Cyberpunk 2077 Patch Adds Dancing Robot As Chappie Easter Egg
One eagle-eyed Cyberpunk 2077 player recently noticed a dancing robot in the streets of Night City, one that was possibly added as a reference to the 2017 sci-fi film Chappie. Earlier this week, developer CD Projekt Red released the long-awaited Cyberpunk 2077 1.5 update patch, which added several features that fans have been waiting for since the long-troubled first-person RPG was launched back in 2020. Additionally, Cyberpunk 2077 was finally made available on current-gen consoles like the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, allowing players to take in the sights of Night City in true 4K resolution.
As part of the cyberpunk genre, Cyberpunk 2077 has taken influence from plenty of other noteworthy sci-fi works — which in turn might have drawn their influence from the old Cyberpunk tabletop RPG that Cyberpunk 2077 is based on. One of these works is Chappie, a 2015 film by District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp. The film is set in a dystopian version of Johannesburg, South Africa that is not unlike Cyberpunk 2077’s crime-ridden Night City. A scientist develops an advanced artificial intelligence and implants it into a damaged police robot — which is then taken in by a street gang. Named “Chappie,” this robot is taught how to defend himself on the mean streets of Johannesburg, as well as how to dance and act “cool” in the face of danger.
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Reddit user Prophet_of_Duality spotted a possible reference to Chappie while exploring Cyberpunk 2077 in the wake of this week’s 1.5 update patch. In a video posted to the Cyberpunk 2077 subreddit, V discovers a lone Arasaka Robot R Mk.2 unit sitting deactivated in a canal near Kabuki. Once V repairs and
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