{"id":26484,"date":"2025-12-30T07:03:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=26484"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:03:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:03:06","slug":"the-effect-of-witcher-3-dlc-on-excitement-for-witcher-4-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=26484","title":{"rendered":"The Effect of Witcher 3 DLC on Excitement for Witcher 4 Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nLeaks and analyst predictions have enthusiasts excited about the potential for one last surprise content update to *The Witcher 3*. *Helldivers 2* will keep evolving in astonishing ways. An older mobile JRPG that inspired two fantastic console spin-offs is at last making its way to PC in the West next year. This is the latest version of Morning Checkpoint, *Kotaku*’s daily summary of gaming news and culture.<\/p>\n

With only a few days remaining in 2025, I\u2019ll be dedicating at least one of those to cleaning my PS5. It powered down from overheating three times during my *Nightreign* session last night. The Everdark Balancers couldn’t compete with the massive dust bunnies lurking inside my console.<\/p>\n

## Speculation continues about new *Witcher 3* DLC<\/p>\n

Polish insider Borys Nie\u015bpielak initially suggested this past summer that the long-standing game would receive more content, noting earlier this month that he anticipated some form of teaser at the Game Awards. We didn\u2019t see one, but that hasn\u2019t silenced the speculation. Now Polish Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski is predicting a new DLC as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe foresee an additional paid expansion (DLC) for *The Witcher 3* to be launched in May 2026. We predict sales of 11 million copies at USD 30 each next year. We estimate the production costs at PLN 52 million,\u201d he stated in a memo earlier this month, according to a Google translation (via *Dexerto*). \u201cThe release should initiate the actual marketing campaign for *The Witcher 4*.\u201d<\/p>\n

This seems both hard to accept and not entirely impossible. The only known update CD Projekt Red is currently pursuing for the 2015 open-world RPG is mod support for the console edition. A new content expansion, regardless of its size, would undoubtedly help increase sales of the current-gen version while the studio develops *The Witcher 4*. The sequel still seems so distant it might be a PS6 title.<\/p>\n

## The original *Granblue Fantasy* is at last arriving on Steam over a decade later<\/p>\n

The 2014 mobile RPG that led to spin-offs *Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising* and *Granblue Fantasy: Relink* will be accessible for the first time in the West on PC starting March 10, 2026. It\u2019s a turn-based game with summons, classes, and multiplayer raids that features contributions from former *Final Fantasy* composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba.<\/p>\n

## Nvidia\u2019s GeForce Now streaming service broadens its monthly limits<\/p>\n

A 100-hour monthly cap used to apply solely to new subscribers. Now it will apply to all users, *PCMag* reports. GeForce Now participants will need to pay an additional fee each month to continue streaming games beyond that limit. The cost will be $3 for an extra 15 hours on the performance plan ($10 a month) and $6 for another 15 hours on the Ultimate plan ($20 a month). This shift indicates Nvidia is likely to seek to manage costs as the program expands.<\/p>\n

## *Helldivers 2* may introduce \u201csequel-level\u201d features such as eight-player missions<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s actually a lot of [new features], and I believe the community is quite adept at identifying the direction they want the game to take considering the sequel-like approach,\u201d creative director Johan Pilestedt remarked during a recent Arrow Game Studios livestream (via *Gamesradar*). \u201cEight-player missions would be one of those,\u201d he added. \u201cLarger open-world maps where you might encounter other Helldiver teams to tackle greater challenges together. Operations that influence other teams as well would represent those kinds of high-level features.\u201d<\/p>\n

## Will we catch a glimpse of Arkane\u2019s *Blade* game in 2026?<\/p>\n

Most likely not, but one should never say never. \u201cThe team is diligently working, and everyone is incredibly proud and pushing themselves,\u201d director Dinga Bakaba mentioned on X during the holiday break in response to a fan. \u201cPlease be patient; it will be a special game, and we all hope it meets the high standards we\u2019ve set for ourselves and for you all.\u201d We will likely still see it before the actual movie escapes Hollywood’s development limbo.<\/p>\n

## *Nier* fans are bracing for letdown<\/p>\n

Series producer Yosuke Saito recently hinted at something for the game’s ninth anniversary. \u201cWe\u2019re also preparing just a little something, so please don\u2019t get too excited with anticipation,\u201d he told *4Gamer*, according to *Gematsu*’s translation. Perhaps it\u2019s only a \u201clittle something\u201d because Square Enix is finally allowing director Yoko Taro full creative freedom to produce his next game.<\/p>\n

