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Cyberpunk 2077 going silent until 2017

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CD Projekt Red is a pretty popular studio, and all because of their highly acclaimed Witcher franchise. The Witcher 3 is racing towards being a massive critical and sales success for the studio, but also marks the end of their debut franchise. Cyberpunk 2077 is the tantalising follow-up, but we won’t be seeing it at all for a while.

Announced all the way back in October 2012, and debuted with a trailer in January 2013, Cyberpunk 2077 is the next hardcore RPG franchise that the Polish developers will be adapting. The pen and paper RPG is set in a dystopian future where human modification has become both the saviour and curse of humanity, leading to a contrasting divide in the populace. The reveal trailer showcased a team tasked with hunting down rogue “hybrids”, wetting appetites with an already gorgeously realised setting and premise.

The trailer famously ends with the phrase “Coming…when it’s ready.”, and back then it was assumed that it meant somewhere around 2016 or so. That was before The Witcher 3 suffered multiple delays, eventually forcing the small team working on the project to be pulled into to help ship the game so many of you are enjoying today. That, coupled with the immense post-support planned for the Witcher 3, is probably setting back work on the new franchise.

Speaking to Reuters, CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kicinski said that this year and the next belong to The Witcher – and that Cyberpunk 2077 will only really be touched on after that.

“This year, and the next one will be the years of the Witcher”

He does, however, believe that the game will be a larger success than The Witcher 3 – which managed over a million pre-orders before launch – as well as change the perception people have of the endeared studio.

“We broke into the mainstream. It is such a moment in our firm’s history that after some years people will look differently at CD Projekt before and after this release.”

The Witcher 3, in many ways, is the studio’s first big launch – with the initial Witcher being PC exclusive and the sequel only coming to PC and Xbox 360. Wild Hunt is, for many, the first CD Projekt Red game they are playing, and also the first time the studio has dabbled with open-world design. Cyberpunk 2077 will, in many regards, be a direct follow up to that design principle – offering a massive, open-world with dark, mature RPG elements.

 

But I still find myself questioning why the game was revealed so darn early then. Regardless, we haven’t actually seen what Cyberpunk 2077 will look like in action, so maybe it’s best that the focus stays squarely on The Witcher 3 , and its expansions, for now.

Last Updated: May 27, 2015

59 Comments

    • Pariah

      May 27, 2015 at 15:05

      NO GOD DAMN YOU I WILL NO…. Mmmmph. thith ith deliciouth… mph mph mph…. mmmm.

      Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      May 27, 2015 at 15:07

      He must be lekker dik by now?

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        May 27, 2015 at 15:09

        Knuppel dik

        Reply

  1. Mistake Not...

    May 27, 2015 at 15:06

    Aah. And so the wait begins again. With it being so far away, ‘Cyberpunk 2077 is coming’ will have very little effect.

    Reply

  2. Hammersteyn

    May 27, 2015 at 15:07

    But it’s still coming right? With no DRM?

    Reply

  3. Blood Emperor Trevor

    May 27, 2015 at 15:10

    The Last Cyberpunk 3 Forever #amirite

    Reply

    • Pariah

      May 27, 2015 at 15:12

      #StayStrongRyan doesn’t have the same ring to it. :/

      Reply

  4. Hammersteyn

    May 27, 2015 at 15:11

    • Blood Emperor Trevor

      May 27, 2015 at 15:12

      Look on the bright side, that’s still better than being married to him.

      Reply

      • Pariah

        May 27, 2015 at 15:12

        XD

        Reply

      • Hammersteyn

        May 27, 2015 at 15:14

        BWAHAHA!

        Reply

      • Trevor Matrix

        May 27, 2015 at 15:14

        I dunno. I’d marry the bastard just to sit home and write Jan Van Riebeeck Loves Commander Shepard erotic stories.

        Reply

        • Reidroc

          May 27, 2015 at 15:18

          That’s a twisted mind that would come up with those kind of stories. Well done Trevor.

