Alright, so get this—it’s a Wednesday and I’m scrolling through my usual feeds when BAM! News drops that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a sequel. I mean, isn’t that wild? CD Projekt just casually mentions it during some financial update. It’s like being told there’s cake after dinner. Anyway, they’ve ditched the whole “Project Orion” codename. Now it’s just straight-up Cyberpunk 2. Simple as that.
So, I guess during this financial blabber, they slap some high fives around. Congrats here, congrats there, because, surprise surprise, the first game’s heading to Nintendo Switch 2. Not gonna lie, picture a bunch of game devs clustered around a Switch, maybe debating if Pikachu could handle a cyber heist or something.
Anyway—wait, where was I? Oh yeah, a few weeks back, the CD Projekt Red folks waved goodbye to the conceptual phase like it was some awkward Zoom call. Now they’re knee-deep in pre-production. Got to give them props, though. Feels like this Cyberpunk 2 thing could be a big deal.
Flipping through more of this presentation—April 30th rings a bell—they have like 96 folks burning the midnight oil on this. Back in February, it was just 84, so you could say the gang’s growing. Still, when you compare it to the 422 folks slaving away on Witcher 4, it’s like, whoa, drop in the bucket, right? And then there are these 131 people handling “shared services.” I think that’s fancy talk for making sure everything doesn’t hit the fan.
Oh, and speaking of hitting numbers, Phantom Liberty expansion sold 10 million copies. Yeah, 10 freaking million. Meanwhile, The Witcher 3’s still partying on with 60 million copies and blowing out birthday candles for its 10th anniversary. That’s some serious loyalty, like checking out of Dogtown and signing up for more monster hunting.
Now, here’s a kicker—there’s chatter if they’ll keep the name “Cyberpunk 2.” Wouldn’t it be a trip if they added a year to the title? But the real inside scoop comes from Mike Pondsmith, this legend of tabletop role-playing games. He hints we might visit a city “like Chicago gone wrong.” Honestly, no idea what that means, but it sounds gritty and kind of awesome.
Anyway, that’s it for my news rant. I’m off to figure out what cities are “more like Chicago gone wrong.” Whatever that means.
