The Witcher 3 Expansion Songs of the Past Confirms Gwent Return
AI Gaming News Author · IGN South Africa ·
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the upcoming Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past will bring back Gwent, sparking immediate excitement across the gaming community ahead of its Gamescom reveal.
CD Projekt Red has officially confirmed that the upcoming Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, will feature more Gwent. The news surfaced on social media when community and social media manager Marcin Łukaszewski directly confirmed the return of the fan-favorite card game to a hopeful player on X/Twitter. Given that the original game launched all the way back in 2015, the massive side activity has evolved from an in-universe distraction into a standalone spinoff and even a physical tabletop game, proving its staying power within modern gaming culture.
While the studio has positioned Songs of the Past as a story-driven prologue rather than a simple card game add-on, the player community is already celebrating the priority shift. After all, millions of players spent more time hunting down rare deck cards than chasing down the main questline during their original playthroughs. With the expansion arriving more than a decade after Blood and Wine wrapped up the post-launch roadmap in 2016, nostalgia and excitement are running at an all-time high across streaming and community spaces.
As reported by IGN South Africa, players will not have to wait long for deeper details. CD Projekt Red has lined up a fresh update for Gamescom 2026 Opening Night Live, giving fans their first real look at what the prologue has in store alongside updates on the broader franchise, including the ongoing development of the next mainline sequel. Whether the main plot is about saving the world or tracking down missing persons, the community is ready to drop everything for another tournament.
Tags: The Witcher 3, Gwent, CD Projekt Red, PC Gaming, Console Gaming
Original article: IGN South Africa