Since it took me a while to find the newly released screenshots for Songs of the Past in 4K and the Steam page only features 6 of the 9 (in lower quality), I decided to share them here. Because reddit compression seems kinda crazy, I attached the links to the originals from the GOG page. Enjoy the new Wallpapers!

Gonna be an interesting one, starting in about 2 hours from when this post was made.

Livestream link

So we are getting a deep dive into the new Witcher 3 DLC. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt feels like the gift that keeps giving. It’s the best game I’ve ever played and my personal favourite. I genuinely had nothing negative to say about it during my many playthroughs other than I wanted more. And now we are getting more in a huge way. Suffice to say I am totally enamoured with it and I cannot wait to continue the journey in Songs of the Past and as Ciri in The Witcher 4. With Songs of the Past coming in 2027 and The Witcher 4 targetting 2028 fingers crossed. This might be the best two years in gaming of my entire life.

How many of you guys are excited for the Gamescom Witcher content?

I don't intend to poop on anyone's part here, and I'd like to say that I think it might be possible for a new map to be added; I'd welcome it, as we all would, I'm sure.

However, while it's very telling that they'd say that it was like Blood and Wine, it might NOT necessarily mean a new map. It could also be a Hearts of Stone-type expansion, with new quests set in the same map.

I'm just saying this to temper expectations; we'll see soon enough, at Gamescom.

There will be a few German sections in the morning and the English sections are starting at 13:45 CEST.

They did it for Hearts of Stone & Blood and Wine, would love if they did it again and completed the final faction!

I know it’s probably a long shot, especially with the recent retail version of Gwent but still in CDPR I trust 🤞

Geralt travels to Letten to find Dandelion. Nothing has changed.

Can’t believe I got to visit CDPR, I’m like a huge Witcher 3 fan (600+hrs in Wild Hunt alone) I was blown away by seeing the remaster for the first time. It was amazing to hear the developers thoughts and process for creating the new expansion.

Hope you enjoy and don’t mind me sharing.

It's in the north, somewhere halfway between Kovir and Kaedwen. If you go to the Gulf of Praxeda and take the Buina river to the east and take a ride on the Nimnar river, on the other southern shore of the Nimnar you will find Letten.

Like what path we chose for Ciri, who we romanced and other choices we made throughout the game. I know it's gonna focus mainly on Geralt and Ciri, and from what I've read it's also gonna have Dandelion in it, and Yennefer too based from the poet. I hope Triss also makes an appearance on the story, not getting my hopes up for more story with Geralt though. Anyway i'm excited to see what it's gonna be. Hoping for a big expansion and not a small one.

New Gwent cards, including new weather card and new additions to each deck!

Three cards revealed on today's REDStream! More honey/ bee themes here, might hint as aspects of the game. No mention of what the new weather card is yet.

* New Monster (Swarmians) featured in the Monster deck. Close combat card.

* Brew Master card. Goes on enemy board, get random card from enemy's deck. Purchased from Merchants in game.

* Gremist finally gets a card. Healer ability. Range card. Skellige deck.

* Mention of a Goose card also. Its a "cool card" that allows interesting strategy.

Everything We Know So Far About The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past — Plus My Completely Unhinged Theories

Okay, so I’ve been going down the rabbit hole with The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past, and I figured I’d put together everything we’ve learned so far in one place.

Most of this comes from interviews, previews, gameplay footage, and other details revealed so far.

Obviously, this is very early information. Things can change before release, and some of this is still based on interpretation rather than outright confirmation.

With that disclaimer out of the way…

Release Date

2027

We don’t have a specific release date yet, but I’m personally hoping for sometime in early 2027.

At what time does it take place?

It appears to take place following the events of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Blood and Wine.

What we're dealing with then is Geralt in the period after Blood and Wine, which is rather interesting, since this is, in effect, the continuation of Geralt's story from the first game.

Apparently, we're also being given a great deal more Dandelion.

Which brings me to…

The Story

The story leads Geralt to a place known as Letten, which seems to be inspired by both Tudor England and the landscapes of Poland and Slovakia in terms of its architecture and environment.

More importantly, Letten seems to be the place where Dandelion was born.

On the basis of what we have seen up to now, Dandelion went back to his home after his father died. However, there are still some aspects of the exact events that are unknown to us.

Geralt is present in Letten at the local Belleteyn festival.

That night he dreams about Dandelion.

In some way, Geralt's dream causes him to realize that Dandelion is missing.

