{"id":606397,"date":"2026-05-27T10:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606397\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:12:15","slug":"third-witcher-3-dlc-is-real-songs-of-the-past-comes-to-ps5-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/606397\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Witcher 3 DLC Is Real! Songs of the Past Comes to PS5 in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past PS5\" href=\"https:\/\/images.pushsquare.com\/61257753c5ab5\/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-ps5.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-ps5.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past PS5\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After many rumours and much speculation, CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 3<\/a> really is happening. It&#8217;s called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_songs_of_the_past\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Songs of the Past<\/a> and it&#8217;s coming to PS5 (no PS4 version) in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The developer pitches the DLC as the following: &#8220;Songs of the Past will return players to the role of legendary monster slayer Geralt of Rivia for a brand new adventure when it launches in 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CD Projekt Red is creating the expansion in collaboration with Fools Theory, which previously made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/thaumaturge\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Thaumaturge<\/a> and is currently producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/witcher_remake\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 1 Remake<\/a>. More details on Songs of the Past will be released in late Summer 2026.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\">Medallion&#8217;s humming&#8230; that can only mean one thing! It&#8217;s time to announce The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt &#8211; Songs of the Past! \u2694\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:lnyrs3z3222ccs2w2krdeek3?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher (@thewitcher.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:lnyrs3z3222ccs2w2krdeek3\/post\/3mmt5gshsa22r?ref_src=embed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026-05-27T09:00:56.694Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When it launches, Songs of the Past will be a brand new expansion for a 12-year-old game. Its first two pieces of DLC, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_hearts_of_stone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hearts of Stone<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps4\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_blood_and_wine\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blood and Wine<\/a> launched within the first two years of the RPG launching. Now, CD Projekt Red is returning for more story content over a decade later.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, having put out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/cyberpunk_2077\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a>, it&#8217;s returning to The Witcher universe with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/witcher_4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 4<\/a>, which is currently in development.<\/p>\n<p>You will need the most up-to-date PS5 version of The Witcher 3 to play Songs of the Past next year; the original PS4 edition has been abandoned for this content drop. Will you be playing the DLC in 2027? Let us know in the comments below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After many rumours and much speculation, CD Projekt Red has announced a third expansion for The Witcher 3&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1183,24449,59,112,86,39083,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-606397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-dlc","tag-gb","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-the-witcher","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}