12 years after its original announcement, Cyberpunk 2077 has no developers left working on it, but the RPG series is definitely "not dead"
May. 29, 2024CD Projekt Red confirmed that it’s moving developer onto the sequel
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CD Projekt Reddevelopers worked on the game for years after release, pushing out patches to rectify 2077’s buggy launch while also hammering away at the excellent Phantom Liberty expansion and 2.0 update. With Cyberpunk 2077 fully fixed and widely enjoyed, CD Projekt Red recently announced that 0 developers were on the project for the first time since its inception.
Igor Sarzynski - 2077’s narrative lead and the sequel’s creative director - quickly took to social media tonotethat “Cyberpunk’s not dead” even if the first game has now ended development. CDPR has big plans to continue the series with an upcoming Cyberpunk 2, only officially known by its codename Orion, which currently has 56 developers working on it.
With the majority of the studio molding another Witcher trilogy, details on the next romp through Night City are light, but fans can rest assured that Cyberpunk 2 is keeping most of the first game’s senior developers to “preserve” the series' DNA while aiming to avoid the turbulent development that steered 2077’s launch off-course.
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