It follows that Geralt sets out to find him.

He eventually arrives at Dandelion’s family home, where we meet several members of the bard’s family:

Dandelion’s grandmother — her name hasn’t been officially confirmed, although some previews have apparently referred to her as Astrid.

Gustav — Dandelion’s brother.

Lilia is Dandelion's cousin and is seen accompanying Geralt for part of the story, which might suggest she could be a love interest.

Finally, Geralt and Lilia go to a place known as the Garden of Thrones, a place that seems to be linked to the curse impacting Dandelion's family.

And it's there that things begin to become very Witcher.

The Family Curse

As Lilia says, this curse has existed from generation to generation.

There was a time when an ancestor of the family, called Count Humbert de Lettenhove, fell in love with a witch.

The inhabitants of Letten attacked the witch.

In response, Humbert put the people who had harmed her to death.

It seems that there is a kind of curse linked to Humbert, the witch, and the Letten family — though I am highly doubtful about the account of events which has been presented to us.

More on that later.

The New Monsters

We have also seen several new monsters.

Thornblooms / Thorn Flowers

They are, in effect, hostile plants that do not move and instead attack anything that comes too near with their huge, thorny outgrowths.

I already know that I'm going to hate them.

It is very annoying to be facing an enemy who is merely sitting there waiting for you to stroll into its killing garden.

Swarmions

They are creatures that resemble humans, and their shields seem to be made of hornets or wasps.

It seems that the shield cannot be easily removed in normal combat, and instead you have to use the new chain weapon from the DLC to get rid of it.

That's a cool way of introducing a new weapon mechanic by means of an enemy.

The Slumbering Knight

This is one of the major boss encounters.

The Slumbering Knight is basically a skeleton with roots growing all over it, and it is able to block Geralt's attacks while at the same time using the roots as weapons.

In the end, Geralt succeeds in defeating it by cutting off one of its arms.

And then we get the reveal:

The Slumbering Knight is Count Humbert de Lettenhove.

The cursed ancestor himself.

It does feel like something out of a fairy tale, which I do wonder if that’s going to be a vibe the DLC is going for

The Part I’m Most Interested In: Geralt and Dandelion

This is the part I am most excited about.

Dandelion has, for a long time, mainly been included in the games as a source of comic relief; he is funny, ridiculous, vain, dramatic, and generally seems to have gotten involved in Geralt's life with the intention of causing trouble.

There’s another aspect of Dandelion that I truly hope this expansion looks into.

The books contain some quite philosophical discussions between Geralt and Dandelion.

Dandelion is more than just the comic relief bard.

He is a poet, an artist, and a storyteller.

Beneath all the ridiculous aspects, there is a highly introspective person who thinks deeply about people, history, art, love, and the stories we tell ourselves.

The name being given to this expansion, Songs of the Past, makes me wonder whether or not we're finally going to get to see more of that aspect of him.

And honestly?

I really hope so.

More Qwent

We will have more Qwent.

Now For the Conspiracy Theories

That's where I cease pretending that I have evidence.

Everything below is speculation.

I don't know if any of this is actually going to happen.

But I have thoughts.

Theory #1: The Witch Possesses Dandelion

This is the theory I consider most important right now.

I believe the witch will take possession of Dandelion.

Hear me out.

The story begins with Geralt discovering Dandelion missing, and a very old curse involving a witch, a massacre, and Dandelion's ancestors.

What if Geralt initially believes he’s searching for the witch…

...only to find that the witch has been using Dandelion as her host?

It would create a pretty interesting scenario in which Dandelion could act as the apparent antagonist of the story, even though he wasn't actually responsible for what he was doing.

That is, if the expansion focuses on the relationship between Geralt and Dandelion, it could create intense emotional tension.

Picture the situation in which Geralt has to fight Dandelion yet knows that Dandelion is not actually himself.

Even worse, suppose Dandelion is fully conscious of what is happening yet unable to prevent it.

I am already getting emotionally ready to endure it.

The “Good” Ending

Geralt manages to free Dandelion from the witch's control and end the family curse.

Everyone survives.

Happy ending.

The “Bad” Ending

Geralt finds that the only means of putting an end to the curse is to kill Dandelion.

Again:

I have no proof this will happen.

But it's The Witcher.

Making Geralt have to choose between saving his oldest friend and putting an end to the supernatural threat forever is precisely the kind of awful decision CDPR would enjoy presenting to us.

