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Cyberpunk 2077 has multiplayer

CD Projekt Red managing director confirms upcoming role-playing game will have unspecified "multiplayer features."

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Cyberpunk 2077 will have a multiplayer component. Developer CD Projekt Red managing director Adam Badowski confirmed the news to Eurogamer, but did not go into greater detail.

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"It will be a story-based RPG experience with amazing single-player playthroughs, but we're going to add multiplayer features," Badowski said.

Badowski also confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will not cast players as a predefined hero but rather allow them to forge their own creation. "We'll have different situations in Cyberpunk," Badowski said. "Cyberpunk will have different character classes."

Cyberpunk 2077 puts players into a "dark future" in 2077 where advanced technologies have become "both the salvation and the curse of humanity." The game promises a nonlinear story designed for "mature" players and is set in the metropolis of Night City. It has also been revealed that Cyberpunk 2077 will feature sandbox elements, though this was not detailed.

CD Projekt Red's other project, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, may also include multiplayer. The developer recently said it was "thinking about something" related to a series-first multiplayer option for the 2014-dated role-playing game.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Of course so they can charge for online pass for the console release. Waste of Time.

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@megakick

are you trying to say CDProjekt Red, the guys behind the DRM free online game store GOG.com, would put online passes on their own games? You obviously don't know this company very well.

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@megakick

What console release? Cyberpunk is a PC-only title...

Beyond that, I dont think so that a studio like CD Projekt would bring something like online passes for its games. They never did, did they?

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@TransvormerSCol Actually none can tell if CP 20077 will be on consoles or not since the game is still in pre-alpha stage, as far as I know no one said it will be PC exclusive.

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@uxtull

Yay, you're pretty right, but I don't think so that this game is going to crush on consoles since it's CD Projekt, mate ;P

Or maybe it will, but after the PC Version is completed, so this game is going to build on PC performance and not on consoles. If it crushes on consoles after the pc version release, no one will mind but the console players. Maybe or maybe not, well, I don't mind anyway, because I am going to buy this game on PC.

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Niceee

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Of course. Of course it would have some kind of multiplayer, because why not.

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Not every game needs multiplayer,only game that needs it is cod if you remove multiplayer from cod that game would be naked

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@Toadamus Yes not every game needs it but that doesn't make it bad. A well thought out multiplayer can drastically improve a game. The only time a multiplayer is bad is when its tacked on with no real thought put into it.

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I don't mind them putting something in Cyberpunk, but Witcher 3 is a no-no. Why do companies always want to mess up with the 3rd game?

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@gamingnerd121 Now we know why Gabe is afraid of 3 .

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Edited By Venom_Raptor

So unnecessary, just focus on single player!

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Edited By Unfallen_Satan

This calls for more info.

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The difference between their multiplayer and others is thay they wont use it for drm, if they want to try something new let them.

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Well, here we go. I guess I'll give CD Projekt a chance with this, I can see it being alright if it's done something like Demon's/Dark Souls. Just hoping we don't get some lame team deathmatch mode.

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@Vari3ty I was going to say....If they can do it like a Souls game, that would be fantastic. I don't want a count down 3..2..1...FIGHT! kind of multi. It will be interesting to see what they've got up their sleves :)

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They are clearly more focused on singleplayer. The multiplayer will probably be a minuscule feature at best. So quit yo bitchin!

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Since EA killed Bioware and Bethesda only make dumb down elder scrolls games I'll give you a go CD Project Red you sound like what you know what you are doing so far.

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@snakefantasy10 After this and CD Project RED will be dead

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@corrus @snakefantasy10 I don't know time will tell.

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aaaaannnnnnnnnnddddd let the bitching commence

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First Bioware and now CD Project RED

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*sigh* If it does have multiplayer, please let it be like the multiplayer feature of Persona 4 Golden.

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i trust you CD Projekt, no worries!

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ahhhh too soon?

but if it's like demon's souls/dark souls then **** yes!

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"Multiplayer features" doesn't usually mean the same thing as "endless, mind-numbing frag-fest deathmatches." It's very possible to utilise social elements of gaming as a worthwhile tool rather than a tacked on feature.

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Might be cool if they do it like Demon/Dark Souls. Dickwraithing in the year 2077 and all that.

