Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Will Feature a Second City in Addition to Night City, Says Series Creator

A sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, codenamed Project Orion, is in the works at CD Projekt Red. The Polish studio has stayed tightlipped on the venture because it was first introduced in 2022, however sparse particulars in regards to the recreation have surfaced over time. Now, Cyberpunk franchise creator Mike Pondsmith has shared new details about the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, revealing that the sport would come with a second location in addition to Night City.

Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel to Feature New Location

Pondsmith, who created the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG that impressed the setting, characters and story of Cyberpunk 2077, addressed Project Orion in a new interview with Polish outlet TVGRY on the Digital Dragons Conference. He stated whereas he was not as immediately concerned with the sequel as he was with the primary recreation, he had seen the scripts for the sequel.

“Last week I was wandering around, talking to different departments and seeing what they had, ‘Oh look, this is the new cyberware, what do you think?’ ‘Oh yeah, that’s pretty good, that works here.’,” Pondsmith stated.

He revealed that Project Orion would characteristic a second metropolis in addition to the primary recreation’s Night City however stopped in need of sharing particulars in regards to the new location past a tease of what it will really feel like.

“I spent a lot of time talking to one of the environment guys, and he was explaining how the new place in Orion… because there’s another city we visit. I’m not telling you any more than that, but there’s another city we visit,” Pondsmith stated.

He confirmed that Night City was “still there” in the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and described the second metropolis as “Chicago gone wrong”.

“I remember looking at it and going, ‘Yeah, I understand the feel that you’re going for, and this really does work, and it doesn’t feel like Blade Runner — it feels more like Chicago gone wrong’. And I said, ‘Yeah, I can see this working.’”

Cyberpunk 2077’s Night City is famous for its excessive stage of element
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Project Orion Details

Including two fully-fledged cities would develop the scope of Project Orion significantly, making it a a lot larger recreation than Cyberpunk 2077, particularly contemplating the element current in Night City in the primary recreation. CD Projekt Red additional expanded the town in the Phantom Liberty enlargement by including a new district named Dogtown.

While a second location is a important revelation, CD Projekt Red has been guarded in regards to the sequel because it was revealed as Project Orion in 2022. The studio stated in its announcement on the time that the sport would take “the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe.”

Earlier this yr, a function description for an open place at CD Projekt Red’s Boston studio, which is spearheading improvement on the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, stated the sport would characteristic “the most realistic and reactive crowd system in any game to date”.

Project Orion is being developed in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5 and can possible launch on PC and current-generation consoles. CD Projekt, nevertheless, has not but confirmed a launch timeline and the sport is probably going years away from launch.

The studio can be engaged on The Witcher 4, which can not launch earlier than 2027. A bunch of different The Witcher video games are additionally in improvement, together with a full remake of The Witcher, the primary recreation in the collection that launched in 2007.