It's been 10 years since the debut of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and nine since the release of the second and final expansion, Blood and Wine. But while CD Projekt is now full steam ahead on The Witcher 4, there are rumblings—not much more than vibrations, really—of something new coming for Witcher 3.

Ears pricked up following a Strefa Inwestorów report (Google translated) quoting Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski predicting a Witcher 3 expansion for May 2026.

"We expect another paid add-on (DLC) for The Witcher 3 to be released in May 2026," Chrzanowski said. "We anticipate sales of 11 million copies at USD 30 each next year. We estimate the production budget at PLN 52 million ($14.5 million). The release should kick off the actual marketing campaign for The Witcher 4."

That's not a whole lot to go on, but it does make sense. Chrzanowski also said he expects The Witcher 4 to launch in Q4 2027, which puts it in the admittedly massively open-ended time frame of 'not until after 2026' previously shared by CD Projekt.

New Witcher 3 DLC would also be a guaranteed moneymaker. Some quick napkin math: CD Projekt has now sold more than 60 million copies, and if we assume a DLC attachment rate of 20%—roughly where Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty DLC sat at the end of 2023—that's 12 million copies at $30 each, or $360 million.

Chrzanowski's forecast is a little lower than that, but even if sales come in under both marks and only achieves 10 million (and that's a pretty loose use of the word "only"), that still adds up to, as my colleague Rich Stanton might say, a big bucket o' dosh. Cyberpunk 2077 recently took over as CD Projekt's "main source of income," but I could see that changing in a hurry if new Witcher 3 DLC actually happens.

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Money aside, dropping new Witcher 3 DLC would also be an absolutely baller PR move. It's been nearly a decade since The Witcher games were fresh in mind: What better way to put the series front-and-center again than by rolling out a surprise Witcher 3 expansion, with a little note tied to it saying "Witcher 4 next year?"

Note also that The Witcher 3 is still pulling enviable player numbers, and remains embedded in Steam's top 100 most-played and top-selling games. Regular deep discounts no doubt drive the sales chart presence, but look at these concurrent player numbers on SteamDB: This is a game that endures.

But this is where it gets really interesting: This isn't actually the first time this rumor has floated to the surface. As noted by PCGamesN earlier this month, leaker Borys Nieśpielak has said multiple times that Witcher 3 DLC is in development at Fool's Theory, the studio currently working on, among other things, a remake of the original Witcher. Fool's Theory is also headed up by Jakub Rokosz, previously a quest designer on The Witcher 2 and 3—not a bad choice if you want to make new Witcher 3 quests.

One more thing, since we're piling it on: CD Projekt announced in May that it's got "one more patch" in the works for The Witcher 3, now slated to come out sometime in 2026. It's possible that over-optimistic followers are conflating the patch with a full-on expansion, but it might also be that CD Projekt has more cooking than it's letting on, Either way, despite all the years gone by it's clear the studio isn't finished with the game just yet.

All of that and $2 will get you a cup of coffee, as the saying goes, but it sure seems like something's going on—or at the very least, that something could plausibly be going on. My advice? Keep your expectations low, and keep your eyes on this space in 2026.

007 First Light, IO Interactive's foray into the world of James Bond, has been delayed a little bit. Instead of launching on March 27 as planned, the studio has decided to give it a couple more months of work, and will release it on May 27 instead.

"007 First Light is our most ambitious project to date, and the team has been fully focused on delivering an unforgettable James Bond experience, bringing together breathtaking action, globe-trotting, spycraft, gadgets, car chases, and more," IO wrote in a message shared on X. "As an independent developer and publisher, this decision allows us to ensure the experience meets the level of quality you players deserve on day one."

IO said the 007 First Light "is fully playable from beginning to end," so the additional time is all about polishing the game to ensure its "long-term success." And it's understandable that the studio would want to be extra-cautious about this one, because it represents a real creative risk: Bond is extremely familiar as a pop culture icon and that could potentially work against it because IO's take is almost a reboot, casting him as a "young, resourceful and sometimes reckless recruit in MI6's training program" who's given a shot at the famed Double-O program after a particularly impressive act of heroism.

IO Interactive's Hitman heritage is easy to spot, but there's also far more straight-up action than you'll get from the adventures of Agent 47: Gunfights, fistsfights, explosions, and—of course—gadgets. How it will all come together as a Bond game remains to be seen, but we do at least have our first Bond-esque villain, and it's Lenny Kravitz (and his abs): He's not exactly Donald Pleasance, but I do dig the drip.

Anyway, instead of being three months away, 007 First Light is now five months away—not a huge extra wait, but hopefully enough to ensure it's all Goldfinger and no Moonraker when it launches. (I said what I said, and I will not be taking questions.) IO said further updates on 007 First Light will be shared early in 2026.