Why The Witcher 4 Probably Won’t Get an Expansion Like Blood and Wine

CD Projekt Red has signalled that The Witcher 4 will most likely not receive post-launch expansions. Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski made that clear during a recent earnings call. His reasoning is direct: the studio is already committed to shipping three full Witcher games within six years. That schedule leaves almost no room for anything else.

What the CEO Said in the Earnings Call

A shareholder asked Nowakowski whether the studio saw room for expansions in its upcoming Witcher pipeline. He acknowledged the plans were already “pretty ambitious.” Furthermore, he pointed to the six-year trilogy plan as the reason expansions would be hard to justify.

Speaking to investors, Nowakowski said it would be “difficult, to be very honest” to add an expansion to the upcoming trilogy. He closed the point with: “This is where we are here and now with this particular issue.”

Notably, Nowakowski stopped short of an absolute no. However, no expansion appears to be in active planning for any game in the new trilogy. In practice, that distinction offers fans little comfort.

A Trilogy With No Room to Spare

CD Projekt Red announced plans in 2022 to release a new Witcher trilogy within six years of The Witcher 4’s launch. The three games are the fourth, fifth, and sixth mainline entries in the series. All three come from CD Projekt Red’s main studio in Warsaw.

Delivering one large open-world RPG every two years is already a punishing pace. Consequently, adding a full expansion on top of any of those games would demand resources the studio simply cannot spare. Nowakowski made it clear that the studio is choosing breadth over depth: three new games rather than one game with extended content.

Additionally, The Witcher 4 sits alongside several other active projects at CDPR. The Witcher 1 remake, developed externally by Fool’s Theory, is also underway. Project Sirius, a Witcher spinoff, continues in development at the same time. Moreover, the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel is in progress at CDPR’s Boston studio. The combined weight of that pipeline is significant.

What Fans Are Losing: The Blood and Wine Problem

This news stings most for players who remember what CDPR’s expansions delivered. Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine for The Witcher 3 are widely regarded as two of the best pieces of RPG content ever made. Blood and Wine in particular added an entirely new region, new characters, and a story arc that many players consider better than the base game.

That standard shaped what fans expect from a CD Projekt Red release. Therefore, knowing the studio won’t attempt anything similar for Ciri’s story is a real loss. The Witcher 4 will have to deliver a complete experience within its base release, with no second act planned for later. That puts more pressure on the launch version to feel definitive from day one.

In contrast, The Witcher 3’s development followed a different rhythm. CDPR shipped the base game in 2015 and then spent the following two years building those celebrated expansions. The studio had the time because it was not racing toward a sequel on a fixed schedule. That luxury no longer exists.

Songs of the Past Still Arrives for The Witcher 3

The same earnings call also confirmed details about Songs of the Past, the upcoming third expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Nowakowski revealed the team originally planned to release it in 2026. However, CD Projekt Red decided a 2027 launch would produce a better result for players.

Fool’s Theory is co-developing Songs of the Past alongside CD Projekt Red. That is the same external studio working on The Witcher 1 remake. CDPR has confirmed the expansion will appear at Gamescom 2026 in some form, though a hands-on demo will not be available on the show floor.

Songs of the Past will arrive before The Witcher 4. As a result, fans will get one final piece of Geralt-era content before the series moves forward with Ciri as its lead. Additionally, this expansion marks the end of active post-launch support for The Witcher 3, closing out nearly a decade of content for one of the most celebrated RPGs ever made.

Conclusión

CD Projekt Red is betting everything on speed. Three Witcher games in six years is an extraordinary promise, and it comes with a real cost: no expansions, no extended post-launch content, no Blood and Wine equivalent for Ciri’s story. The Witcher 4 will need to land as a complete experience from day one. That raises the stakes on the base game considerably. Songs of the Past offers a final farewell to the Geralt era. After that, the new trilogy runs without a safety net.