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Tuesday28th Jan 2020
"No hidden agendas"
Update: Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red has responded to this rumour, which originally suggested that the game's recent delay to September was due to significant issues with the current-gen versions of the title. Posting on the official forums, Benzenzimmern of CD Projekt Red says: "Of course we're optimizing for the...
Monday20th Jan 2020
News Cyberpunk 2077 on PS5? Dev Says 'Nothing Has Changed' Following Lengthy Delay
Hmmm
Last week, CD Projekt Red announced that it was delaying Cyberpunk 2077. It's a hefty delay, too -- the open world role-playing game has been pushed all the way into September when it was originally planned for an April release. Time and again, the Polish developer has said that the game is only planned for current-gen consoles, but now that...
Friday17th Jan 2020
News Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Most Likely Coming 2022
It's a ways out
We've only just started the new decade and we're already talking about games that won't release until we're a quarter of the way through the next 10 years. Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to September 2020, but you'll be waiting a lot longer if you're hotly anticipating its multiplayer mode. Developer CD Projekt Red has revealed that...
Thursday16th Jan 2020
News Cyberpunk 2077 Receives Hefty 5 Month Delay
Now arrives in September
Well, there it is folks. We had a feeling in the pit of our collective stomachs that Cyberpunk 2077 would be delayed, and now we have confirmation. CD Projekt Red is pushing the game back a whole five months. Originally set to release on the 16th April, it'll now launch on the 17th September. That's a hefty delay. The...
Monday13th Jan 2020
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gets the Retro Demake Treatment in Amazing Dreams Creation
Cyberpunk 1997
One aspect of Dreams that's incredibly impressive but also hard to convey is how diverse the things you make can be. Media Molecule's PlayStation 4 exclusive game about creation has such a flexible engine that you'll easily be able to find a ridiculously wide range of visual styles. You can swing all the way from photo-realistic...
Thursday9th Jan 2020
News 10th January Could Be a Big Day for Cyberpunk 2077, Fans Speculate
Wake the **** up
Tomorrow is the 10th January 2020, at the time of writing this article. Why is that worth mentioning? Well, it's a date that, in hindsight, appears to be important when it comes to Cyberpunk 2077. As pointed out on Reddit, the infamous "beep" tweet was posted on the 10th January 2018
Friday13th Dec 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Soundtrack Features Grimes, Run the Jewels, A$AP Rocky, and More
The sounds of Night City
We've known for a while that Cyberpunk 2077 is going to have an expansive soundtrack that features multiple artists, and thanks to a new trailer which aired at The Game Awards 2019, we now have a lot more information. CD Projekt Red's upcoming role-playing game will play host to the likes of Grimes, Run the Jewels, A$AP...
Tuesday3rd Dec 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077's Script Sounds Even Bigger Than We Expected
We're talking thick books
Knowing CD Projekt Red and its impassioned approach to role-playing, Cyberpunk 2077 was always going to have a massive amount of dialogue -- but even we're slightly surprised by how gigantic its script sounds. Speaking to Inn:Poland (as translated by VGC), story director Marcin Blacha had a lo
News Cyberpunk 2077 Art Book Reveals Part of the Map
Glimpses of Night City
Cyberpunk 2077's Night City is said to be a little bit smaller than the open world of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and the game's upcoming art book has just given us our first glimpse of its layout. As you can see in the rather large image below, numerous sprawling streets make up this piece of the map while the island in the...
Thursday28th Nov 2019
News Don't Expect Cyberpunk 2077 VR As Dev Comments on 'Very Small' VR Market
CDPR unconcerned about Half Life
Don't get your hopes up for Cyberpunk 2077 VR anytime soon, because CD Projekt Red doesn't seem to think much of virtual reality right now -- at least from a business perspective. During the company's most recent financial call, the developer was asked whether the newly announced Half-Life: Alyx could pose any kind...
