{"id":73116,"date":"2026-07-21T15:12:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/?p=73116"},"modified":"2026-07-21T15:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:10:35","slug":"the-witcher-3-dlc-gamescom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/73116-the-witcher-3-dlc-gamescom\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 and Its New DLC Have a Big Gamescom Surprise in Store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back at the end of May, CD Projekt RED finally confirmed what had been the subject of persistent rumors for months: a third DLC for <a href=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/72407-the-witcher-3-content-restored\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/news\/72407-the-witcher-3-content-restored\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Witcher 3<\/a>, eleven years after the game&#8217;s original release. Titled Songs of the Past and currently represented by a single official image, the new expansion is set to arrive sometime in 2027 on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series. With Gamescom 2026 on the horizon, the Polish studio has now, following its Tides of Annihilation confirmation a few days ago, confirmed its presence at the German trade show, where it plans to share more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past will be at Gamescom 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Via the franchise&#8217;s official X account, CD Projekt RED has confirmed that The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past will feature at Gamescom 2026&#8217;s opening ceremony, better known as Opening Night Live, hosted by Geoff Keighley. &#8220;<strong><em>Our Path to Gamescom 2026 starts with Opening Night Live. On August 25, catch a glimpse of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Songs of the Past during the show!<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Opening Night Live 2026 takes place on August 25th at 8 PM CEST, 11:00 am PST and 2 pm EST with a live stream available on the official Game Awards Twitch and YouTube channels. Songs of the Past will be one of many titles showcased during the evening, an event that has firmly established itself as the second major summer industry showcase after the Summer Game Fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our Path to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/gamescom?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gamescom<\/a> 2026 starts with <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/OpeningNightLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OpeningNightLive<\/a>. On August 25, catch a glimpse of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Songs of the Past during the show!<br><br>\ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f Mark your calendars: watch ONL on August 25 at 11am PT \/ 2pm ET \/ 8pm CEST <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6nCKo9ETbk\">pic.twitter.com\/6nCKo9ETbk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Witcher (@thewitcher) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thewitcher\/status\/2079516856419848385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can we expect from this first look at the third expansion?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond a title, a single piece of artwork, and a 2027 release window, The Witcher 3&#8217;s third expansion remains largely shrouded in mystery. That one official image does offer a few clues about the DLC&#8217;s central theme, elves appear to be at the heart of it. As for exactly where the Path will take Geralt, whether that&#8217;s the elven city of Cidaris or somewhere else entirely, Opening Night Live 2026 should provide answers, along with what will hopefully be a more precise release window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond the opening night appearance, it&#8217;s a fair bet that Gamescom attendees in Cologne, where the show runs from August 26th to 30th, 2026, will also have the chance to go hands-on with a playable demo of Songs of the Past, potentially made available online for the rest of the world shortly after. Either way, it&#8217;s a date that fans of Andrzej Sapkowski&#8217;s novels and CD Projekt RED&#8217;s RPGs will want to keep firmly in their calendars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thewitcher\/status\/2079516856419848385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2079516856419848385%7Ctwgr%5E366e36f06d5cc32d32083df0a4c690f86fd27b22%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgameblog.fr%2Fen%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D73116action%3Dedit\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thewitcher\/status\/2079516856419848385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2079516856419848385%7Ctwgr%5E366e36f06d5cc32d32083df0a4c690f86fd27b22%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fgameblog.fr%2Fen%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D73116action%3Dedit\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDProjektRed<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":72096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[154,77],"class_list":["post-73116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gamescom","tag-the-witcher","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73120,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73116\/revisions\/73120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gameblog.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}