With news being so sparse on the upcoming entry to the series, CD Projekt Red have today announced a new expansion for their 2015 hit The Witcher 3. Titled Songs of the Past, the expansion is touted as one last hurrah for Geralt before new protagonist Ciri steps up for the next title.

Songs of the Past is a brand-new full-fledged expansion to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, one of the most acclaimed role-playing games of all time.

Created in partnership with Fool’s Theory, a team comprising veteran The Witcher 3 developers, players can once again take on the role of Geralt of Rivia and embark on a brand-new adventure before heading out on the Path as Ciri in the upcoming The Witcher 4.

Songs of the Past is set to release at some point next year for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series consoles, and be of a comparable size to the game's previous major expansions. With the press release not mentioning the PS4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch, it is assumed these platforms will not receive this content.

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[GengarsGhostlyGiggles]

Desperate flailing against blood of dawnwalker a game done by the REAL witcher team.
Ciri being the main character of witcher 4 was narratively right I guess, Geralt story feels finished by the end.

But I don't want to play as Ciri, her sections in the witcher 3 were my least favorite. I'd much rather play as Geralt, or a genius move would have been to make your own Witcher. That would have been great. But again the real Witcher team left to form new studio.

 

[The Catboy]

12 years
Just make another game, please

 

[Reploid]

Past gen buyers got screwed by cdpr again

 

[eyeliner]

Past gen buyers got screwed by cdpr again

How so, friend?
It is legitimate to think they made their market analysis and decided that developing to those devices would be a waste of resources.

 

[raxadian]

I think this game is already big enough. Is that hard to make The Witcher 4 already?

 

[eduall]

With the press release not mentioning the PS4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch, it is assumed these platforms will not receive this content.

What a shame... i have ps4 Pro for nothing

 

[Exnor]

Got the Complete Edition (2nd hand market ) and i have yet to start playing it.

 

[p1ngpong]

One of the greatest games of all time gets an unexpected expansion, literally a win for fans that nobody is forced to buy if you dont want it.

Genisues on GBAtemp of course complain.

 

[Scarlet]

Said this elsewhere but I would be surprised if they didn't use this as an excuse to launch the game on Switch 2 while they're at it. Would make for a solid standalone announcement closer to the release date.

 

[captainpringles]

Interesting. So it's meant to bridge the gap between 3 and 4? Geralt's story felt pretty complete by the end, I'm curious to see how they'll manage to add more without it feeling kinda hamfisted.

 

[HaloEliteLegend]

You know what's interesting... I'm guessing this still uses their RED Engine? I guess one last hurrah for that piece of tech before the studio moves on entirely to Unreal 5?

 

[lightwo]

Dammit, so that's why they did the UE5 remaster ("next-gen version") some time ago...

At least it looks like it's possible to use the save from RED Engine and have the UE5 version recognise it. Saves are even cross-platform, for that matter.

 

[purple_bandit]

WTF

 

[BlackZero500]

At this Point someone could release a cure for Cancer and you guys would still complain.

 

[DiscostewSM]

The massive increase in minimum specs for PC would certainly prevent the Switch 1 from getting it, considering how much work and optimization it took to get it running in the first place (the only platform where they shifted tasks like cloth physics to the GPU).

 

[MarkDarkness]

I think this game is already big enough. Is that hard to make The Witcher 4 already?

Quite. They can't repeat the Cyberpunk incident again, so the QA walls for Witcher 4 to be approved for release must be insanely high.

 

[raxadian]

Quite. They can't repeat the Cyberpunk incident again, so the QA walls for Witcher 4 to be approved for release must be insanely high.

Just use a different game engine. Like if they start making the game with Unreal Engine 4 now and stay with it by the time the game releases in like 7 years anything current by then would be able to run the game, assuming the AI slop crash happens one or two years before the game releases because current Ram prices are insane.

 

[MarkDarkness]

Just use a different game engine. Like if they start making the game with Unreal Engine 4 now and stay with it by the time the game releases in like 7 years anything current by then would be able to run the game, assuming the AI slop crash happens one or two years before the game releases because current Ram prices are insane.

Engines don't really work like that for gigantic games, tho. There is a cost x benefit of working alongside engine devs and graphics card manufacturers that usually ends up on the side of "use the latest to get them to craft things AROUND your game, not in spite of it".

As for RAM prices, they will come down in the next few months. China gave us MoE, so RAM is not as essential anymore.

 

[raxadian]

next few months.

Oh you sweet summer child.

If the AI slop doesn't crashes first 90% of that Chinese ram will go for making more AI slop.