Phantom Liberty being Cyberpunk 2077’s only expansion was a “technological decision”
There’ll definitely be no more expansions, it’s been reiterated
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CD Projekt has confirmed that no matter how goodPhantom Liberty’s sales are, there won’t be any more expansions forCyberpunk 2077. This is partly down to a “technological decision”, according to CD Projekt’s SVP of business development, Michał Nowakowski.
As VGCreports, in a quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, 30 August, CD Projekt was quizzed on how wellPhantom Libertywould have to sell in order for the company to be convinced to make a second expansion. However, Nowakowski was clear that this wasn’t a consideration at all.
“The decision has actually been made,” Nowakowski said. “As we have announced a long time ago, we’re not going to make a second or third expansion. This is the only expansion of the game, and it has nothing to do with the numbers and how satisfied or not we are with sales or anything of the kind.
“It’s a technological decision, to be honest,” he explained. “This is the last time we’re working on the Red Engine for the time being at least, and in the foreseeable future as you know we are working on the Unreal Engine from Epic. This was one of the key reasons why we decided this was the only one.”
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Libertyis set to release on September 26, exclusively on PC,PS5, andXbox Series X|S. Even for those who aren’t planning on buying the expansion, though, a handful of new features (such as vehicle combat and an overhauled police system) will beadded to the base game for freeas part of the 2.0 update. However, this will also only be available to those playing on current-gen consoles and PC.
Even thoughCyberpunk 2077isn’t getting any more expansions beyondPhantom Liberty, a second game in the series has beenconfirmed- currently codenamedOrion, it’s set to “continue harnessing the potential of this dark future universe”. Right now, it’s not clear when fans can expect it to release.
For some games that are a bit closer to release, you can check out our list ofupcoming games. If you want something to play right now, you can read our recommendations for thebest PC games.
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