The ultra-ambitious role-playing game from the Polish CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077, will soon be available —finally. Here's an overview of what we know.
Note: All the information contained in this article comes from the official communication of CD Projekt Red.
General information
After years of waiting and many postponements, the release of Cyberpunk 2077 is now more concrete than ever. Below, you can find all the practical information related to the launch of the game.
- Release Date: December 10
- Supports: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
- Game weight: 70Go required
- Minimum and recommended specs
- RTX specs
- Collector's Edition and Day One Edition
Less than a week before Cyberpunk's release, we take stock of everything you need to know to be ready for release day, December 10, including preload and release times.
PS5 and Xbox Series versions
The versions that will run on Xbox Series X and PS5 will be the One X and PS4 Pro versions of the game which will take advantage of the basic hardware improvements of the two new-generation machines.
To get Cyberpunk 2077 with ray-tracing and native 4K, you will have to play on PC first. Next year, CD Projekt should implement the optimization patches dedicated to next-generation consoles.
Lore and Night City
Night City, the sumptuous city shining with a thousand fluorescent lights will soon open the doors of its 6 districts. Within them, V will get to know the gangs and mega-corporations that govern the city, as many opportunities for the player to make money, fame and contacts for future contracts.
Gangs and Factions are legion in Night City, here's a quick overview of what we know.
Gameplay basics
V's adventure will be played in first person, a first for a CD Projekt Red game. A point of view that brings Cyberpunk 2077 even closer to his potential ancestor Deus Ex, with a gameplay that should emphasize the many different possible ways to resolve a quest.
Some lucky ones have participated in an event organized by CD Projekt Red in Warsaw. This was an opportunity to have a Q&A session with the developers, who were kind enough to give more information about their little baby: Cyberpunk 2077.
Vehicles
While Cyberpunk 2077 is bound to stand out thanks to its futuristic setting, you should still expect to feel some GTA-like driving as you explore the Night City. The game offers a substantial vehicle list with many retro-futuristic cars and motorcycles.
The Night City Wire 4 focused on the presentation of the different vehicles available, motorcycles, cars, trucks and others, including Johnny Silverhand's Porsche 911.
Customizing V
Those who want to go full RP and create a custom V will have plenty to do with the game's character editor. Aesthetically aside, Lifepaths are the decisive choice to make at the beginning of your adventure. Those will shape the ways you approach Night City.
They will change the whole beginning of your adventure and will allow you to approach certain situations in accordance with the selected path.
The three different lifepaths in Cyberpunk 2077 will change the game intro and will have an influence on the quests and dialogues throughout the story. What's the best possible choice: Nomad, Street Kid or Corporate?
Choices and consequences
This is the great promise of Cyberpunk 2077, along with a replayability based on the irreversible consequences of your choices during the game. Many story branches will open and close according to your way of approaching things.
To keep us busy while waiting for the release of Cyberpunk 2077, CD Projekt Red streaming a new episode of the Night City Wire August 10 at 6 pm CEST in order to present new features of the game.
Multiplayer and DLC
Big extensions — of the kind that were made for The Witcher 3 — are already in the pipeline for CD Projekt. A mulitplayer mode has also been confirmed, but for the moment no interesting information has been given about it, except for the presence of micro-transactions, like in GTA Online.
Only a few days to go before the official release of Cyberpunk 2077. To make you wait we summarize all the latest announcements of CD Red Projekt including DLC, multiplayer and season pass.
