Goodbye Cyberpunk 2077: CD Projekt confirms no more expansions after Phantom Liberty

A curious fact emerged from the presentation of CD Projekt RED financial results for the first half of 2023. In a Polish study, they stated that phantom freedomwhich opens in September will be the only extension cyberpunk 2077and that they have no plans to work with this game again.

Here’s how he claimed it Adam KichinskiCEO of the company, who confirmed that other DLCs dedicated to cyberpunk 2077. A decision that would ostensibly be technically sound and would not involve its catastrophic launch at the end of 2020.

When asked what sales figures phantom freedom it will be necessary to convince them to move forward with further expansion cyberpunk 2077the head was rude. “The decision has already been made. As we have announced, we are not going to make a second or third expansion; this is the only addon for the game. It has nothing to do with how satisfied we are with sales; rather, it is a technical solution. This is the last time we work with REDEngine. We will be working with Epic Games’ Unreal Engine for the foreseeable future and that was one of the reasons for our decision.”

so after phantom freedom, Goodbye cyberpunk 2077.

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For the dull: the mention of REDEngine is in line with the proprietary graphics engine that the Polish studio has historically used in its games. It will soon be retired and replaced by Unreal Engine 5. In October 2022, the company announced that Project Canis Majoris, a new game Witcher — developed by third parties and independent of the upcoming trilogy known as Project Polaris — will use Epic Games technology.

CD Projekt Red has no plans to expand cyberpunk 2077 beyond what it offers phantom freedom, does not mean that I completely waive this intellectual property. The company announced a sequel was in development last year, but avoided giving details about it. So far, all that is known is that the initiative within the company is known as Project Orion and, given Kiczynski’s comments, everything suggests that its development will be carried out on Unreal Engine 5.

At the same time, plans for the creation of the universe cyberpunk Apart from the original video game, they are still in doubt. Let’s keep in mind that although part of the team responsible for cyberpunk 2077 will continue to support phantom freedom After its release, the other members will continue to work on Polaris, the aforementioned trilogy. Witcher which CD Projekt intends to publish in its entirety within 6 years.

In addition, some of the developers cyberpunk 2077 will focus on Hadar, a new intellectual property about which the Poles still reveal little. And let’s not forget that in July the company a gradual process of layoffs began which, according to Kicinski, will be completed in the first quarter of 2024.

It’s hard to erase the trace

As we mentioned above, cyberpunk 2077 it is no longer the disaster that was at its launch. The game has matured with updates and offers a really interesting experience. In fact, over 20 million copies had been sold by October 2022, with an average of 1 million players playing daily on Steam.

But it is clear that the initial fiasco left a mark. Representatives of CD Projekt RED argue that many of the criticisms of the game were unfair. But what phantom freedom reach only the latest generation of consoles, and not PS4 and Xbox One, makes it clear that the company You don’t want to trip over the same stone twice..

phantom freedom this will be the last thing we see cyberpunk 2077 as such. Perhaps one day the Poles will return to this intellectual property to expand the franchise. but it is clear that today this is not a priority. And it looks like it won’t happen in the short or medium term.