          Reply

        • Lord Chaos

          May 27, 2015 at 15:23

          *Backs kickstarter

          Reply

          • Trevor Matrix

            May 27, 2015 at 15:23

            I’ll just publish them on Amazon. But thanks for the money!

  5. Spaffy

    May 27, 2015 at 15:14

    Where is Ryan anyways? Did he grow up now?

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      May 27, 2015 at 15:15

      He’s welcome back anytime if he behaves. He served his time so it’s up to him.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief's Adventure

        May 27, 2015 at 15:16

        [Hammer uses diplomacy, we hope it is effective]

        Reply

        • Spaffy

          May 27, 2015 at 15:19

          Isn’t that why you got him? The yin to your yang?

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:23

            Along with Rince we’re like the musketeers,I’m Portos, Admiral is Athos and Rince is Planchet

          • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

            May 27, 2015 at 15:24

            Then I am Brakenjan!

          • Trevor Matrix

            May 27, 2015 at 15:25

            Brakanjan you dimwitted Son of a Daughter!

          • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

            May 27, 2015 at 15:26

            Been many many many many moons since I last seen it so sue me. 😛

          • Lord Chaos

            May 27, 2015 at 15:25

            And Dutch completes it with Lady de Winter

          • Trevor Matrix

            May 27, 2015 at 15:26

            Lady de Winter is so hot!

          • Lord Chaos

            May 27, 2015 at 15:26

            I don’t know how to answer this…

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:31

            Winter is coming?

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:29

            So Athos “seems immune to romantic feeling” and “a father figure” as well as “murdered his teenage wife”

            So that is a definite NO.

            What else you got?

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:30

            O_o, I picked him because he was the leader in a way…..Olando Bloom?

          • Lord Chaos

            May 27, 2015 at 15:31

            I think this deserves toilet duty again.

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:32

            This guy knows the rules

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:32

            Me too, that’s why I obliterate them

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:33

            With spicy food? The ‘outcome’ is so bad that it kills all the germs in the toilet?

          • Lord Chaos

            May 27, 2015 at 15:33

            How’s your drone doing btw? Enjoying the view now I’m at home?

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:34

            Collecting data

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:32

            So *Orlando Bloom, I cannot hold on to a hot wife?

            My current situation begs to differ!

            What else you got?

          • Spaffy

            May 27, 2015 at 15:34

            Think you got a little something on your nose there…

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:30

            Porthos – Isaac de Portau: A dandy, fond of fashionable clothes.
            So JJ then?

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:31

            hahahaha

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:36

            I couldn’t resist!

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:30

            I’ll settle for Aramis then

        • Kromas,powered by windows 10.

          May 27, 2015 at 15:22

          Wait what … he got banned?

          Reply

      • Trevor Matrix

        May 27, 2015 at 15:17

        How come I never got banned?

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn

          May 27, 2015 at 15:19

          Because I like the way you twits my tits.

          Reply

          • Spaffy

            May 27, 2015 at 15:21

            So much for diplomacy…

          • Hammersteyn

            May 27, 2015 at 15:24

            I thought I was according to his standards…

          • Trevor Matrix

            May 27, 2015 at 15:25

            I have standards? I am off to buy pants! Cheerio Chaps!

          • Spaffy

            May 27, 2015 at 15:26

            hahaha

          • Admiral Chief's Adventure

            May 27, 2015 at 15:22

            Haha

          • Lord Chaos

            May 27, 2015 at 15:23

            O_o

    • Pariah

      May 27, 2015 at 15:16

  6. Kromas,powered by windows 10.

    May 27, 2015 at 15:20

    Sooo … new announcement once everyone finishes the Witcher basically. 😛

    Reply

  7. Rock789

    May 27, 2015 at 15:29

    Sad it’ll be such a long wait. But after the greatness that The Witcher 3 is? They can take their time – let us have it when it’s ready. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I got me some more bandits and monsters to kill!

    Reply

  8. Deceased

    May 28, 2015 at 11:16

    I LOVE THIS TRAILER!!! ( AND YES I’M YELLING )

    Reply

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