## *Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora* is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Leaks and analyst predictions have enthusiasts excited about the potential for one last surprise content update to *The Witcher 3*. *Helldivers 2* will keep evolving in astonishing ways. An older mobile JRPG that inspired two fantastic console spin-offs is at last making its way to PC in the West next year. This is the latest version of Morning Checkpoint, *Kotaku*’s daily summary of gaming news and culture.<\/p>\n

With only a few days remaining in 2025, I\u2019ll be dedicating at least one of those to cleaning my PS5. It powered down from overheating three times during my *Nightreign* session last night. The Everdark Balancers couldn’t compete with the massive dust bunnies lurking inside my console.<\/p>\n

## Speculation continues about new *Witcher 3* DLC<\/p>\n

Polish insider Borys Nie\u015bpielak initially suggested this past summer that the long-standing game would receive more content, noting earlier this month that he anticipated some form of teaser at the Game Awards. We didn\u2019t see one, but that hasn\u2019t silenced the speculation. Now Polish Noble Securities analyst Mateusz Chrzanowski is predicting a new DLC as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe foresee an additional paid expansion (DLC) for *The Witcher 3* to be launched in May 2026. We predict sales of 11 million copies at USD 30 each next year. We estimate the production costs at PLN 52 million,\u201d he stated in a memo earlier this month, according to a Google translation (via *Dexerto*). \u201cThe release should initiate the actual marketing campaign for *The Witcher 4*.\u201d<\/p>\n

This seems both hard to accept and not entirely impossible. The only known update CD Projekt Red is currently pursuing for the 2015 open-world RPG is mod support for the console edition. A new content expansion, regardless of its size, would undoubtedly help increase sales of the current-gen version while the studio develops *The Witcher 4*. The sequel still seems so distant it might be a PS6 title.<\/p>\n

## The original *Granblue Fantasy* is at last arriving on Steam over a decade later<\/p>\n

The 2014 mobile RPG that led to spin-offs *Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising* and *Granblue Fantasy: Relink* will be accessible for the first time in the West on PC starting March 10, 2026. It\u2019s a turn-based game with summons, classes, and multiplayer raids that features contributions from former *Final Fantasy* composer Nobuo Uematsu and art director Hideo Minaba.<\/p>\n

## Nvidia\u2019s GeForce Now streaming service broadens its monthly limits<\/p>\n

A 100-hour monthly cap used to apply solely to new subscribers. Now it will apply to all users, *PCMag* reports. GeForce Now participants will need to pay an additional fee each month to continue streaming games beyond that limit. The cost will be $3 for an extra 15 hours on the performance plan ($10 a month) and $6 for another 15 hours on the Ultimate plan ($20 a month). This shift indicates Nvidia is likely to seek to manage costs as the program expands.<\/p>\n

## *Helldivers 2* may introduce \u201csequel-level\u201d features such as eight-player missions<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s actually a lot of [new features], and I believe the community is quite adept at identifying the direction they want the game to take considering the sequel-like approach,\u201d creative director Johan Pilestedt remarked during a recent Arrow Game Studios livestream (via *Gamesradar*). \u201cEight-player missions would be one of those,\u201d he added. \u201cLarger open-world maps where you might encounter other Helldiver teams to tackle greater challenges together. Operations that influence other teams as well would represent those kinds of high-level features.\u201d<\/p>\n

## Will we catch a glimpse of Arkane\u2019s *Blade* game in 2026?<\/p>\n

Most likely not, but one should never say never. \u201cThe team is diligently working, and everyone is incredibly proud and pushing themselves,\u201d director Dinga Bakaba mentioned on X during the holiday break in response to a fan. \u201cPlease be patient; it will be a special game, and we all hope it meets the high standards we\u2019ve set for ourselves and for you all.\u201d We will likely still see it before the actual movie escapes Hollywood’s development limbo.<\/p>\n

## *Nier* fans are bracing for letdown<\/p>\n

Series producer Yosuke Saito recently hinted at something for the game’s ninth anniversary. \u201cWe\u2019re also preparing just a little something, so please don\u2019t get too excited with anticipation,\u201d he told *4Gamer*, according to *Gematsu*’s translation. Perhaps it\u2019s only a \u201clittle something\u201d because Square Enix is finally allowing director Yoko Taro full creative freedom to produce his next game.<\/p>\n

## *Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora* is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26485,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}