Summary
Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel has officially entered pre-production, as confirmed by developer CD Projekt Red itself. WhileCyberpunk 2077’s initial 2020 launch was fraught with game-breaking bugs and glitches that cast the sci-fi RPG in a bad light, CDPR slowly went to work correcting the course through many fixes and update patches. This eventually culminated in 2023’sPhantom LibertyDLC. By the time all of this was finished,Cyberpunk 2077went from being one of the most poorly received games of the modern era to a breakout success, and fans have been left eager for a sequel.
That sequel would eventually beconfirmed by CD Projekt Redin October 2022, under the tentative codename “Project Orion.” Little of this new sequel has been revealed so far, but gamers did know thatProject Orionis being built in Unreal Engine 5 rather than the proprietary REDengine used to makeCyberpunk 2077. Mike Pondsmith, creator of theCyberpunktabletop gaming franchise, has also hinted that theCyberpunk 2077sequel will leave Night City in favor of a new setting that he describes as “Chicago gone wrong.”
As reported byIGN, CD Projekt Red announced thatProject Orion, now referred to asCyberpunk 2, is officially entering pre-production as part of its latest financial report. According to CDPR,Cyberpunk 2’s conceptual phase wrapped up several weeks ago, and now the project is moving forward. For the uninitiated, the pre-production stage is where concepts are fully fleshed out, gameplay prototypes are built, and staff are allocated to the project in question. This still takes several years, so fans probably shouldn’t expect tosee more ofCyberpunk 2in action for the time being.
Cyberpunk 2 Enters Pre-Production
CDPR says that 96 members of its 730-person development staff are now working onCyberpunk 2, with the restpresumably assigned toThe Witcher 4and other current CDPR projects. Aside from these two major games, CDPR has a remake of the originalWitchergame, a multiplayer title set in theWitcheruniverse, and a brand-new IP in the works.
As such, it will likely be a long time beforeCyberpunk 2is released, but fans at least know the game’s official title and have a good idea of how far along it is in development. While the gaming world waits for more developments aboutCyberpunk 2, the originalCyberpunk 2077will soon be ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, and there isanotherCyberpunkanimated projectin development at Netflix following the blockbuster success ofCyberpunk: Edgerunnersback in 2022.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
WHERE TO PLAY
Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Night City, there’s only one person who can save her — you. Become V, a cyberpunk for hire, and dive deep into a tangled web of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a story that connects the highest echelons of power with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.
