CD Projekt Red has confirmed that the upcoming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt expansion Songs of the Past uses AI voice matching for Geralt’s Polish lines. The studio worked with Respeecher so that actor Jacek Rozenek, who voiced Geralt in Polish for years, sounds as he did in the original game. He gave his consent, according to Game File’s reporting as relayed by VGC and PC Gamer. The expansion itself is still dated only as “Coming in 2027”.
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What we know about Witcher 3 Songs of the Past
Here is where the expansion stands, based on CD Projekt’s own pages and the reports that covered its announcement and first trailer.
| Detail | Status |
|---|---|
| Name | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Songs of the Past |
| Release window | 2027 (no exact date). The official Songs of the Past page says “Coming in 2027” |
| Platforms | PS5, Xbox Series and PC, per Gematsu’s report on the May 27 announcement |
| Price | Not announced. The official page only offers a wishlist button |
| Developer | Co-developed with Fool’s Theory, per Gematsu |
| Pitch | Geralt returns for a new adventure. The official page promises an entirely new region, new quests and new characters |
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The first trailer arrived on August 25. Push Square’s write-up describes a mix of cinematics and gameplay, new enemy types and locations, and a chain weapon Geralt uses to pull enemies toward him. The same report says Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are free for owners of the base game. CD Projekt’s Witcher 3 page also lists a Remastered version as out now, which is the base the new expansion is expected to build on.
Platforms and price are the two gaps. We have not found a price, a pre-order or an exact date from CD Projekt, so treat anything that claims otherwise as unconfirmed.
Why the Polish Geralt voice is being matched with AI
Rozenek voiced Geralt in the Polish editions of the Witcher games. PC Gamer, summarizing Game File, says he had a stroke in 2019 that left him temporarily unable to speak. He later recovered enough to work on The Witcher 3‘s next-gen update, though the recording left him “exhausted”, and he kept training to return to the role.
When CD Projekt wanted him for Songs of the Past, his voice had changed. Because the expansion is set during the events of the base game, the studio wanted Geralt to sound like he did then. Rozenek still recorded every new line himself. Those recordings went to Respeecher, whose tools were trained on his earlier Witcher performances and adjusted the new lines to match the original.
- Consent: Rozenek agreed. “The point is that this voice should be as close as possible to my voice from 12 years ago,” he said, adding that he has “great trust” in the game’s creators.
- The studio’s framing: Localization producer Mikołaj Szwed said it is “one of those ways where you can use AI ethically, with consent and also to do something good”, and called it “a special case” tied to Rozenek’s health.
- English Geralt: Per PC Gamer, the studio is not planning the same treatment for Doug Cockle, who voices Geralt in English.
- Not a template: Szwed also said Rozenek’s voice would not be altered in any future Witcher game set later in the timeline, because a changed voice would make sense there.
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This is not CD Projekt’s first use of Respeecher. VGC and PC Gamer both note that the company used it for Viktor Vektor’s voice in Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, after Polish actor Miłogost Reczek died, with his family’s consent.
What’s next
Expect a release date, platform confirmation on store pages and pricing to come from CD Projekt’s channels, not from this AI-voice story. Until then, the expansion remains a 2027 title. If you are returning to the game in the meantime, our Witcher 3 console commands guide covers the PC debug console, and our Witcher 3 Switch 2 patch 5.01 notes cover the console side. For more from the studio, see CD Projekt’s comments on the Cyberpunk movie and Project Hadar and our Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.5 report.
Sources: thewitcher.com; VGC (Nov 11); PC Gamer (Nov 12), both citing Game File; Gematsu (May 27); Push Square (Aug 25). Checked Nov 12, 2026 UTC.
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