The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt turns 11 years outdated in Could. Its final huge replace was a next-gen model launched in 2022. However that hasn’t stopped hypothesis from mounting a couple of shock enlargement dropping someday quickly for the beloved open-world RPG.
Rumors first started to swirl final summer season, when distinguished Polish leaker Borys Nieśpielak stated he suspected developer CD Projekt Crimson may reveal new content material for The Witcher 3 on the Recreation Awards. And whereas this obviously didn’t come to pass, rumors of the enlargement’s doable existence have solely continued to pile up within the months since:
- Throughout a November 2025 investor name, CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz implied the existence of an unannounced product (through Eurogamer), saying, “Given our current progress, there is a chance that new content hinted upon in recent calls and reports may see release in the coming year.”
- CEO Michał Nowakowski additionally chimed in a couple of thriller challenge in a Q&A session following the presentation, telling buyers {that a} majority of the workforce at assist studio Idiot’s Concept is engaged on it (through IGN), later noting this amounted to over 100 builders.
- Polish Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski final month forecasted a “paid add-on” with a funds of 52 million PLN (or round $14 million USD), scheduled for launch in Could 2026 (through Dexerto). “The release should kick off the actual marketing campaign for The Witcher 4,” Chrzanowski added, in line with a tough machine translation.
- The guts of Chzanowski’s prediction has to do with CD Projekt Crimson’s company incentive program for the studio, Eurogamer reports. “Currently, PLN 700 million [£144m] is needed to meet the first threshold, with only five quarters remaining,” Chrzanowski defined. “This implies the need for something significantly larger than just another update or a version for a niche platform.”
Why Witcher followers are speaking about Zerrikania
Quick-forward to January 8. IGN Poland experiences native sources had beforehand identified a couple of potential enlargement to The Witcher 3 for years. Moreover, early rumors indicated the builders have been sooner or later probably enthusiastic about utilizing an remoted, desert area generally known as Zerrikania because the add-on’s setting. Zerrikania is situated to the east of the Northern Kingdoms (i.e. the place most of The Witcher online game collection takes place) and, in line with an in-game book, is dwelling to dragon worship, tattooed “warriors maids,” and man-killing flies. Scary.
With The Witcher 4 deliberate to launch no sooner than January 2027, it wouldn’t be stunning if CD Projekt needed to fill the hole with one thing to tide followers over, particularly if the long-awaited sequel slips into the subsequent console technology. In fact, that is all nonetheless hypothesis, however the proof is definitely constructing as much as one thing.
One factor we do know for certain is that someday this 12 months, The Witcher 3 is getting mod support on consoles. The replace was purported to arrive final 12 months however slipped to 2026. Hopefully that’s not all CDPR has deliberate.
