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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty, almost half of CD Projekt RED’s development staff is now working on The Witcher 4. In a recent earnings report for Q3 2023, CD Projekt RED outlined what percentage of developers were working on various different projects.

Gwent: The Witcher Card Game will place the future of the game in the players’ hands as CD Projekt Red steps away from rolling out changes following update 11.10.“This is the last handmade developer-prepared content update for Gwent,” said designer Moleigon of update 11.10 in a video posted to the game’s official YouTube channel. Check it out below:“So after this we won’t be preparing changes to cards any more.

Cyberpunk 2077‘s Phantom Liberty expansion includes tracks from Idris Elba in its soundtrack, and the actor and DJ has dropped a new EP featuring three of the songs.The Phantom Files EP “[explores] a darker and more heavily produced sound, where glitches and industrial sounds speak to the game’s dystopian feel”, read the press release. The tracks are ‘ChokeHold’, ‘Walk Of Shame’ and the lead single ‘Rolla Coaster’.It is available through Apple Music, Amazon Music, Anghami, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube Music.

Cyberpunk 2077 mods are automatically disabled as a result of the launch of its latest expansion, Phantom Liberty, in order to safeguard the stability of the game.Phantom Liberty launches today (September 26) however it’s only available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of the game. As well as a whole new area for players to explore, the expansion features Idris Elba as Solomon Reed, a sleeper agent who accompanies V into a “web of broken loyalties and political power plays”.Update 2.0 released a few days before Phantom Liberty and so a large amount of content in the game has changed.

Cyberpunk 2077 has added a heartbreaking Edgerunners reference in update 2.0, which was launched earlier this week.Spoilers for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners follow. The North Oak Columbarium in Westbrook Distinct records the deaths of characters across the course of Cyberpunk 2077‘s story as well as those who have passed away ahead of the start of the game.

Cyberpunk 2077, the developer has suggested that players “start fresh” with a new playthrough.Update 2.0 rolls out for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S tomorrow (September 21), five days ahead of the Phantom Liberty expansion. The changes it contains are vehicle combat, car chases, an improved police system, a redesigned perks and skill tree system, a cyberware overhaul, UI and UX improvements and a scattering of new weapons and other items.“While you’ll be able to continue the game with your current character on an existing save, we recommend starting a new game after [update 2.0],” advised CD Projekt Red in a post to X.

Cyberpunk 2077 will roll out before the launch of Phantom Liberty, introducing a new police system, vehicle combat, and revamped cyberware.CD Projekt Red dropped the latest trailer for the update yesterday (September 14), featuring formidable battles between V and the Night City Police Department and explosive car chases. Check it out below:The police were one of the more lacklustre elements of Cyberpunk 2077 even with the enormous changes that the game has seen since its original launch in 2020.

Witcher game has over 250 CD Projekt Red employees working on it with even more staff to be transferred after the release of Cyberpunk 2077‘s expansion.Polaris, the codename for the fourth The Witcher game, is using Unreal Engine 5 rather than CD Projekt Red’s own REDengine. This is in order to free up a lot of its developers to refocus on the game itself, as Epic Games‘ engine offers an enormous amount of pre-built assets and tools.As well as this design decision, it looks like the company is ensuring that the next Witcher game is as strong as possible, whenever it releases.“At the end of July, the [Cyberpunk 2077 expansion] Phantom Liberty team working on the pre-release phase consisted of 300 people,” said CEO Adam Kiciński in an earnings call earlier this week (via Video Games Chronicle).“That’s fewer than at the end of 2022, but it still it remains our biggest team.

Cyberpunk 2077‘s upcoming Phantom Liberty expansion, will also be directing a full sequel to Cyberpunk 2077.Amatangelo confirmed the news to Bloomberg (via PC Gamer), where he stated that when work wraps up on Phantom Liberty, he will continue on to direct a currently-untitled sequel to Cyberpunk 2077.Besides Phantom Liberty, Amatangelo is the current director of Cyberpunk 2077, and has led development since 2021. This included leading development on last year’s patch 1.5, which was seen as a major turning point for the game following its disastrous launch in 2020.CD Projekt Red‘s Cyberpunk sequel was announced in October 2022, and is currently working under the codename Orion.

