The long-awaited open-world role-playing game from CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077Eight years later, the game is finally released, set in the dystopian night city of Night with Keanu Reeves.
The game is based on the cyberpunk tabletop RPG series by Mike Pondsmith, who also acted as a consultant for Cyberpunk 2077. It was the object of anticipation of the fans, especially those who loved CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a 2015 fantasy RPG that received critical acclaim. But then the hype increased Cyberpunk 2077Likewise, skepticism and concern about the game and its development.
CD Projekt Red has been criticized for making some marketing decisions Cyberpunk 2077, like using a hyper-sexualized trans model in a billboard. The company has also received serious scrutiny of its labor practices, particularly with regard to “crunch,” a common practice in the gaming industry that refers to long hours of overtime of weeks or months.
In May 2019 CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwiński announced Kotaku that he wanted the company to be “more humane” and that this included the application of a “non-mandatory crunch policy”. However, in January 2020, CD Project Red imposed a mandatory crisis on some employees, and at this point in time Cyberpunk 2077 was postponed from April to September. The game was later postponed to November and finally December – and the developers crunched the whole time.
Cyberpunk 2077 promises to be a huge game. But it is already huge in the minds of so many gamers, critics, and journalists as it dominated the conversation and sparked debates on key gaming industry issues long before it was released. There is a lot to watch. Here’s everything we know so far about CD Projekt Red’s upcoming title.
