The Witcher 3 Remastered and New Expansion Songs of the Past Revealed

CD Projekt Red is bringing Geralt back with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on September 29 and a new expansion, Songs of the Past, planned for 2027. The remaster adds visual upgrades, combat changes, a reworked skill tree, movement improvements, and accessibility options, while the expansion sends Geralt to the town of Letten for a new story centered on Dandelion’s disappearance.

The remaster marks another return for a game that still sits near the top of the RPG canon more than a decade after its 2015 debut. This new edition folds in Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine at no extra cost for existing owners of the base game on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, and PC, and it also pushes further with system-level changes instead of stopping at a visual pass.

CD Projekt Red is developing the update with Yigsoft, a team connected to Witcher modding and work on Cyberpunk 2077’s current-generation support. The announced feature list includes enhanced visuals, better combat, new attacks and finishers, a revamped skill tree, improved movement for both Geralt and Roach, and added accessibility settings. Taken together, that suggests the studio is treating this as a substantial refresh of how the game feels, not only how it looks.

The bigger surprise is Songs of the Past, a full expansion set after Geralt’s previous adventures. The story takes players to Letten, Dandelion’s hometown, where the setting appears built around a fresh regional cast and a mystery tied to the bard’s family. Letten includes new quests, NPC daily routines, and Gwent, alongside a more local story than the continent-spanning stakes of the base game.

The opening setup is direct: after a town festival, Dandelion disappears, and Geralt sets out to find him. That search brings him into contact with Dandelion’s relatives, including Lilla, a new companion who is also positioned as a romance option. Their investigation leads into the Garden of Thorns, a haunted forest area that looks central to both the expansion’s enemy design and its supernatural plot.

One of the expansion’s notable additions is a new chain weapon. In combat, it can pull enemies in from range and strip away defenses, including the bee-like protection used by a new enemy type called the Swarmians. That gives Geralt a tool that sounds meaningfully different from the swords, Signs, and crossbow that have long defined his kit. If the final game builds encounters around that mechanic, Songs of the Past could change the rhythm of fights more than a typical post-launch story add-on.

The forest itself introduces cursed, root-themed spirits, pointing to a darker folkloric thread that fits The Witcher’s strongest side stories. Letten also seems designed to support a slower, more social style of questing before the horror elements take over, with fistfights, estate intrigue, and exploration around the town and its waterways.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launches September 29. Songs of the Past follows in 2027, exactly 12 years after the original game’s release. For a series already looking ahead to The Witcher IV, CD Projekt Red is also making room for one more trip with Geralt, and this one appears to be more than a nostalgia play.