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Hey, so check this out. It’s a Wednesday, and of all days, we get hit with some pretty rad news. Cyberpunk 2077, yeah, that game’s getting a sequel and it’s already rolling into its pre-production phase. This isn’t some wild rumor either; CD Projekt just dropped the confirmation. The game used to be called Project Orion or something, but now it’s just Cyberpunk 2. Kinda straightforward, right?
They spilled the beans during some financial presentation. Honestly, those things usually bore me to sleep, but here I am, actually paying attention. The Cyberpunk sequel crew got a shoutout for reaching this milestone. Meanwhile, they’re gearing up to throw the first game onto Nintendo Switch 2. Exciting, or maybe not? I guess it depends on how you feel about the Switch.
Oh, and apparently, a few weeks ago, the team at CD Projekt Red was like, “Hey, we finished the conceptual phase.” So, tada! Cyberpunk 2 moves to pre-production. Fancy way of saying “we’re onto the next part.”
I poked around the full presentation, and as of April 30, 96 devs are now hustling on this project. Back in February, it was just 84, so yeah, numbers are climbing. But if you look at Witcher 4—man, they got 422 people on that one, so it’s like, priorities, right? Also, another 131 are doing… shared services? Localization and QA stuff. Corporate speak that I’ll never fully grasp.
In other news, Phantom Liberty, an expansion thingy, sold 10 million copies. 10 million! Meanwhile, Witcher 3’s sitting pretty with 60 million. Ten years old and still fetching quite the birthday bash. That’s a lot of grumpy, monster-slaying action going on. Just saying.
One thing I’m scratching my head over is whether Cyberpunk 2 will stick with that name. Maybe they’ll jazz it up with a year, like Cyberpunk 2078 or something. Has a nice ring, right? Mike Pondsmith, the legend behind it all, gave us a hint. Something about a city feeling like “Chicago gone wrong.” Can’t even imagine, but it sounds wild.
Anyway, who knows where all this is heading. Maybe it’ll blow our minds, maybe it’ll just kinda roll on by. I’m here for it either way.
