planned trilogy of new Witcher titles might receive expansion content similar to The Witcher 3. The answer to that last point, it seems, is not to count on it.
“First and foremost, we really wanted to deliver a great experience to the fans, a really cool expansion that’s going to make people happy that they can come back to The Witcher 3 setting,”
Nowakowski said, explaining the motivation behind creating Songs of the Past.
“Of course, indirectly, yes, it is a reminder [of the franchise for fans]. It is, in a way, a prologue, although it’s not a prologue in a verbatim way of [being] a prologue for the actual The Witcher 4. Yes, you can look at it as it’s a way to maintain certain chatter on The Witcher 3. All of those are side effects, additional side effects. The core thing for us, from our perspective, is really delivering a high-quality, fun experience to the existing fans of The Witcher.”
At a fan-focused livestream held yesterday, CD Projekt offered additional hints about what the expansion will emphasize. The studio teased the significance of Geralt’s newly revealed third sword, which appeared in recent artwork shared for a spring festival celebration. Dandelion, Geralt’s bard companion, will also appear in the expansion.
Nowakowski addressed the delayed release when asked about the push to 2027.
“We had a moment where our plans assumed that Songs of the Past would be released this year,”
he noted.
“We decided together with the development team, that the game will be launching in 2027, to be honest, to achieve the best possible result from the consumer standpoint, which in the end, frankly speaking, is the only ultimate thing that really matters.”
CD Projekt’s most recent financial disclosure showed first quarter revenue of 191 million PLN ($52.5 million), representing a year-over-year increase, alongside net profit of 106 million PLN ($29 million). CFO Piotr Nielubowicz attributed these figures to “solid sales of our key titles and the revenue from their inclusion in the subscription catalogues.”
The company’s workforce now stands at 975 employees, having grown by more than 40 people since February. The bulk of its staff, now exceeding 500, are devoted to The Witcher 4. Another 163 are assigned to Cyberpunk 2. Roughly 80 people are developing Project Sirius, a multiplayer Witcher spinoff, while 24 are working on Hadar, a new IP.
No release window has been announced for The Witcher 4 at this time. CD Projekt has laid out an exceptionally aggressive schedule that would see The Witcher 4, 5, and 6 all launch within a six-year span. That timeline, Nowakowski made clear, effectively eliminates the possibility of expansion content for those games in the near future.
“The plans are pretty ambitious,”
Nowakowski said.
“It would be difficult, to be very honest, for us to add an expansion to the upcoming trilogy.”
