We’ve Seen The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past in Action, and It’s Looking Like Another Blood & Wine | gamescom 2026

Geralt navigates through the Swarmion, carefully assessing his opponent. The creature resembles a generic fantasy undead or humanoid mutant, but its swarm of hornets surrounding its torso sets it apart. Our Witcher adapts by switching his silver sword for a chain, swinging it skillfully and targeting the creature's legs or head.

He successfully ensnares the creature's neck with the hook, wrenching it out of the swarm and into the path of his blade. Blood gushes from the creature's neck as its head falls with a dull thud. Geralt's chain-swinging weapon has been a staple of his core gear since the very first cutscene in 2007, and it's only fitting that he finally gets to use it once more in The Witcher 3's third expansion pack, Songs of the Past.

This unexpected expansion, launched 12 years after the base game and a year before the series' fourth game, takes Geralt and his faithful bard, Lilla, on a quest to find Dandelion and bring him home. The expansion, developed by Fool's Theory, offers a beautiful and immersive setting, akin to Blood and Wine's Toussaint, and boasts an upgraded combat system and character progression.