CD Projekt Red Is Working on Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel
Cyberpunk 2077 may have had the most disastrous game launch of all time, but that isn’t stopping its developer, CD Projekt Red, from creating a sequel.
On Tuesday, the Polish game studio announced(Opens in a new window) plans for a follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077 that’s currently codenamed “Orion.” The sequel will arrive after CD Projekt Red releases three new titles for its hit fantasy RPG series The Witcher.
In a video(Opens in a new window) for investors, the company’s joint CEO Adam Kicinski described Orion as a game “that will fully unleash the potential that this universe offers.”
The news may be a little surprising, since Cyberpunk 2077 originally launched in December 2020 to widespread disappointment. The sci-fi shooter not only suffered from game-breaking bugs, especially on the console versions, but also failed to meet the hype(Opens in a new window). However, since then, CD Projekt Red has released a steady number of patches to not only fix the bugs, but to improve the game experience.
Now Cyberpunk 2077 has become one of the most played PC titles on Steam, according(Opens in a new window) to third-party tracker SteamDB. The Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which is set in the same universe, may have also helped drive the game’s recent popularity. In addition, Kicinski noted that total sales for Cyberpunk 2077 have reached 20 million copies, up from 13 million back when the game was first launched.
The developer announced the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 sequel as it laid out its corporate strategy, which includes addressing the studio’s plan for a new slate of Witcher games.
One of the upcoming Witcher titles, codenamed Sirius, is coming from CD Projekt Red’s studio in Boston called The Molasses
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