{
  "id": 3337234,
  "title": "The Witcher 3 Remaster announced, free for existing owners, while expansion Songs of the Past details finally shown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-witcher-3-remaster-announced-free-for-existing-owners-while",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-25T20:02:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Eurogamer",
    "slug": "eurogamer",
    "url": "https://www.eurogamer.net/witcher-3-expansion-songs-of-the-past-trailer"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, has finally been unveiled with a debut trailer, following the announcement of a The Witcher 3 - Remastered edition. The remastered version will be a free upgrade for existing owners and will launch on September 29th, available on Switch 2 and Battle.net for the first time. The remastered game features visual, performance, and gameplay enhancements, including combat revamps, new animations, adaptive camera, an expanded skill tree, and a transmogrification system. Furthermore, the two existing expansions, Blood and Wine and Hearts of Stone, will be free for all game owners. The upcoming expansion, Songs of the Past, reveals a new continent region called Letten, with Geralt facing warped tree monsters and using a chain weapon similar to the one used in The Witcher 1 trailer. CD Projekt Red describes Letten as an idyllic land with a dark secret, and Geralt's mission is to overcome the previously unseen foes and save the land from its evil. The expansion's opening scene is reminiscent of Andrzej Sapkowski's first Witcher short story and has Dandelion as Geralt's friend. This information is the first substantial data about Songs of the Past since its announcement in May 2024, initially speculated to be released in 2027. The Witcher 3 was originally released in 2015, with its expansions following within a year. With changes in CD Projekt Red's team and CD Projekt Red's focus shifting to other projects, the success of Songs of the Past in recapturing The Witcher 3's magic remains to be seen.",
  "summary": "The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past - which is due to arrive 12 years after the base game was released - has finally been detailed in a debut trailer, but the big news is there's also a The Witcher 3 remaster coming, and it'll be free upgrade for all existing owners of the game. The remaster comes on 29th September - soon! Read more",
  "key_points": [
    "The Witcher 3 Remastered edition announced, free for existing owners",
    "Expansion Songs of the Past reveals new continent Letten",
    "Remastered launch on September 29th for Switch 2 and Battle.net"
  ],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "PC Gamer",
        "title": "The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past expansion is out next year, here's the trailer",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-expansion-is-out-next-year-heres-the",
        "published": "2026-08-25T20:23:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "'We wanted to go out with a bang' — Geralt returns in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past's new trailer, promising a final action-packed journey ahead of The Witcher 4",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/we-wanted-to-go-out-with-a-bang-geralt-returns-in-the-witcher-3-wild",
        "published": "2026-08-25T21:02:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}