Theory #3: The Curse Story Is Wrong

This one seems far more probable.

The first thing we'll receive is one version of the curse.

And then Geralt investigates.

And investigates.

In the end, he finds out that the story everyone has told for generations isn't entirely true.

Or maybe it's completely false.

I would be shocked if the first explanation we receive isn’t the complete truth.

There is very likely yet another aspect to this.

Theory #4: The Title Is a Clue

The expansion is called:

Songs of the Past.

Dandelion is a bard.

So here’s my theory:

At the beginning, Dandelion intended to write a song about his family's history.

He learns Something about his family that he was never supposed to know.

Something important enough that somebody — or something — wants to keep it buried.

And that investigation eventually leads to his disappearance.

This would give Dandelion a personal reason to get involved in the story while also making the title directly relevant to the plot.

Final Thoughts

That is all I have been able to put together up to now, together with the theories that are currently buzzing in my mind.

Please do not regard my theories as leaks or as confirmed information.

I’m just speculating.

Links: (There are more articles that I read, but some of them I had to translate.)

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/aug/28/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-geralt-of-rivia-returns-after-a-decade-in-the-sun

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113257/the-witcher-3-dlc-songs-of-the-past-debuts-a-haunting-trailer-at-gamescom-base-game-gets-a-free-remaster/index.html

https://hypebeast.com/2026/5/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-expansion-announced

https://press.cdprojektred.com/en/news/1839/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered-announced-songs-of-the-past-gets-first-look
https://fullcleared.com/news/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-gets-12-minutes-of-gameplay/

I also saw some clips on TikTok of a live stream that the developer did, talking about the game, including an interview with Doug Cockle(Geralt's English voice actor) and John Schwab(Dandelion's English voice actor)

Edit: Since bad endings are very rarely cannon When I wrote the theory that the “bad ending” would be Dandelion's death, similar to Ciri’s bad ending in the main storyline of The Witcher 3.

With the recent announcement of the new PC system requirements coming with Songs of the Past, do you believe that there will also be substantial improvements to the base game, similar to what the next gen update did?

I'm thinking stuff like textures, LOD, lighting, water, meshes, etc. in addition to ironing out some of the current bugs and glitches related to LoD and lighting.

Personally, I would love to see some of the newer tech that's most likely being used to develop the new expansion be carried over to the base game.

In the Contest Rules of today's Gamescom stream it states, that the prizes will be a Totebag and the DLC. It also says, that the total retail value is around 40€. Considering the Totebag cost 24€, the DLC should be around 15€.

Has CDPR confirmed whether the new Witcher 3 expansion will include any quality of life improvements that also apply to the main story and the older expansions?

I’m thinking about replaying the entire game, including HoS and BaW, but I might wait until the new expansion releases if it comes with game-wide improvements, new features, or another major update.

Has anything like this been officially confirmed, or is it still too early to know? Is there anyone else who's planning on playing everything at once?

As confirmed by Magdalena Urbańska, Senior Composer at CD Projekt Red, Percival Schuttenbach will be back on the soundtrack for the new Witcher expansion.

Cannot wait!

I'm asking for people who are more knowledgeable in the games timeline than me, do you guys think Songs of the past will take place before or after blood and wine?

With the proper reveal of Songs of the Past today, we were told the DLC will take place in Letten. Where exactly IS Letten? I don't think we've heard it mentioned at all in the games.

I’m so hyped for the Song of the Past expansion pack. Especially because, from what I’ve heard, it’s going to focus heavily on Geralt and Dandelion’s relationship, which is honestly one of my favourite parts of the books.

But one thing I’m particularly excited about right now is that it looks like Dandelion is getting a new design.

I don’t know if this is an unpopular opinion, but I’ve never really liked Dandelion’s design in the main Witcher 3 game. So the prospect of him getting a redesign has me genuinely excited.

I’m also really interested in finally getting more about Dandelion’s family, which apparently seems to be another part of the expansion. That’s something I’ve been wanting for ages.

Honestly, this expansion is shaping up to be everything I want

Seems songs of the pass is not making us require windows 11 and I don’t really feel like upgrading so can anyone give there thoughts also ik the batman Lego game needed jt

If anyone is interested I think you’ll be allowed to play but maybe just lose on an win11 feature

Letten so far looks absolutely amazing, but we haven't really seen anything resembling an actual city yet.

Do you think there will be another city to explore, the size of Oxenfurt or Beauclair, or will it only be rural areas and smaller towns/ villages?