CD Projekt Red and Nvidia have shared a preview of Cyberpunk 2077 running with an “Overdrive Mode” of ray tracing, though only high-end gaming PCs will be able to run it.Cyberpunk 2077‘s Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode will be released next Tuesday (April 11), and ahead of the launch, Nvidia has shared a brief clip highlighting how the upgraded ray tracing feature will affect Night City’s visuals.“This demo showcases path tracing, also known as full ray tracing, an advanced, GPU-intensive form of ray tracing that accurately simulates light throughout the entire scene,” reads a message in the video.You can watch Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode in action below.Nvidia has explained that while standard ray tracing methods enhance “shadows, reflections, and global illumination” from a smaller number of light sources, full ray tracing enhances “all properties of light from an unlimited number of emissive sources”.The demo includes shots of Night City with and without ray tracing enabled, showcasing a much more intricate lighting system for a number of the game’s scenes.Additionally, this blog post from Nvidia includes more examples of Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode in effect.However, the blog has also pointed out that this update is intended for Nvidia’s latest 40-series graphics cards, and is “extremely GPU intensive”.As a result, only fans with the best-performing gaming PCs should expect to make use of this update.

CD Projekt Red has confirmed it is working to remove an “unintended” bug from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that gave several NPCs realistic genitalia.Last week, it was reported that the recent next-gen update to The Witcher 3 had given several characters realistic vaginas, replacing the smooth, Barbie-inspired crotches of the original game.According to Kotaku, the crones of Crookback Bog and the bruxas have realistic vaginas following the game’s update. However, a statement from CD Projekt Red confirmed that this inclusion was a mistake, and came about after accidentally using a player-made nude mod in the recent, next-gen update.“The next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt features several community-sourced mods not created by CD Projekt Red, on top of numerous enhancements created and implemented by the studio internally,” said the statement.

Stadia might be dead but Night City lives on, as fans who were playing Cyberpunk 2077 on Stadia can now transfer their saves to other platforms.Developer CD Projekt Red has released a guide for Stadia players, advising players on how to transfer their Cyberpunk 2077 saves from Stadia to PC and consoles.The process is a (relatively) painless one for PC players, requiring them to download their save directly from Google and, with some fiddling, place it in their Cyberpunk 2077 game folder. The process is a little more complicated for console players though, requiring them to make use of cross progression on PC and syncing it with their GOG accounts in order to transfer their progress.Full instructions on how to transfer your saves from Stadia are available from CD Projekt Red here.Google announced the demise of its cloud streaming service Stadia in September, stating that it had failed to gain “the traction with users that we expected,” though it maintained that “the underlying technology platform that powers Stadia has been proven at scale and transcends gaming.”Stadia is due to shut down completely early next year, and all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google store and all games and add-ons bought via the Stadia store will be refunded.Stadia’s demise might have been coming for some time now, but Google still failed to notify developers ahead of the announcement – even when they had games due to come out on the platform, understandably upsetting a number of them.They’re not the only ones upset too, one Red Dead Redemption 2 player will lose 6,000 hours of playtime once Stadia shuts down.

CD Projekt Red, Marcin Iwiński, is stepping down after 30 years.Announcing the news via a statement, Iwiński wrote that he would be handing over his duties by the end of 2022 but will remain a major shareholder “and in my new non-executive role I will remain active and engaged.”“For me, this is a huge moment. I’ve been at CD Projekt for almost 30 years and I have seen it go from a handful of passion-driven rebels to an internationally recognised developer of story-driven role-playing games loved by millions globally.

CD Projekt Red has announced that 2020 RPG Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a new sequel, which will continue to explore the game’s “dark future universe.”In a tweet published today (October 4), the developer revealed that the sequel is being created under the name Project Orion.“Orion is a codename for our next Cyberpunk game, which will take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe,” read the announcement.“Our plans are certainly ambitious, and call for a great deal of work, dedication and further growth,” said CD Projekt CEO Adam KicińskiOrion is a codename for our next Cyberpunk game, which will take the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe. pic.twitter.com/JoVbCf6jYZ— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) October 4, 2022Little else has been shared about the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, however a group strategy update from CD Projekt Red has shared that it plans to “introduce multiplayer experiences” and “boost development abilities to deliver more content to gamers with a prime focus on quality.” Cyberpunk 2077 was planned to add multiplayer after release, but woes around the game’s launch led to this being cancelled.Those woes saw Cyberpunk 2077 launch in 2020 to some controversy as it was released with so many bugs and performance issues on its PS4 edition that Sony pulled it from the PlayStation store, refunding players.

