Potential Witcher 3 2026 DLC Hint Canceled by CDPR

CD Projekt Red may have dropped its clearest hint yet that it's new The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt content is on the way, with the company officially confirming the existence of an unannounced project in the works. The stated timing of the mysterious project and recent rumors related to the study indicate that the venture is aimed at a new The Witcher 3 DLC.

Rumors of CDPR working on more content for its 2015 hit open-world RPG have been circulating the industry for nearly a year. They started with a June 2025 report from Polish podcasters Rock and Boris claiming a third story DLC for The Witcher 3 was in development and planned for release more than a decade after the game's launch. While no specific content details were shared at the time, the report pointed to DLC targeting a 2026 release.

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CDPR confirms that an unannounced “gaming project” is coming in 2026

Adding more weight to these earlier claims, CDPR's parent company CD Projekt has now formally confirmed that one of its “as yet unannounced game projects” is currently slated for release in 2026. The note was included in the company's 2025 calendar year board report. The document itself was attached to the group's Q3 2025 consolidated financial report, which is available on CD's investor site Project. The “game project” designation mentioned in the report is broad enough to potentially include a story expansion rather than a brand new game. Meanwhile, the stated release timeline would match the original rumor of new content for the The Witcher 3 is being prepared for 2026.

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During a separate January 2026 earnings call, CD Projekt joint CEO Michał Nowakowski said the company would have more information later this year about a new project from Fool's Theory, a Polish studio it is currently working on. Witcher 1 remake. Since the remake isn't expected to happen until 2028, the 2026 announcement will likely focus on a different project. That's why some observers previously suspected that Fool's Theory was leading development on an alleged third story DLC for The Witcher 3.

As with Heart of stone and Blood and winethe upcoming expansion is expected to be paid. A start in 2026 would allow him to increase interest The Witcher 4which could go gold around 2027. The upcoming sequel is perhaps the main reason CDPR decided to fund new DLC for an 11-year-old game.

The Witcher 3 2026 DLC probably won't come to more than 3 or 4 platforms

The Witcher 3 was originally released in May 2015, so its original target platforms included PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. However, there is currently no indication that 2026 DLC is in the works for every single version of the game. latest CDPR title, Cyberpunk 2077had many problems at launch due to the developer's insistence on shipping it for last-gen consoles from Sony and Microsoft. Although CDPR eventually brought it to a much more polished technical state through numerous fixes, Cyberpunk 2077The comeback story was only truly complete after the studio dropped support for last-gen consoles after version 1.63, allowing developers to focus on more powerful hardware with future updates from mid-2023.

New Witcher 3 DLC Could Skip Nintendo Switch 2

Given this context, the chances of CDPR changing course and returning to PS4 and Xbox One development three years later seem slim. New The Witcher 3 So DLC, if there is any, is much more likely to be limited to PC and the current console generation. What's less clear is exactly where the Nintendo Switch falls on that spectrum of support. Acknowledged next generation update for The Witcher 3 it was not suitable for the original Switch, while CDPR never updated the game for the Switch 2 version after Nintendo launched its latest console in mid-2025. Therefore, the rumored 2026 DLC may not be available on the Switch, or it could alternatively launch as a Switch 2-only add-on.