{"id":137345,"date":"2026-05-27T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-201670"},"modified":"2026-05-27T10:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:45:00","slug":"the-witcher-3-is-getting-a-new-expansion-but-not-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/05\/27\/the-witcher-3-is-getting-a-new-expansion-but-not-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 Is Getting A New Expansion, But Not On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0aac6ca83fa0d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0aac6ca83fa0d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"0aac6ca83fa0d\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Witcher III - Songs of the Past\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0aac6ca83fa0d\/witcher-iii-songs-of-the-past.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0aac6ca83fa0d\/witcher-iii-songs-of-the-past.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Witcher III - Songs of the Past\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: CD Projekt Red<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CD Projekt Red has finally announced the long-rumoured third expansion for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/witcher_3_wild_hunt_-_complete_edition\">The Witcher III: Wild Hunt<\/a>, titled <strong>Songs of the Past<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Developer Fools Theory, which previously worked on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/thaumaturge\" class=\"external\">The Thaumaturge<\/a> and is currently conjuring up a remake of the original <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pushsquare.com\/games\/ps5\/witcher_remake\" class=\"external\">Witcher<\/a> game, is joining CDPR to create the new DLC. It&#8217;s scheduled to launch in <strong>2027<\/strong> for the PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, but unfortunately there&#8217;s no Switch version in the pipeline.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-bsky-post\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/thewitcher.com\/post\/3mmt5gshsa22r @ 2026-05-27T10:24:52+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:lnyrs3z3222ccs2w2krdeek3\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mmt5gshsa22r\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreieqygzxpvvpeowckg7ks56bpvvmb4n33ie5wkxs4zjexx5sstpphy\">\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\">The Witcher (@thewitcher.com)<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:lnyrs3z3222ccs2w2krdeek3\/post\/3mmt5gshsa22r?ref_src=embed\">2026-05-27T09:00:56.694Z<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We&#8217;re not surprised, mind you. With the Switch 2 in full swing, the original console is looking exceptionally long in the tooth these days, and there&#8217;s currently no sign of a potential &#8216;Switch 2 Edition&#8217; for The Witcher III (as much as we&#8217;d love one).<\/p>\n<p>In fact, CDPR has gone on record to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.cdprojektred.com\/en\/witcher-3\/pc\/sp-technical\/issue\/2973\/upcoming-changes-to-minimum-requirements-for-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">alter the minimum system requirements<\/a> for the new content, suggesting that it will look better than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Still, considering the game was marketed as a &#8216;Complete Edition&#8217; back in the day, we can&#8217;t help but feel a bit deflated at the notion of a completely new expansion skipping the Switch entirely. We&#8217;ve got our fingers crossed for a Switch 2 upgrade at some point in the future. Even if the new expansion doesn&#8217;t come with it, we reckon The Witcher III will look and run great on the successor console.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:181201,183114 @ 1779904424 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts on this, dear reader? Do you reckon we&#8217;ll get a Switch 2 upgrade for The Witcher 3 at some point? Let us know with a comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: CD Projekt Red CD Projekt Red has finally announced the long-rumoured third expansion for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, titled Songs of the Past. Developer Fools Theory, which previously worked on The Thaumaturge and is currently conjuring up a remake of the original Witcher game, is joining CDPR to create the new DLC. It&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137345\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}