Wednesday27th Nov 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Is in Final Stage of Development
Here's Johnny
It would appear that Cyberpunk 2077 is still on course for its 16th April 2020 release date. Revealed in CD Projekt Red's latest financial documents for investors, the upcoming role-playing game is closing in on gold status. The company notes Cyberpunk's "final, most intensive pre-release stage" as a main reason for increased...
News First-Person View Won't Stop Cyberpunk 2077 from Having Mocapped Sex Scenes
In your face
Never a developer to shy away from scenes of a sexual nature, CD Projekt Red will be bringing motion captured eroticism to Cyberpunk 2077 (according to Reddit user shavod, who posted an impressively in-depth breakdown of a recent question and answer session). This process is, of course, nothing new for the company; The Witcher 3 also...
Tuesday26th Nov 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Supposedly Shorter Than The Witcher 3, But More Replayable
More in-depth side quests
We're all expecting Cyberpunk 2077 to be a behemoth of an RPG, potentially taking us several weeks to complete every quest and explore every inch of Night City. However, according to a post on Reddit which summaries a recent developer Q&A, CD Projekt Red reckons its next big title is actually a little bit shorter than...
Monday25th Nov 2019
Random The Cybertruck Was Made for Cyberpunk 2077, and Elon Musk Knows It
The perfect match
This week, the real-life Tony Stark – better known as Elon Musk – unveiled Tesla's Cybertruck. It's a futuristic-like pickup featuring an "exo-skeleton" using the same "cold rolled" stainless steel alloy featured on the SpaceX Mars rocket prototype. Elon says the design was partly inspired by Roger Moore's Lotus Espirit S1 in...
"It's too early"
Over the last few years, CD Projekt Red has repeatedly stated that Cyberpunk 2077 will not have microtransactions. The topic has come up again and again, and the developer has always been quick to respond. It comes as no surprise, then, that the internet has flipped its collective sh*t over recent CD Projekt Red quotes that have,...
Tuesday5th Nov 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have Twice As Much Keanu Reeves As Initially Planned
Actor pushed for much larger role
In E3 2019's defining moment, movie star Keanu Reeves walked onstage to reveal his part in Cyberpunk 2077. He'll be playing Johnny Silverhand, or at least a digital version of him who lives in the protagonist's head. Since Reeves' breathtaking unveiling at the trade show,
Friday25th Oct 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077's Incredibly Cool Jacket Is Now Available for Pre-Order
Wake up samurai
Cyberpunk 2077's real-world jacket, which has been seen worn by CD Projekt Red employees and handed out at industry events, is a piece of merchandise we've wanted to get our hands on for a very, very long time. It's a beautiful piece of clothing, and now we can finally purchase our very own. The jacket is now available for pre-order...
Sunday13th Oct 2019
Major expansions and smaller DLC
Developer CD Projekt Red has already promised that Cyberpunk 2077 will be a "whole, full value game" at launch, but following its phenomenal support of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt after the game released, we can't help but wonder what we'll get to experience after the base game has shipped. Thankfully, it looks set to...
Thursday3rd Oct 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Collector's Edition Statue Looks Even Better in Real Life
Take a closer look
Ahhh Cyberpunk 2077. Your brain can switch off for a moment and then you suddenly realise this behemoth of an RPG is out on PlayStation 4 in just half a year. CD Projekt Red's next title releases with a range of editions, the most expensive of which is the Collector's Edition. It's a hefty investment, so the studio has given us a...
Wednesday11th Sep 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have Four Different Types of Quests, Including Street Stories
All handcrafted for the player
Cyberpunk 2077 is set to be a massive, sprawling RPG when it hits PlayStation 4 next April, and one of the things we always like to hear about in the lead up to launch is quest design. We always wonder what there is to find off the beaten path, and it looks like suiting up as V will procure a huge amount of different...
