CD Projekt Releases Guide for Transferring Cyberpunk 2077 Stadia Saves

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With news that Google Stadia is shutting down early next year, developers with games on the cloud platform are looking for ways to help Stadia players keep their saves, including CD Projekt Red who released a guide to transfer Stadia saves for Cyberpunk 2077.

CD Projekt released a step-by-step guide that will let players who started their Cyberpunk 2077 save on Google Stadia transfer it to a PC version of the game. According to CDPR, transferring saves from the Stadia cloud is possible using a service called Google Takeout.

In the guide, CDPR says players can export their Stadia save files from the cloud by using Google Takeout. The saves can then be extracted and copied into a PC version of the game.

If you’re playing on a console, you can take your PC save and synch it to a console version of the game using cross-progression through the GOG account.

While this is not the most straightforward path to saving your Stadia save, it’s a lifeline for players who are looking at losing possibly hundreds of hours of gameplay.

Google announced on September 29 that it will be shuttering Google Stadia. The cloud gaming service will end on January 18, 2023, when players will lose access to their game libraries. Google will however be offering full refunds for all games and hardware players have purchased for Stadia.

Developers were seemingly caught off-guard by the news and our in-depth report shows the chaotic final days of Stadia. Google, however, is known for axing underperforming services. So much so that a website is dedicated to Google’s killed projects.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN's News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.