CD Projekt Red is up to something again, and their latest development update brought some pretty interesting surprises, especially for anyone who thought the studio had already moved on from its older games. The main talking point, which was finally confirmed after a few leaks, is that *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt* is actually getting a brand-new expansion in 2027, titled *Songs of the Past*. This is happening more than ten years after the game's original release, which is highly unusual for the industry. CDPR confirmed that players will control Geralt in a new adventure that, by all accounts, will serve as a direct bridge to the events of *The Witcher 4*, where Ciri is expected to take over the protagonist role. Beyond the story, there is a curious technical side to it. Some PC players have already noticed that the predicted system requirements for this content are considerably higher than those of the base game. This lines up with ongoing rumors that the expansion might introduce an entirely new region, taking full advantage of current-gen hardware (PS5, Xbox Series, and modern PCs) that simply didn't exist when the game launched back in 2015. But what is really getting the community talking is the precedent this sets for *Cyberpunk 2077*. Up until now, the official stance was that support for *Cyberpunk* had ended with *Phantom Liberty*. The game had that disastrous launch we all know about, and because of it, ended up receiving much less post-launch content than originally planned for the long run. However, seeing CDPR give this kind of lifeline to a ten-year-old game just to set the stage for a sequel has a lot of people doing the math. It makes a lot of sense from a commercial standpoint. The Cyberpunk sequel (referred to as *Cyberpunk 2*) is going to take years to make, especially since the studio seems to be moving with much more caution to avoid repeating past mistakes. Launching a surprise expansion down the line for the first game would be a smart way to keep the IP relevant and keep the audience hooked. If that happens, the question remains as to what they would actually cover. Since *Phantom Liberty* takes place before the end of the main story, any new content would either have to fit somewhere in the middle of V's narrative, or focus on a pure prequel, perhaps controlling Johnny Silverhand back in his Arasaka days. These are just theories, of course, but they seem a bit less unlikely now. Ultimately, this shift in posture from CD Projekt Red is interesting. Instead of completely abandoning older engines and projects to focus marketing solely on what's coming five years from now, they decided to reconnect with the communities they already have active. It remains to be seen how well this plan works out in practice, starting with the Witcher release next year.