‘The Witcher 3’ Could Have One Extra Journey Left In It

CD Projekt Pink is presently at work on The Witcher 4, however the Polish studio may have one thing deliberate for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Current rumors have been floating round on-line of a brand new paid enlargement for the action-RPG, which turned a decade outdated in Could 2025. These claims first got here from Polish leaker Borys Nieśpielak, who alleged months in the past the add-on is being made by Idiot’s Gold, the studio tasked with remaking the unique Witcher sport. Nieśpielak initially stated to count on an announcement throughout final December’s Recreation Awards, which didn’t pan out. However he lately advised Eurogamer of a remark made by CD Projekt’s chief monetary officer Piotr Nielubowicz that will assist his unique reporting.

“There’s a likelihood that new content material hinted upon in current calls and experiences might even see launch within the coming 12 months,” Nielubowicz stated in CDP’s earnings call from November 2025. Whereas obscure, he indicated that content material would have an effect on the corporate’s monetary outcomes and “improve the probability of reaching the earnings situation for the primary stage of the motivation program.”

Including additional gasoline to the fireplace, in mid-December after the Recreation Awards, Polish securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski predicted that CDPR will launch the enlargement in Could 2026, which is able to then “kick off the precise advertising and marketing marketing campaign for The Witcher 4.”

Earlier than transferring on to Cyberpunk 2077, CDPR supported The Witcher 3 with two huge expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine. If CDPR is returning to it, it is smart: the sport’s been a constant moneymaker over time (significantly when the studio was rehabilitating Cyberpunk), and a current-gen model launched again in 2022. This additionally wouldn’t be the primary sport to get an enlargement laying groundwork for the sequel; earlier than Borderlands 3 got here out in 2019, Gearbox turned out to have yet another enlargement for Borderlands 2 up its sleeve that bridged these two video games.

We’ll know in a pair months how true these rumors are—however whether or not they’re or not, it’ll probably get individuals taking part in The Witcher 3 once more earlier than the Ciri-led sequel ultimately rears its head.

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