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People are focused on Witcher 3’s massive ongoing success—passing 65 million copies—and how that momentum is tied to a third expansion, Songs of the Past, which continues Geralt’s story more than a decade later. Coverage also notes the expansion’s long-rumoured existence and separately flags broader franchise/team-growth context with Witcher 4.

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Key Takeaway CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies, and that success underpins the newly revealed expansion Songs of the Past—continuing Geralt’s story.
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CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies, and that success underpins the newly revealed expansion Songs of the Past—continuing Geralt’s story.

People are focused on Witcher 3’s massive ongoing success—passing 65 million copies—and how that momentum is tied to a third expansion, Songs of the Past, which continues Geralt’s story more than a decade later. Coverage also notes the expansion’s long-rumoured existence and separately flags broader franchise/team-growth context with Witcher 4.

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Top 3 signals · CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies,
Eurogamer · 7d 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 · 6d ago
Witcher 3 surpasses 65m lifetime sales as CD Projekt announces third expansion
TechPowerUp · 6d ago
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Reaches 65 Million Copies Ahead of Songs of the Past Launch

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Other The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt activity — not part of the “CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies,” story
Rock Paper Shotgun · 6d 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
Eurogamer · 2d ago
The Witcher 3's acclaimed Blood and Wine expansion was almost called something entirely different
Wired · 3h ago
Jeff Bezos Is Funding a Wild Hunt for the Brain’s ‘Core Algorithm’

Briefing Findings · CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies,

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Witcher 3 sales milestone Reached 65 million copies
Expansion name Songs of the Past
Expansion timing More than a decade after release
Story focus Continues Geralt's story

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  • Track coverage of the “Songs of the Past” launch date and first details from Digital Foundry and Eurogamer. Digital Foundry
  • Follow updates on the third expansion’s development context tied to Witcher 3’s 65m milestone. Eurogamer

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  • Witcher 3 surpasses 65m lifetime sales as CD Projekt announces third expansion GamesIndustry.biz
  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Reaches 65 Million Copies Ahead of Songs of the Past Launch TechPowerUp
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Broader The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt coverage · not part of the CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 has now surpassed 65 million copies, 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.

3d 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.

3d ago Hassam Nasir

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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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