The Witcher 3 Expansion Reports Continue, Now With Discussion of A Possible 'Dune-Style' Location

Evidence of an under-wraps 3rd enlargement for The Witcher 3 continues to mount, with 1 study present pointing to a imaginable 'Dune-style' determination for the caller adventure.

Word of a caller DLC for the beloved 2015 blockbuster RPG began bubbling up successful earnest past month, fuelled by a acceptable of reports from insiders and evident teases by developer CD Projekt that it had thing concealed successful the works.

Now, a study by IGN Poland has said its section sources person been alert of imaginable plans for respective years, and that — initially astatine slightest — its developers had expressed a keen involvement successful exploring Zerrikania, an exotic godforsaken portion to the acold eastbound of The Witcher 3's existent map.

Illustration of Zerrikania from The Witcher's TTRPG. Artwork by Bogna Gawrońska and Marek Madej.

While IGN Poland cautions that this accusation dates backmost respective years, it besides goes connected to database a drawstring of reasons wherefore Zerrikania makes a batch of consciousness for the expansion, owed to assorted hints astatine a Zerrikanian Manticore School successful erstwhile enlargement Blood and Wine, and references to the portion made by different characters. The aforesaid schoolhouse is besides a portion of The Witcher's tabletop RPG — arsenic seen successful the artwork above.

Separately, a Eurogamer study has fixed a much black-and-white crushed wherefore this enlargement is apt existent and expected to motorboat successful 2026: due to the fact that there's presently a spread successful CD Projekt's worker inducement programme people indicative of the institution launching thing expected to gain important money.

As Eurogamer notes, CD Projekt doesn't truly person thing other expected to acceptable the bill, with The Witcher 4 not acceptable for motorboat until 2027 astatine the earliest, and Cyberpunk 2 aft that. Work connected a caller IP is besides ongoing, but adjacent further off.

There's a anticipation inactive that this could subordinate to immoderate other, smaller Witcher spinoff, but with each the fume astir a Witcher 3 enlargement present rising, everything looks to beryllium pointing successful the aforesaid direction.

As "full production" connected The Witcher 4 continues, CD Projekt has cautioned fans not to expect its motorboat successful 2026, arsenic the institution plans an ambitious six-year roadmap successful which it volition besides motorboat The Witcher 5 and The Witcher 6. Before each of that, there's a model this twelvemonth for adjacent much Witcher, and a caller portion of contented that could perchance assistance span the gap.

A caller DLC feels similar a astute thought to reawaken lapsed involvement up of the series' adjacent chapter, via other contented sold to The Witcher 3's existing assemblage of much than 60 cardinal players. This contented could beryllium utilized arsenic a crushed to merchantability the crippled anew, to bring caller fans to the decade-old role-player, and perchance acceptable up crippled points to beryllium expanded upon successful the franchise's eventual sequels.

Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social