CD Projekt Red is gearing up to showcase its upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 updates with another Night City Wire stream. Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming broadcast.The latest Night City Wire stream will go live today (September 6) at 4PM BST / 5PM CEST / 8AM EST / 11AM EST.

CD Projekt Red has announced that the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt have been delayed indefinitely.The official Witcher Twitter account posted about the delay yesterday (April 13), confirming that the quarter two 2022 release date has been postponed “until further notice.”“We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt,” said CD Projekt Red, adding that it is “currently evaluating the scope of work to be done.”We have decided to have our in-house development team conduct the remaining work on the next-gen version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. We are currently evaluating the scope of work to be done and thus have to postpone Q2 release until further notice.

CD Projekt Red has announced that the studio’s next mainline The Witcher game will not be exclusive to any particular storefronts, including the Epic Games Store.Yesterday (March 21), the official Twitter account for The Witcher games replied to a user who claimed that the next Witcher game would be an Epic Games Store exclusive at launch.In response, CD Projekt Red shared that it is “not planning on making the game exclusive to one storefront”.The confirmation came on the same day that the studio announced “the next instalment in The Witcher series of video games is currently in development“.This announcement appears to have caused some confusion for fans, as CD Projekt Red’s initial statement mentioned the company going into a “multi-year strategic partnership with Epic Games“.However, this collaboration seems strictly limited to helping Epic Games develop Unreal Engine to “help tailor the engine for open-world experiences”.This means that – at least for PC – the next Witcher game may appear on Steam, Epic Games Store and CD Projekt Red’s own storefront, GOG, simultaneously.Though details are incredibly light on what the upcoming game will involve, CD Projekt Red has confirmed that it will use Unreal Engine 5 rather than the studio’s own in-house engine, REDengine.The next Witcher game will also kick off “a new saga for the franchise,” however at the moment “no further details regarding the game – such as development time frame or release date – are available”. In other gaming news, PlayStation has acquired Haven Studios.

Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt has agreed to pay the shareholders that brought a lawsuit against it almost £1.5million ($1.85million USD).In a document shared by The Verge, the terms of the agreement were outlined, which is still yet to be looked over by the court: “Members of the class (including the plaintiffs) shall relinquish any and all claims against the company and members of its management board.

Cyberpunk 2077, the sci-fi RPG from CD Projekt Red, may be coming to Xbox Game Pass, as it was spotted in a recent Xbox promotional video.Xbox released the video yesterday via YouTube as a promotional clip to advertise the launch of Xbox Cloud Service on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.But eagle-eyed Cyberpunk 2077 fans soon spotted a clip within the video that looks suspiciously like the game.“Halfway into the video there is a brief clip that is tightly cropped of a player shooting a revolver

Cyberpunk 2077 have been delayed until early 2022.This comes as the official “commitment to quality” post on the Cyberpunk 2077 was updated yesterday (October 28), with the DLCs and updates initially listed to arrive in 2021. This means that the last update to the game was patch 1.31 from September this year, which was a general bugfix for the title.It was also recently announced that CD Projekt Red titles Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 would see Xbox Series X|S and PS5 releases in 2022.

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt looks set for an imminent appearance on current generation consoles, with ratings spotted for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S releases of the fan favourite open-world RPG.An entry for The Witcher III: Wild Hunt – Game of the Year Edition on the website of European video games rating body PEGI (as spotted by Gematsu on Twitter) now lists developer CD Projekt Red’s dark fantasy epic for the Sony and Microsoft consoles, both with a date of October 19.

CD Projekt RED, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher III, has put out the call for designers to work on an unspecified open-world project.The job listing appeared on games industry employment site GameJobs.co last week (September 17), and is calling for an “Open World Designer (Junior/Specialist)” for a role based in the Polish developer’s Kraków offices.While there’s no information to be gleaned on what exactly the game is from the listing, the developer is looking for candidates

The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 quest director Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz has joined Riot Games to work on its upcoming League Of Legends MMO.Tomaszkiewicz announced the news on Twitter, saying he was “excited and looking forward to this new challenge”.

