Microsoft’s 2018 E3 show ended in a huge way with a world-premier trailer of CD Projekt Red’s next endeavor, Cyberpunk 2077.
Microsoft’s 2018 E3 show ended in a huge way with a world-premier trailer of CD Projekt Red’s next endeavor, Cyberpunk 2077.
The short trailer showed off a striking view of the future of 2077, narrated by someone who is presumably the main character. It looks glorious, both graphics-wise and just knowing that the team behind The Witcher is developing it.
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But with a closer look, there’s even more to the trailer than just showing off how pretty the game is. At the very end of the trailer above, the video distorts for a split second, and a message appears on screen. The message is from the developers.
The message is from CD Projekt Red to the fans who have been waiting to hear more about the game since it was announced in 2014. In the message, the developer explains that pre-production on the game began once The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine expansion was finished.
CD Projekt Red makes it clear that the game is quite a ways out from releasing, all DLCs will be free, and there won’t be any microtransactions.
Here’s the full transcript of what the on-screen text says:
It’s been over 2077 days since we announced our plan to develop Cyberpunk 2077. We released a CGI trailer, gave some interviews and… went dark. Normal procedure for these kinds of things — you announce a game and then shut up, roll up your sleeves and get to work. We wanted to give you the Witcher 3 and both expansions first, which is why this period of staying silent was longer than we planned. Sorry for that.
As soon as we concluded work on Blood and Wine, we were able to go full speed ahead with CP2077’s pre-production. But we chose to remain silent. Why? At she point we made the decisions to resume talking about the game when we have something to show. Something meaningful and substantial. This is because we do realize you’ve been impatiently waiting for a very long time, and we wouldn’t like anyone to feel that we’re taking this for granted. On the contrary — it gives us a lot of extra motivation. The hype is real, so the sweat and tears need to be real, too 🙂
But to the point. Today is the day. If you’re seeing this, it means you saw the trailer. – our vision for Cyberpunk, an alternative version of the future where America is in pieces, megacorporations control all aspects of civilized life, and gangs rule the rest. And, while this world is full of adrenaline, don’t let the car chases and guns mislead you. Cyberpunk 2077 is a true single player, story-driven RPG. You’ll be able to create your own character and… well, you’ll get to know the rest of what show at our booth at E3. Be on the lookout for the previews!
Before we finish, you probably have some questions,
1. When?
When we told you we would only release the game when it’s ready, we meant it. We’re definitely much closer to a release date than we were back then 😉 but it’s still not the time to confirm anything, so patience is still required. Quality is the only thing that drives us. It’s the beauty of being an independent studio and your own publisher.
2. How big?
Seriously big, but… to be honest, we have no bloody clue at this point in time. Once we put it all together, we will openly tell you what you can expect. And we promise we’ll do this before we start talking about pre-orders or ask anything of you.
3. Free DLC/Expansions/DRM
Expect nothing less than you got with The Witcher 3. As for DRM, CP2077, will be 100% DRM-free on PC.
4. Microtransactions?
In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?
Once again, thank you for your patience. If you have a minute, do visit cyberpunk.net and share your opinion (about anything) with us. We read everything you posted we treat it very seriously.
Yours,
CD PROJEKT RED Team
H/T Polygon
