Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Codenamed Orion Announced by CD Projekt Red 2h553w Technology News

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Written by Rahul Chettiyar, Edited by Akhil Arora, Siddharth Suvarna | Updated: 5 October 2022 10:49 IST

Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel Codenamed Orion Announced by CD Projekt Red

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Cyberpunk 2077's first major expansion, 'Phantom Liberty,' launches in 2023

Highlights

Future titles will be built using Epic Games’ Unreal Engine
Cyberpunk 2077 recently hit the milestone of 20 million copies sold
CD Projekt Red has a new IP, codenamed Hader, in the conceptual stage

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A Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has been confirmed. During its Group Strategy Update stream held late Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced a bunch of new projects in the pipeline, which included a sequel to the 2020 futuristic role-playing game. Codenamed “Orion,” the project is touted to take “the Cyberpunk franchise further and continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe.” As per CD Projekt Red's president and CEO Adam Kiciński, development is still in the early stages and requires further growth of the team.

To strengthen development on the The Witcher 4, earlier this year.

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. pic.twitter.com/JoVbCf6jYZ
— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) October 4, 2022

“I am proud to say that Cyberpunk 2077 recently hit 20 million copies sold,” Kiciński said, reminiscing on the newfound resurgence the game has been enjoying over the past month. Cyberpunk Edgerunners, which opened to critical acclaim. “With this, we have collectively sold over 85 million copies of our four flagship games,” he added.

Xbox Series S/X. The studio affirmed that it won't be getting a last-gen console launch.

In other news, Marcin Iwiński, co-founder and t CEO of CD Projekt Red is stepping down from his position of the latter. “By the end of 2022, I'll hand over my duties to my colleagues from the board,” he said in a prepared statement. Iwiński is looking to the supervisory board as Chairman, exempting himself from a non-executive role, but allowing him to “remain active and engaged,” ing the management board.

Additionally, CD Projekt Red has plans to create a distinct IP, codenamed “Hadar.” Early-stage conceptual work commenced in 2021, and for the first time, the project will be developed 100 percent internally. “It is important to understand that we are not making a game just yet,” Michał Nowakowski, board member, reaffirmed. “We are working on the foundation of this new setting.”

Currently, there is no release window for Cyberpunk 2077 sequel Orion. Development on the project is much later in the timeline, as CD Projekt Red shifts focus to Xbox One.

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Cyberpunk 2077 4bm26

REVIEW
KEY SPECS
NEWS

Good
Good voice acting
Lots to do in Night City
Multiple ways to play
Three lifepaths, multiple endings

Bad
Terrible graphics
Low frame rate that impacts gameplay
Filled with bugs, frequent crashes
Too many loading screens
Enemies are bullet sponges
No cover system
Repetitive NPCs
Too much loot

Read detailed CD Projekt Cyberpunk 2077 review

Genre Action-Adventure

Platform PlayStation 4 (PS4), PlayStation 5 (PS5), Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, PC: Windows

Modes Single-player

PEGI Rating 18+

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