Cyberpunk 2077 will fix several issues, including problems with inventories, stealth detection, animations, and perks.The patch is now available on PC, consoles, and Stadia to anyone who owns the base game, and includes a GPU memory optimisation update for PlayStation consoles.

CD Projekt Red has announced a Kickstarter campaign for a new manga spinoff to its popular RPG series The Witcher.The Witcher: Ronin will see monster hunter Geralt of Rivia reimagined in the style of Japanese mythology, swapping the Euro-centric creatures and legends he pursues in The Witcher III for an assortment of Yokai inspired by folklore and classic fables.The hardback release of the book, which will be exclusive to the Kickstarter campaign, will be written by CD Projekt Red’s Rafał Jaki,

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt allows fans to play with a first-person camera that “takes into account” mistakes included in previous iterations of similar mods.Released on Sunday (September 5), the mod – titled ‘First Person Camera Reworked‘ – aims to let players experience The Witcher 3 in first-person.

Cyberpunk 2077 has added life insurance to the game, meaning that instead of dying the player just comes back to life Grand Theft Auto style.Created by 3nvy, the “death alternative” mod is currently available on Nexus mods. It aims to create multiple new death scenarios, instead of just having the player reload a save upon death.

Cyberpunk 2077 appears to reveal that multiplayer and two expansions are still coming to the game.According to YouTuber Tyler McVicker (as reported by VGC), the files in the latest Cyberpunk update reveal multiple references to possible future updates.

Cyberpunk 2077 will add three pieces of free DLC alongside plenty of improvements and balance changes, when it launches soon. Revealed during the CD Projekt RED stream on Twitch today (August 17) and now listed on the game’s website, the patch includes a new look for Johnny Silverhand, which can be enabled in settings under the ‘additional content’ tab.There will also be new cosmetics available for playable character V, called the ‘Multilayered Syn-Leather Deltajock Jacket’ and the ‘Luminescent

Gwent cards from The Witcher.As reported by GamingBible, the gamer who goes by the name AntonRauch explained on The Witcher Reddit page how Card Game literally saved his life.In the lengthy Reddit post, AntonRauch told his story saying that after purchasing the Gwent card set that comes with The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Blood and Wine DLC they were on their way home before being attacked by someone in an alley.After the attacker fled, they went home, looked in a mirror and noticed a pocket knife

CD Projekt Red and joined Playground Games to work on their upcoming Fable reboot.According to Kapała’s LinkedIn profile, he is now working as the Principal Gameplay Designer at Playground Games. As the description says, Kapala is now “designing and implementing combat in Fable.” This suggests that the combat in Fable has not been determined yet and that the game is still far from release.Previously Kapała had worked at CDPR for almost seven years.

Vigilance 2099, has been given a detailed new gameplay trailer showing combat and driving mechanics.Envoidant Studios describes the game as a “cyberpunk bounty hunting game” where the player can hack into patrol units, run and jump around a neon city, and drive in a futuristic vehicle.The new Vigilance 2099 trailer shows the driving mechanics, along with plenty of running and rolling.

CD Projekt has announced The Witcher: Monster Slayer, a Pokémon Go-style mobile game, which will release on July 21.The Witcher: Monster Slayer is a free to play game developed by Spokko, a member of the CD Projekt family.

The Witcher and its game and TV adaptations, has released details of its line up.A collaboration between developers CD Projekt RED and Netflix, the event is billed as a virtual global celebration of all things The Witcher related.

CD Projekt Red CEO Adam Kiciński has said the studio is content with the current level of stability in Cyberpunk 2077, despite player issues.In an interview with TVN24, a Polish site translated by TechRaptor, Kiciński remarked on the stability of Cyberpunk 2077 after a series of patches.

Witcher: Total War mod for Medieval II: Total War on PC, which has been in the works for years, has announced a new development update.The previous update on the mod’s ModDB page was in October of last year. The team said in the most recent update though “we’ve been busy”, whilst showcasing screenshots and details.