The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt has dropped its first story hints for the recreation’s upcoming third enlargement, Songs of the Past.
Formally confirmed yesterday, Songs of the Past will arrive for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X/S in 2027 and as soon as once more enable gamers to tackle the function of legendary monster slayer Geralt.
The enlargement will launch 12 years after The Witcher 3’s authentic debut in 2015, and 11 years after the recreation’s second enlargement, Blood and Wine, launched in 2016. Followers count on its story to additionally act as one thing of a bridge to the upcoming The Witcher 4, which nonetheless lacks a launch date.
“We cannot give an excessive amount of away proper now as a result of we wish you to expertise it as you play,” senior neighborhood and social media supervisor Laura Beitzel teased in the present day throughout a 10th anniversary livestream designed to rejoice Blood and Wine.
“However as a number of eagle-eyed individuals have already seen over the previous 24 hours, there are some hints ready for you on an important night in Witcher lore, Belleteyn Night time, in our Belleteyn celebration that we shared a number of weeks in the past. So… hold on the lookout for clues.”
Right here, Beitzel is referencing a bit of art work and a poem it sneakily posted on social media a month in the past. It reveals Geralt resting by a bonfire as Dandelion performs the lute whereas villagers dance. Extra importantly, although, it reveals Geralt with a mysterious new sword — the identical sword he is additionally holding in Songs of the Past’s reveal art work, which sports activities an uncommon ornate curved crossguard.
Belleteyn has been referenced in The Witcher earlier than, and is a fertility competition that takes place every spring. Right here is the picture’s accompanying poem, in case you wish to scour it for additional clues:
“So sure, Geralt is holding a sword,” CD Projekt’s Amelia Korzycka continued, referencing Songs of the Past’s key art work. “It’s a crucial sword for the story and you’re going to get to understand it when the recreation comes out. So a number of extra streams earlier than that when [we] reveal it.”
Beitzel additionally mentioned the measurement of the enlargement — and as we heard beforehand, Songs of the Past is an enlargement slightly than a smaller DLC or add-on.
“Songs of the Past will probably be aligned with what you are conversant in in Blood and Wine, and what you have come to expertise and count on from us after we do our expansions,” Beitzel defined. “It is an enlargement, let’s make it clear.”
At this time’s livestream additionally included affirmation that Songs of the Past will embrace extra Gwent playing cards, and that CD Projekt was nonetheless engaged on cross-platform mod help for The Witcher 3, to launch in some unspecified time in the future in the future.
Lastly, CD Projekt’s newest monetary outcomes have in the present day confirmed a brand new total gross sales whole for The Witcher 3, which now stands at 65 million copies bought, up 5 million from its final rely. That quantity appears more likely to rise even additional when Songs of the Past launches in some unspecified time in the future in 2027.
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