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Recent coverage focuses on official milestone sales numbers for The Witcher 3 and how they help justify a long-awaited third expansion, alongside continued talk of a new expansion called Songs of the Past. A separate outlier headline also claims Jeff Bezos is funding a “Wild Hunt” tied to brain “core algorithm” research.

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Key Takeaway CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m lifetime sales is being tied to development of a third expansion, rumored to be titled Songs of the Past.
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CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m lifetime sales is being tied to development of a third expansion, rumored to be titled Songs of the Past.

Recent coverage focuses on official milestone sales numbers for The Witcher 3 and how they help justify a long-awaited third expansion, alongside continued talk of a new expansion called Songs of the Past. A separate outlier headline also claims Jeff Bezos is funding a “Wild Hunt” tied to brain “core algorithm” research.

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Top 3 signals · CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m
Eurogamer · 8d ago
CD Projekt Red reveals huge The Witcher 3 sales milestone, which helps explain why a third expansion is in development 11 years later
GamesIndustry.biz · 7d ago
Witcher 3 surpasses 65m lifetime sales as CD Projekt announces third expansion
Rock Paper Shotgun · 9d ago
Geralt's back for one last Roach ride in long-rumoured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past

Broader The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coverage

Other The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt activity — not part of the “CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m” story
Wired · 1d ago
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’
Eurogamer · 3d ago
The Witcher 3's acclaimed Blood and Wine expansion was almost called something entirely different
Rock Paper Shotgun · 7d ago
The Witcher 4 is the work of over twice as many CD Projekt staff as The Witcher 3, in a fresh display of how blockbluster team sizes have ballooned

Briefing Findings · CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m

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Lifetime sales milestone Witcher 3 surpassed 65 million lifetime sales.
Third expansion status A third expansion is announced/development is cited alongside the sales milestone.
Expansion title rumor Long-rumoured expansion is called Songs of the Past.

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  • Follow reporting for the announced third expansion’s official reveal details around “Songs of the Past.” Digital Foundry
  • Track coverage of CD Projekt Red’s future expansion roadmap updates tied to the 65m sales milestone. GamesIndustry.biz
  • Watch for additional confirmation on whether Geralt returns specifically “one last Roach ride” in Songs of the Past. Rock Paper Shotgun

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  • Witcher 3 surpasses 65m lifetime sales as CD Projekt announces third expansion GamesIndustry.biz
  • CD Projekt Red reveals huge The Witcher 3 sales milestone, which helps explain why a third expansion is in development 11 years later Eurogamer
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Rock Paper Shotgun · 2 articles
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Broader The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coverage · not part of the CD Projekt Red’s announcement of Witcher 3 surpassing 65m story
Wired · 1 article

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eurogamer.net

The Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past is being made by as many people as made The Witcher 3 base game - potentially even more

If team-size is an indication of scope for the new Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, we can expect something ambitious indeed.

4d ago News by Robert Purchese Associate Editor
tweaktown.com

The Witcher 3: Songs of the Past will be as big as Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty and Blood & Wine, say CDPR

CDPR is adamant that the upcoming 'Songs of the Past' expansion will be in line with previous critically-acclaimed releases from the studio.

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polygon.com

The Witcher 3's best replacement officially releases in less than 1 week

And it's a remake of a 25-year-old RPG

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Tracking: The Witcher 4 is the work of over twice as many CD Projekt staff as The Witcher 3, in a fresh display of how blockbluster team sizes have ballooned / Geralt's back for one last Roach ride in long-rumoured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past

The Witcher 4 is the work of over twice as many CD Projekt staff as The Witcher 3, in a fresh display of how blockbluster team sizes have ballooned Geralt's back for one last Roach ride in long-rumoured The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past
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Do We Really Need More Geralt In The Witcher?

CD Projekt Red’s Witcher games feature Geralt in hundreds of hours of content, so it’s not as if Geralt has been starved for attention. But, depending on how the story of this expansion concludes and if it leaves Witcher 4 breadcrumbs for us to follow, Songs of the Past could turn out to be CD Projekt Red’s final farewell for the character. Writing Geralt out of the story hopefully wouldn’t result in him dying. Instead, Geralt could simply be traveling and roaming without Ciri or anyone else needing to keep tabs on him. This would allow him to return if CD Projekt Red wanted him to, while also

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