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With its highly anticipated expansion imminent, a groundbreaking Cyberpunk 2077 update has dropped, bringing with it a sweeping overhaul of many of the game’s most controversial and disappointing systems, finally bringing the game much closer to what many had hoped it would be at launch three years ago.
Cyberpunk 2077 update 2.0 is now live as of yesterday, and it includes many amazing new features, including huge updates to perks and basic systems within the game, new skill trees, and greatly improved AI in general, especially enemies and cops.
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Alongside this update, many fans of noticed new content related to last year’s highly popular Netflix anime tie-in for the show, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The release of the series was met with praise from outsiders and game fans alike and resulted in a large increase in new players for the game and an eventual reevaluation of its quality that gradually saw its Steam rating finally reach a mostly positive state.
Cyberpunk 2077 Update Contains Edgerunners Spoilers
Fair warning to those who have not yet seen the show, this new Cyberpunk 2077 update contains spoilers for the events of the show, which is set one year before the game takes place. If you wish to remain unspoiled, this is your last warning before diving into the new content added to the game.
Spoilers for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners below.
In this new Cyberpunk 2077 update, spotted by Twitter user SynthPotato, players can find a holographic tribute to David Martinez, one of the lead characters from the anime series, who was murdered by Adam Smasher at the end of the series. The hologram features a touching description that ties in beautifully to the end of the series.
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“You didn’t take me to the moon, but you were there with me,” reads the description, a heartbreaking reference to the show’s final moments, which saw Lucy fulfill her dream of going to the moon, albeit without her lover, David, and now dreaming of him being there with her.
It is a wonderful tribute to the series, to which the game arguably owes a lot of its recent popularity. Prior to the show’s release, public reception toward the game had still not yet recovered following its disastrous launch. Once the show dropped, however, and players started to return to an updated experience, that slowly began to change. Now, Phantom Liberty is arguably one of the most anticipated game releases of the year.
While this new Cyberpunk 2077 update is live now, the Phantom Liberty expansion will be released in four days, on September 26, 2023 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC. The expansion will not be available for last-gen consoles, dropping support for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
How do you feel about this update? Are you excited to play more Cyberpunk 2077, or have you given up on the game? Are you planning to play right now or are you simply waiting to play the expansion when it releases? Let us know in the comments and on our social media feeds!
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