CD Projekt Red first revealed Cyberpunk 2077 in 2012. They first announced its release date to be April 2020. However, it's been delayed over and over again. So what is the actual release date?
Cyberpunk 2077 development history
CD Projekt Red started working on Cyberpunk 2077 when they finished Witcher 3‘s final expansion. While Witcher 3 has been the team's biggest project until then, they decided to put in more people and resources to work on this new game.
They're using a new game engine to construct the game. Dubbed the REDengine 4, it's a new iteration of the one they used for Witcher 3. The team received incentives from the Polish government to work on this game, amounting $7 million. All of these details point to Cyberpunk 2077 being this really big, gigantic project, increasing fan interest about the game.
Cyberpunk 2077 will also usher in the new generation of graphical fidelity. CD Projekt Red partnered with Nvidia to achieve real-time ray-tracing in the game.
Content for the game were nearly complete by mid-2019. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, staff developers were forced to work from home starting March 2020. At this point, they were only polishing the game and performing quality testing and assurance. The unexpected shift from office to work from home forced the developers to still enter crunch time, in spite of vowing not to a year prior.
Cyberpunk 2077 release date
CD Projekt Red initially announced that the game will be released on April 16, 2020. However, the coronavirus pandemic slowed down the production cycle, leading to an announcement that the game will have to be delayed to September 17. That date has come and gone, and CD Projekt Red yet again moves the release date to November 19.
Just last week, CD Projekt Red once again announced a delay to the game, citing quality issues.
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The multiple delays have led some to disbelieve the December 10 release date.
The rumor was denied by CD Projekt Red, claiming that they are just finalizing assets to reflect the December 10 release date.
So there we go folks. Until further notice, Cyberpunk 2077 releases on December 10, 2020, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and Xbox One.
CYBERPUNK 2077 IS OUT NOW!
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