{"rewrite":{"id":"r_1ba9e6c34c694cf331f36174","clusterId":"c_394188ce3da24046169e2fa8","slug":"the-witcher-3-s-songs-of-remembrance-heads-to-rhetten-in-2027","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"The Witcher 3's Songs of Remembrance Heads To Rhetten In 2027","summary":"CD PROJEKT RED showed a hands-off demo of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's new expansion, Songs of Remembrance, at Tokyo Game Show 2026's Red Bull Gaming Sphere On Tour. The expansion is planned for 2027 and is set in a region called Rhetten, following the mystery of Dandelion's disappearance. The demo covered the opening story and the Japanese-dubbed voice track. A remastered version of the main game is scheduled for September 29 as a free update for owners.","whyItMatters":"The demo answers what a new Witcher 3 expansion actually is: a full Japanese-dubbed open-field story in Rhetten built on top of a remaster upgrade rather than a standalone release.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe hands-off segment at Tokyo Game Show 2026 covered the opening of Songs of Remembrance, from the start of the story through the title call, using the Japanese-dubbed version of the game. Geralt\u0026#39;s nightmare points him toward Dandelion, a noble with a family home in Rhetten. He arrives to find Dandelion missing and his favorite instrument left behind. The footage also showed the remaster side of the production: denser vegetation, revised lighting, and NPC routines that put carriage riders on the roads and boats on the rivers. Gwent remains playable inside the expansion.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Songs of Remembrance arrives in 2027, but CD PROJEKT RED is remastering the base game for September 29 as a free update. New players meet the remaster first, so the expansion's Rhetten story lands on a rebuilt foundation.","twitterPost":"CD PROJEKT RED remasters The Witcher 3 for September 29, free for owners, months before Songs of Remembrance. The expansion enters a rebuilt game.","threadsPost":"CD PROJEKT RED is shipping the The Witcher 3 remaster on September 29 as a free update, while Songs of Remembrance waits until 2027. That ordering matters: anyone drawn in by Rhetten and Dandelion's disappearance will meet the rebuilt base game first, not the version the expansion was written alongside.","newsletterBlurb":"CD PROJEKT RED brought The Witcher 3's new expansion, Songs of Remembrance, to Tokyo Game Show 2026 as a hands-off gameplay demo in Japanese. The story is set in Rhetten and follows Geralt tracking a missing Dandelion. The expansion is planned for 2027, and a remastered main game arrives September 29 as a free update for existing owners.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/reportjp/w3-20260925-469988/\",\"title\":\"The Witcher 3's New Expansion \\\"Songs of Remembrance\\\" May Answer the Question \\\"Why New DLC Now?\\\" - What We Learned at the Hands-Off Gameplay Event\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4713,"outputTokens":640,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791142165,"createdAt":"2026-10-04T19:26:15.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-04T19:28:24.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T19:28:24.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_394188ce3da24046169e2fa8","canonicalTitle":"『ウィッチャー3』新拡張パック「追憶の調べ」は「なんで今さら新DLC」という疑問に答えてくれそう。実機プレイ鑑賞会でわかったいろいろ","representativeArticleId":"a_11873c9dfd2bd7a8ea3e6a65","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt\",\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of Remembrance\"],\"studios\":[\"CD Projekt Red\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-25T07:00:42.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-25T07:00:42.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-04T19:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/reportjp/w3-20260925-469988/","title":"『ウィッチャー3』新拡張パック「追憶の調べ」は「なんで今さら新DLC」という疑問に答えてくれそう。実機プレイ鑑賞会でわかったいろいろ"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt","The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of Remembrance"],"studios":["CD Projekt Red"],"people":[],"type":"announcement","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}