CD Projekt Red is reportedly working on a new expansion for The Witcher 3
ahead of The Witcher 4's release and I'll be there day one

Date:
Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:19:26 +0000

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CD Projekt Red has hinted that "new content" for an unnamed game will be released this year ahead of The Witcher 4, and an industry insider has
claimed that it's the long-rumored The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt expansion.

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CD Projekt Red is reportedly developing a third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and it could be released this year.

Rumors that another major update for the 2015 hit began circulating since
last year, when Polish industry insider Borys Niepielak claimed that Fool's Theory, the studio that is remaking The Witcher 1 , was developing the new Witcher 3 expansion.

In a recent report from Eurogamer , Niepielak reiterated his original claim, telling the publication that his information was verified by "several" independent sources but didn't have any more information to share about the claim.

However, the insider did point to a new CDPR earnings call transcript , in which chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz hinted that "new content" for an unnamed game could launch this year, ahead of the studio's next major
game, The Witcher 4 .

"Given our current progress, there is a chance that new content hinted upon
in recent calls and reports may see release in the coming year, having an impact on our results and increasing the likelihood of achieving the earnings condition for the first stage of the incentive program," said Nielubowicz.

As spotted by IGN , the unnamed project was also mentioned in a follow-up investor call after the financial report, where joint studio CEO Micha Nowakowski also spoke about the "other project" that Fool's Theory was
working on, while mentioning the studio's The Witcher remake.

To add more fuel to the rumors, after The Game Awards 2025, Polish Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski published a report which said (via Reddit/Google Translate ), "We expect the next paid add-on (DLC) for The Witcher 3 to be released in May 2026."

While unconfirmed at this time, the theory is that this supposed Witcher 3 expansion would set up events that take place in The Witcher 4 , which is set to star Ciri.

The Witcher 4 is now in full production, and CDPR has suggested that the
game is unlikely to launch before 2027 .

According to Chrzanowski, however, he predicts that the game will be released in Q4 2027, and 2026 will kick start its marketing campaign with the release
of the new Witcher 3 expansion.

"We assume sales of 11 million copies at $30 each next year," Chrzanowski
said. "We estimate the production budget at PLN 52 million. The release
should kick off the proper marketing campaign for The Witcher 4 ."

CDPR has also reiterated its plans to release its next trilogy of Witcher
games within a six-year time frame , though it has yet to formally announce
The Witcher 5 and The Witcher 6 .

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