CD PROJEKT RED is pleased to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered is launching on September 29, 2026. A first look at the new expansion, Songs of the Past, was also shared at gamescom Opening Night Live.
- Songs of the Past is now available to wishlist ahead of its 2027 release. It will take players to the brand new realm of Letten — an idyllic land of rural tradition that hides a dark secret just below the surface.
- Remastered — a free upgrade for existing The Witcher 3 owners on qualifying platforms — brings a slew of upgrades and enhancements to visuals, performance, gameplay, and more when it launches on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
- The Witcher 3 is coming to two brand new platforms. A native version of Remastered will be released on Nintendo Switch 2, and through a new partnership between CD PROJEKT RED and Blizzard Entertainment, Battle.net — both on September 29.
- All owners of The Witcher 3 can now play to two acclaimed expansions — Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine — at no additional cost.
During gamescom Opening Night Live, an announcement trailer for The Witcher 3 — Remastered revealed a slew of upgrades and enhancements to visuals, performance, gameplay, and more are coming to the acclaimed role-playing game. Players can experience the entire epic adventure with upgraded visuals, enhanced combat, improved traversal and movement, new witcher signs effects, revamped mount handling, enhanced monster behaviors, a skill tree revamp, transmogrification, expanded photo mode, new finishers, and much more. Remastered will be available on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S — plus, for the first time, a native version of the game will be released on Nintendo Switch 2, with pre-orders available now.
A teaser for Songs of the Past was also shared at gamescom Opening Night Live and revealed the brand new region of Letten. This idyllic land is rich in rural tradition and folklore, and its people enjoy a fulfilling life of bountiful harvests and lavish festivals. But a dark secret lurks just beneath the surface, and Geralt must overcome never-before-seen foes as he fights to overcome its long-dormant evil.
Songs of the Past launches in 2027 as a paid expansion for The Witcher 3 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. It is available to wishlist now across select platforms.
CD PROJEKT RED is hosting guided presentations of Songs of the Past and the Remastered upgrade throughout gamescom in Hall 8.1 of the entertainment area. For those not attending, special REDstreamspresentations will take place throughout the event and be streamed on YouTube and Twitch. Each will dive into specific areas of Songs of the Past and Remastered.
As an additional surprise for players, all current owners of The Witcher 3 will today gain access to its original two expansions — Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine — for free. Announced on stage by gamescom Opening Night Live host Geoff Keighley, players yet to experience the critically acclaimed expansions can now do so ahead of Remastered’s launch in September.
CD PROJEKT RED is also delighted to announce a partnership with Blizzard Entertainment to bring The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered and Songs of the Past to Battle.net. Those who purchase the expansion on Blizzard’s platform will unlock a special Geralt-inspired skin in Diablo 4, with further details being shared when CD PROJEKT RED attends BlizzCon in September. More information on the partnership between Blizzard and CD PROJEKT RED can be found on Beyond the Game Blog.
CD PROJEKT RED is co-developing Songs of the Past with Fool’s Theory, a studio with leadership made up of Witcher 3 veterans. Remastered is being co-developed with Yigsoft, a team with a proven track record working on The Witcher 3 already.
More information about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt can be found on its official website as well as Facebook, Instagram, and X.
