Alright, grab your coffee or whatever keeps you going on a random Wednesday, because guess what? Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a sequel! I mean, CD Projekt just spilled the beans, and we’re officially in pre-production land. The whole “Project Orion” codename? Yeah, that’s history. It’s just Cyberpunk 2 now. Creative, right?
So, this all came out during some big financial blah-blah-blah presentation. The team got a pat on the back for getting this far. Meanwhile, CD Projekt’s also gearing up to unleash the original game on Nintendo Switch 2. Busy bees.
Now, listen to this weird tidbit — weeks ago, CD Projekt Red finished the whole “concept” phase for Cyberpunk 2. Which was a thing…apparently. Anyway, they’re moving on up to pre-production now, as of…um, April 30? Yeah. That.
Trivia time: there are 96 devs tinkering away on Cyberpunk 2, which is a jump from 84 in February. Sure, it’s peanuts compared to the 422 folks crafting Witcher 4, but hey, second place ain’t bad, right? Oh, and let’s not forget the 131 folks doing shared stuff like translating and QA. Behind-the-scenes heroes, really.
If you’re like, “Wait, what’s Phantom Liberty?” That thing’s flying off shelves – 10 million copies sold! Meanwhile, The Witcher 3 just turned 10 years old, and it’s sitting pretty at 60 million copies sold. Crazy, huh? I guess gamers love visiting Dogtown or…being grumpy monster hunters. Who knows why we love what we love?
Oh, and before I forget — there’s this rumor about Cyberpunk 2 taking us to a city that’s like Chicago…but if someone hit the cosmic “mess things up” button. Legendary TTRPG guy Mike Pondsmith dropped that little nugget. Wonder if the name will stay “Cyberpunk 2.” Maybe they’ll stick a year on it like the first one? Eh, we’ll see.