News Cyberpunk 2077 Behind the Scenes Video Gives Insight into One of 2019's Best Trailers
Chippin' in
Cyberpunk 2077's E3 trailer -- yes, the one with Keanu Reeves -- is without a doubt one of the best trailers we've seen this year so far. It may not have gameplay, but it's top notch entertainment, and really sets the tone for the upcoming role-playing title. Interestingly, CD Projekt Red has released a behind the scenes look at said...
Tuesday10th Sep 2019
News This Is What Cyberpunk 2077 Sounds Like in Japanese
Samurai
CD Projekt Red has released a Japanese version of the Cyberpunk 2077 E3 trailer. It's the same video we've already seen, but the whole thing's obviously dubbed, and that includes Keanu Reeves' lines as Johnny Silverhand. We've seen this trailer dozens of times in English, so watching it through in Japanese is pretty interesting. The voices...
Wednesday4th Sep 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Will Be Coming After Launch, Confirms CD Projekt RED
Studio recruiting for multiplayer now
There's been an element of will-they-won't-they when it comes to multiplayer in Cyberpunk 2077. Developer CD Projekt RED has spoken about its possible inclusion many times. Very recently, senior concept artist Marthe Jonkers commented on the matter: "We're not saying no multiplayer, but it doesn't mean we're...
Monday2nd Sep 2019
News First Person RPG Cyberpunk 2077 Will Have First Person Cutscenes
And some people aren't V happy
Update: Global community lead for Cyberpunk 2077, Marcin Momot, has chimed in on the subject: So, there we are. The game is almost entirely viewed from a first person perspective, but you'll be able to see your character in specific ways -- very occasionally in a cutscene. For immersion's sake, it makes sense to us...
Friday30th Aug 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Deep Dive Promises a Ridiculous Amount of Role-Playing
15 minutes of Cyberpunk 2077
Our long awaited next look at Cyberpunk 2077 is here. Above, you can find a 15 minute deep dive into the upcoming role-playing title. It features all kinds of stuff -- dialogue options, character progression, mission design, combat, and more. The video does a pretty good job of breaking the game's many systems down, and...
Tuesday27th Aug 2019
Very cyberpunk
According to lead artist Marthe Jonkers, Cyberpunk 2077 is "really inclusive". Speaking to Metro, the developer goes into detail about how the upcoming role-playing title is designed to be as welcoming as possible to as many people as possible. "You know, [with Cyberpunk 2077] we really want to make a video game that’s really...
Friday23rd Aug 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Gets Another Banging Rock Track from 'Samurai'
Wake the **** up
In case you didn't already know, Swedish band 'Refused' are making music for Cyberpunk 2077 -- and they're posing as in-universe rockers 'Samurai'. Last month, CD Projekt Red released the band's first track, titled 'Chippin' In', and now we've got a second. This new song's called Never Fade Away, and it's another hard rock banger...
Thursday22nd Aug 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077's Open World Is Smaller But Much Denser Than The Witcher 3's
Life in Night City
We had already figured this would be the case, but now developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed it. Compared to The Witcher 3's open world, which is pretty darn big, Cyberpunk 2077's map is set to be smaller. However, as you'd expect, Night City is supposed to be much more dense than the fields, forests, and valleys of Geralt's...
News Next Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay Reveal Set for 30th August
15 minutes of footage
We already knew that CD Projekt Red was set to show off another slice of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay around the time of PAX West, but now we have an exact date to anticipate. The Polish dev plans to show 15 minutes worth of footage on Friday 30th August at 7pm BST / 8pm CEST / 11am PT / 2pm ET. In a slight change of plans,
Wednesday21st Aug 2019
News Cyberpunk 2077 Multiplayer Still in Development, But Its Release Isn't Guaranteed
"If it doesn't fit, it doesn't fit"
Cyberpunk 2077 is launching in April next year as a purely single-player experience. Developer CD Projekt Red has made that clear on multiple occasions, but at the same time, it certainly hasn't shied away from the fact that multiplayer components are being explored and developed behind the scenes. However,...
