The move from Cyberpunk 2077 from April to September 19, 2020 came as a surprise. And in the face of the current corona pandemic, are Fears of a further delay are justified. However, the developer CD Projekt Red is in good spirits that the current date will be kept. There's only one problem.
The last hurdle: localization
Not everything is in the hands of the developers. The studio is currently worried about localizing the game in other languages. Because as Michal Nowakowski – senior vice president of business development at CDPR – explains many of the recording studios are currently closed
This makes you confident: Since you can submit the missing files at any time in the form of a patch, you do not see this as a major danger for the publication of Cyberpunk 2077. In the worst case, you will try to deliver the missing language files with the Day-0 patch. At the current time, no further shift is expected.
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What is the team still working on?
Apart from that, according to Nowakowski, the game is on the right track. Because either you have the rest of the work the big hurdle has already been overcome, or is no longer influenced by her. Because Cyberpunk 2077 already exists in "a complete form". However, there is still some work to be done in the remaining months. The team particularly emphasizes four points:
- Polishing: This is not about fixing errors, but rather improving animations, for example.
- Bugfixing: Many mistakes creep in, especially in large projects. They have to be found and removed.
- Day zero patch: A final release version must exist weeks before the release. Then work on the first patch begins.
- Certification: The role-playing game has already been submitted for age rating and is not expected to be denied.
Is the release really likely?
CD Projekt Red had already stated in the past that they were moving from Corona to Home Office, but did not expect a second move. But even without this special situation there is Critics who question that. For example, some German developers told us that they don't expect to see the game in store in September.
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