In the new expansion for 'The Witcher 3', there will be no Russian…
In the new expansion for 'The Witcher 3', there will be no Russian voice acting due to the developers' refusal to work with residents of Russia and Belarus. Polish studio CD Projekt RED announced that the 'Ballads of the Past' expansion for the game 'The Witcher 3' will be released without Russian voice acting.
Consensus
- The new expansion 'Balog of the Past' for 'The Witcher 3' will be released without Russian voice acting.
- The decision is linked to CD Projekt RED's choice to stop cooperating with tax residents of Russia and Belarus starting in March 2022.
- Russian text will remain available in the expansion.
- Audio in the expansion will automatically switch to Polish upon launch.
- Russian voice acting will remain in the base game and the first two expansions, 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' and 'Blood and Wine'.
- The expansion is scheduled for release in 2027.
- The first teaser for the expansion was shown at Gamescom 2026.
- The expansion will introduce a new region called Letten, the homeland of the bard Lytta.
- The base game 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' was released in 2015 and has sold over 65 million copies.
Points of divergence
- The expansion will be released on September 29 of this year. — tg_tvrain
- The expansion was announced at the opening ceremony of Gamescom 2026. — tg_tvrain
- The official announcement post in the Russian-language Telegram community received over 2,000 comments, while similar posts received fewer than 300. — meduza
- The expansion will be released in 2027. — tg_echoonline_news
- The exact release date is unknown. — tg_theinsider
Coverage (6 sources)
- Polish game studio CD Projekt RED unveiled new expansion for game 'The Witcher 3', stating it will release without Russian... — Varlamov News
- In the new expansion to 'The Witcher 3' there will be no Russian dubbing due to developers' refusal to work with residents of Russia and Bel... — ЭХО / Новости
- In addition to the game 'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt', there will be no Russian dubbing — The Insider
- In addition to the game 'The Witcher 3', there will be no Russian dubbing — Meduza
- New major expansion to The Witcher 3 will release without Russian dubbing — Дождь (Telegram)
- New major addition to The Witcher 3 will release without Russian dubbing — Дождь