{
  "id": 11187162,
  "title": "The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past's setting \"felt like a really natural way to go\", CD Projekt Red story director says, while parrying my attempts to breach the DLC's guard",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-pasts-setting-felt-like-a-really-natural",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-01T12:03:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-pasts-setting-felt-like-a-really-natural-way-to-go-cd-projekt-red-story-director-says-while-parrying-my-attempts-to-breach-the-dlcs-guard"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ever since The Witcher 3 's decade-on expansion Songs of the Past was revealed not to be a windup nor a case of empthy rumourmongering, I've been eating up as many details about its story as CD Projekt Red have offered. The truth is that, outside of showing off the setting and a few of the characters Gerry'll chat to, they've kept their lips pretty tight. On one hand, I get wanting to keep…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}