Just one more job
CD Projekt Red officially revealedPhantom Liberty, its first major expansion forCyberpunk 2077, this week. And it looks like it will be the only one.
In a YouTube comments section, as spotted by sites likeXGP, the officialCyberpunk 2077account responded to a hopeful comment about further expansions beyondPhantom Liberty. The account expressed gratitude but said thatPhantom Libertyis the “only planned expansion” forCyberpunk 2077.
Following up on that,Polygonreceived comment from CD Projekt Red’s global PR director Radek Grabowski. He confirms thatPhantom Libertyis “the only planned expansion” forCyberpunk 2077, and there are “no plans for more expansions beyond that.”
It seems pretty plain that we won’t be seeing two expansions likeThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntreceived. And to be fair,Phantom Libertyis still a ways off; it’s currently aiming for a 2023 launch.
Night City blues
Cyberpunk 2077feels like it’s seen an up-swell in public perception. Patch 1.5, otherwise known as the Next-Gen Update, really did a lot to bringCyberpunk 2077closer to what players probably expected at launch.
With yesterday’s Night City Wire, CD Projekt Red has now bumped it up to 1.6, adding some content with tie-ins to the upcoming Netflix animeCyberpunk: Edgerunners. It’s also leaving the previous generation of consoles behind with this update.
There’s still more ahead forCyberpunk, though. Game director Gabriel Amatangelo teased a few upcoming tweaks during the stream, including overhauls to the cop system and vehicle-to-vehicle combat. There is still, at least in the near-future, more for Night City.
WhileCyberpunk 2077ramps up to its first and final expansion, other sections CD Projekt Red are also forging ahead. The studio is currently working on the nextWitchergame,built in Unreal Engine 5. And on theGwentside of things, the studio released a deckbuilding expansion dubbedRogue Mageearlier this year.
