Numerous stories recommend that The Witcher 3 maker CD Projekt is secretly creating a brand new growth for the favored role-playing recreation.
Rumors that the studio is planning extra content material for its 2015 blockbuster initially date again to a report printed on-line final summer season, during which Polish video games trade insider Borys NieΕpielak divulged particulars of the envisioned venture for the primary time.
On the time, Niespierak claimed that improvement was being achieved by Idiot’s Concept. The studio can be the identical studio that CD Projekt has commissioned for the remake of The Witcher 1. At this time, in a report in Eurogamer, Niespierak doubled down on his authentic claims, pointing to latest hints from CD Projekt themselves that the content material was secretly in improvement.
βGiven the present progress, new content material urged in latest convention calls and stories could also be launched subsequent yr,β CD Mission Chief Monetary Officer Piotr Nielvovich mentioned within the firm’s newest monetary report, printed in November 2025. With out naming the content material, Nilbovitz urged it might “influence” the corporate’s future outcomes, and urged it might come comparatively rapidly and be comparatively significant.
This is not the one official point out of the unnamed venture. In a follow-up name to buyers following the aforementioned outcomes, co-studio CEO MichaΕ Nowakowski talked about help for the remake of The Witcher 1 and the upcoming The Witcher 4, whereas additionally mentioning “one other venture” that Idiot’s Concept is engaged on.
One more whisper concerning the venture got here simply earlier than the tip of final yr, from Polish analyst Mateusz Czanowski, who mentioned he anticipated “the following paid add-on (DLC) for The Witcher 3 to be launched in Might 2026.” All of this factors to CD Projekt, by way of Idiot’s Concept, providing one thing new for Witcher 3 followers in only a few months, one thing that is each an thrilling prospect and one which makes some sense.
As “full manufacturing” on The Witcher 4 continues, CD Projekt has warned followers to not count on a 2026 launch because it plans an bold six-year roadmap that may even see The Witcher 5 and 6 launched. Earlier than that, there’s room for extra The Witcher this yr and recent content material that would assist fill the hole.
The brand new DLC appears like a sensible concept to reignite misplaced curiosity forward of the collection’ subsequent chapter by way of extra content material offered to The Witcher 3’s present viewers of over 60 million gamers. This content material may very well be used as a motive to promote the sport anew, herald new followers to the decade-old roleplayers, and arrange plot factors that might be expanded upon in The Witcher 4.
Lastly, after all, it could supply followers one final likelihood to play as Geralt earlier than the following trilogy within the collection focuses on Ciri. So, the final journey?
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