The rumour stemmed originally from someone called Borys Nieśpielak, a trusted source of Polish games industry information - a leaker of sorts. He made a documentary a few years back about Polish indie game development, called We are alright, which is a good watch, and it shows that he has industry connections.
Nieśpielak said in the summer last year that Fool’s Theory, the studio remaking The Witcher 1 for CD Projekt Red, was making a new Witcher 3 expansion, and he reiterated this ahead of The Game Awards in December where he expected the announcement to be made, according to PCGamesN. But such an announcement never came.
Rumour quashed? No, because a separate voice has added strength to it. Polish Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski wrote a report on 16th December - after The Game Awards - which said, “We expect the next paid add-on (DLC) for The Witcher 3 to be released in May 2026.” That’s according to a Google translation of a Polish website report via Reddit.
“We assume sales of 11 million copies at $30 each next year. We estimate the production budget at PLN 52 million. The release should kick off the proper marketing campaign for The Witcher 4,” Chrzanowski added. Later, he predicted The Witcher 4 would be released in Q4 2027.
I wonder: could this rumoured Witcher 3 expansion be the unannounced project referenced in a recent CD Projekt Red financial report?
Partially, it makes sense. From a marketing point of view, beginning The Witcher 4 marketing campaign with a surprise content-drop for The Witcher 3 would certainly cause a stir. And storywise, an expansion could help bridge the gap between leaving Geralt as the main character and Ciri taking over. A paid expansion would obviously bridge a financial gap between now and The Witcher 4 being released, too - The Witcher 4 being the next big thing on the company’s to-do list.
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