Newly added The Witcher 3: Song of Things Past Turns out it’s much more closely related to the game’s upcoming remaster than one might think. According to CD Projekt RED, it’s simply impossible to build the add-on without a massive update to the original RPG.
The developers first talked in detail about The Witcher 3 Remastered and Songs of the Past expansion at Gamescom Opening Night Live 2026. Now the project’s game director Jakub Rokosz said in an interview bbc news Explains why these two projects actually became part of one larger effort.
According to him, the emergence of new members requires the simultaneous occurrence of several conditions. One of them is to decide CD Project RED A major update to The Witcher 3. Almost immediately, the team began to develop a story dedicated to Dandelion and his homeland.
“Songs from the Past” centers on Dandelion’s hometown of Leiten. However, transferring the location into the game in the form the developers envisioned based on the original version of The Witcher 3 proved impossible. It is the technologies and changes that CD Projekt RED introduced as part of the remaster that made it possible to create cities and implement ideas related to them.
“The stars have to align and the conditions have to be perfect.”Rokosche said when talking about the new content. According to him, the remaster work and the development of the new story ended up being so closely intertwined that it was almost impossible to separate one project from the other.
Considering the scale of The Witcher 3 update itself, the connection between the two versions becomes particularly interesting. The original game was released in 2015, so development technology has progressed significantly over the past decade. Judging from previously revealed details, CD Projekt RED will not only use this advantage to beautify and improve images.
The developers promise to redesign the graphics and improve the game mechanics, including the combat system. As such, the updated version will likely be more serious than a regular technical remaster, and in some ways closer to a full remaster of the game.
Rokosh said it was the updated features that paved the way for Songs of the Past. If CD Projekt RED had simply ported the original The Witcher 3 to modern technology without making significant changes, Letten’s vision might not have been possible.
At the same time, the addition itself doesn’t look like a small experiment. The developers are calling it a massive project that will require significant resources and independent production work. It’s no surprise, then, that the creation of Days Gone is closely tied to parallel updates to the main game.
For fans of The Witcher, this situation means two main reasons at the same time. On the one hand, CD Projekt RED is preparing a new version of one of the most famous RPGs in history, and on the other hand, it will reveal Dandelion’s past in detail and show his hometown for the first time.
Considering the studio is working on simultaneous The Witcher 4, Cyberpunk 2 As with other projects, the scale of production looks particularly impressive. However, it’s the combination of Remastered and Song of the Past that will give The Witcher 3 a second life and once again draw players’ attention to the adventures of Geralt and his old acquaintances.
