Over a decade after its release, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s appeal remains evergreen, which is why CD Projekt RED can announce a new expansion and immediately steal the spotlight. Granted, there isn’t much known about Songs of the Past, aside from launching in 2027 on Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC, but Paweł Sasko, who served as the game’s lead quest designer, took the opportunity to clarify that it’s not a DLC.
And what better way to do so than with a clip of Idris Elba, who played Solomon Reed in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty? Before the latter’s launch, he answered a fan question presented by IGN about the story of the “DLC.” Elba responded in his usual charismatic way, “Just to be clear – it’s not a DLC. It’s an expansion. You know why? Because we do expansions. Big, massive, monster! We don’t do DLCs, and when we do, we give them away.”
You could take this as Sasko claiming that Songs of the Past will follow the same pattern and deliver an absolutely massive experience. You could also look at it as a flex – that when CD Projekt RED says “expansion,” it’s promising something truly monstrous and not something to hand out for free like DLC.
Either way, we won’t truly know about Songs of the Past until later this Summer when the developer reveals more. Odds are it could end up setting the stage for The Witcher 4’s events. Maybe it ties into Crossroads of Ravens, the last novel in the series. Either way, like Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine before it, you can expect something special. Just make sure your PC hardware is up to snuff first.
