Anti-Russian remarks found in Ukrainian localization of Cyberpunk 2077 weren’t written by CD Projekt Red employees, studio claims
The studio says that the remarks will be removed
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CD Projekt Red has apologized after it was spotted that the newly released Ukrainian localization ofCyberpunk 2077contained dialog and images that could offend Russian players.
Rock Paper Shotgunreportsthat amongst the dialog in question, an anti-Russian derogatory term is used, and one piece of in-game graffiti appears to reference Russia’s occupation of Crimea in 2014. The graffiti reportedly shows the Crimean peninsula, with a symbol representing the Crimean Tatars and the Ukrainian coat of arms over the top of it.
Now though, as PC Gamerreports, CD Projekt Red has released an official statement acknowledging the dialog, and claims that the remarks weren’t written by the studio’s employees.
“The Ukrainian localization ofCyberpunk 2077contains several remarks that could offend some Russian players,” a statement posted toVKandTelegramreads (translated from Russian byGoogle). “These remarks were not written by CD Projekt Red employees and do not represent our views. We are working to fix them and replace them in the next update.
“We apologize for this situation and are taking steps to ensure it does not happen again.”
Last year,CD Projekt Red donated one million Polish Zloty(which today converts to $230,053.55 or £188,613.60) to the Polish Humanitarian Action, to help refugees and victims of the conflict in Ukraine. At the time, the studio stated that it had offered help to all of its Ukrainian employees and their families, and had provided legal assistance, psychological support, and organized for those affected to stay in Poland, if they wished.
Cyberpunk 2077’s DLC expansion,Phantom Liberty, released today (September 26) on current-gen consoles and PC. Players are being warned, however, that it’spossible to lock themselves out of the expansion’s main storyif they’re not careful with a certain dialog choice.
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