Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty expansion offers CD Projekt Red’s biggest budget for additional content yet largest expansion in the studio’s history. The executive also stated that the company is “comfortable” with the current work cycle on Phantom Liberty. Cyberpunk 2077 development was rushed to meet the 2021 launch date, leading to a multitude of technical issues at launch.
Although not specifically mentioned, some of the increased budget may have gone towards casting Idris Elba (The Suicide SquadMolly’s Game) an important role for the phantom freedom Extension. In it, he plays Solomon Reed, an FIA agent for the “New United States of America,” a faction to which the player character V swears allegiance. Plot details are scarce, but a teasers this became apparent from September Keanu Reeves will reprise his role as the magnetic Johnny Silverhand who thinks V’s newfound Oath is a “bad idea”. Expect tons of dead government officials, new characters, and an electric whip as you embark on an “mission impossible” of espionage and survival Cyberpunk 2077 upcoming expansion.
Continue Cyberpunk 2077 official subreddit, there was a small one misunderstanding among members who believed Phantom Liberty to be the “biggest expansion” in CD Projekt Reds History – earlier Parkiet’s report was updated. However, community director Marcin Morton jumped at the opportunity and clarified that it was simply the biggest budget. “I just wanted to point out that this part is the biggest budget when it comes to expansion packs that we’ve released. We will talk more about the details of the game scope in the future,” he said in his comment. Currently, CD Projekt Red’s largest paid expansion is by size Blood and Wine from The Witcher 3: Wild Huntadding around 40 hours of gameplay to the base game.
When reported until now, Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Freedom will be a paid extension. While pricing has not yet been finalized, CDPR felt it necessary to work out the details as the studio is known for dropping multiple add-on content for its titles. The free ones are referred to as “DLCs”, while the larger, long-term developed content is referred to as “expansion”.
Long dormant interest in Cyberpunk 2077 rose after the premiere of the Netflix anime Cyberpunk: Edgerunner – in one place, attracts a million players dailyacross both consoles and personal computer. Of course, part of this resurgence had to do with the developers fixing many technical issues that were preventing players from having a good experience on the streets of Night City. A similar increase was observed in the number of players The witcher 3 even after that Henry Cavill led Live-action series dropped on Netflix.
The Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty expansion is coming to PC sometime this year. PS5and Xbox Series S/X.
