{"id":369478,"date":"2026-05-27T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/es\/?p=419114"},"modified":"2026-05-27T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T19:05:31","slug":"the-witcher-3-announces-its-first-new-expansion-in-ten-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-witcher-3-announces-its-first-new-expansion-in-ten-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 announces its first new expansion in ten years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CD Projekt has unexpectedly announced a new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. <strong>Entitled Songs of the Past, it will put us in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, and is being co-developed by Fool&#8217;s Theory, the team behind the RPG The Thaumaturge, and for now we don&#8217;t know anything else except that we will learn more &#8220;by the end of summer.&#8221;<\/strong> Quite a surprise, considering that the original game was released eleven years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An expansion that will require waiting<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although it seems we won&#8217;t have to wait long to know all the details about the expansion. <strong>CD Projekt has announced that they will broadcast a special live event on Thursday, May 28 at five in the afternoon, Spanish mainland time<\/strong>. Although they haven&#8217;t specifically announced what they will talk about, they have said that the event will feature Kacper Niepok\u00f3lczycki and Magdalena Zych, and that &#8220;we will return once again to the land of knights, vineyards, and vampires.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Launch Cinematic\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1-l29HlKkXU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There have been many rumors for months about this expansion. <strong>It is likely to be a way to link the events of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt with those of the upcoming The Witcher 4<\/strong>, according to those same rumors, it seems that CD Projekt wants to start rekindling interest in the witcher among its fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, <strong>if you want to play Songs of the Past you should know that you have to stay up to date. 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Titled Songs of the Past, it will put us in the shoes of Geralt of Rivia, and it is being co-developed by Fool&#8217;s Theory, the team behind the RPG The Thaumaturge, and for now, we don&#8217;t know anything else except that we will learn more &#8220;by the end of summer.&#8221; A complete surprise, considering that the original game was released eleven years ago. An expansion for which we will have to wait. Although it seems we won&#8217;t have to wait long to know all the details about the expansion. 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