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I wouldn't be happy about this if it was any other company than CD Projekt Red. They know what they're doing, they're not going to just shoehorn it in there.

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Like EA said; welcome to the future.

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Boohoo single player waaaaah we don't want more game for our buck!

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@jinzo9988 Or less game for our buck, if we find online gaming boring as hell.

*Points to Mass Effect 3 as proof*

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@MooncalfReviews @jinzo9988 looks at Mass Effect 3. I fail to see your point. Ending controvesy or not Mass Effect 3 was a very well made game that solidly improved overall on Mass Effect 2. Not to mention the multiplayer didn't affect the single player in ME3 at all since it was made by a separate bioware studio.

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Mass Effect 3 was a great game, I agree. But people making arguments such as the one you just made are absolutely ignoring the glaring logic here:

a) Separate Bioware studio still gets the funding from the same source.

b) Bioware were under directive from EA not to exceed that budget, and not put too much into the game. Why, you ask? Because they can only charge so much for a single game (2 disks on 360, which costs them extra to produce), and the more money they put into making the game, the more money they stood to lose. It's simple business practice not to make the quality of your product too brilliant, because at a certain level of quality, 95% of people will but it regardless. Which also leads to ...

c) If they make the game too long, people only buy 1 game that month (or that quarter), but if they make it less long, people buy two games, and the chances are another of those games might be published by EA. Exceeding a certain set budget would have likely seen the game's lifespan also increase. Which brings me to point ...

d) ME3 wasn't as long as ME2. It was about 10-20 hours less.

e) The script wasn't anywhere near as good. There were gaping plot holes, and some of the dialogue was massively corny. I love the story, but come on, they obviously skimped on writer wages so that they could fund their multiplayer mode.

f) The game wasn't anywhere near as imaginative as ME2 or 1. Most of the story was predictable.

g) If it wasn't for the multiplayer mode, we would have seen more SINGLE PLAYER DLC. ME2 had about 7 solid single player DLC entries. ME3 has seen 4 single player DLCs, and about 8 multi-player. Oh but surely, if there's another studio working on the multi-player, we should have seen equal single-player to multi-player DLC ratios? Wrong, because...

In summery: EA gave Bioware a set budget, and Bioware were forced to spend a large portion of that budget on multiplayer, which made the overall product quality, length and DLC less than it could have been

Please copy-paste to anyone saying that multi-player doesn't take away from single-player. Some people need to take some logic 101 classes, seriously

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No. Focus entirely on single player.

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No. No multiplayer in Witcher 3. Not every game needs it. just keep Witcher 3 the way it is. But this Cyberpunk game seems interesting.

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As long as i don't have my eyes on what it's going to be like, I'm not going to bash them.

But if it's the usual run and gun PVP with no depth bullsht, they can go F themselves!

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It's ok . Multiplayer should stay away from The Witcher 3 . Don't mind in Cyberpunk . Both games gonna be kick ass . I hope they don't streamline for newbies but force them to change their tactics just like first two games . you have to use traps , you have to use block , you have to use dodge and so on otherwise you are done . Those are the things I love about their games .

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I'm not looking forward for MP in The Witcher. But I'm a bit more positive about it in Cyberpunk, hope it's done well.

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Ouch... that did hurt!

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of course it does ppl its 2013...

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Seeing this and Shadowrun returns landing sometime this year has me in tears of joy.

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They made games like no other. Maybe the multiplayer will be on the same note!

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Edited By Solace427

Seeing that we have no idea what gameplay is like for this game and there's now multiplayer is not too thrilling to me. I am still completely interested in this game for sure but I just hope it wont cause a give and take in quality between the story and the multiplayer in terms of quality. Regardless I have faith in CD Projekt Red. They are awesome

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But it still can be played fully single player experience. They just add the chance to add friends to that.

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meh, do not want.

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BOOOOOOOOOOO

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Obviously CD Projekt Red is falling to the Darkside...soon EA will own them. Buhahahaha!!!!!

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Edited By 2bitSmOkEy

I'm still beyond hyped for this game....though I imagine this will fit this soon-to-be-comment section nicely..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gSQg1i_q2g

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@2bitSmOkEy I think you can say that (the video) for almost anything on the internet.

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