Cyberpunk 2077 Expansion Coming in 2023, The Witcher 3 Sold 40 Million Copies
CD Projekt Red promises to release long-awaited story expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 next year and shares other development updates.
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| Cyberpunk 2077 Expansion Coming in 2023, The Witcher 3 Sold 40 Million Copies |
It took over six months of patches for developer/publisher CD Projekt Red to bring 2020 action role-playing game Cyberpunk 2077 to a stable state and return to PlayStation Store in June last year after reaching to a much satisfying level.
Players have long been waiting for development update of first Cyberpunk 2077 expansion and today, CD Projekt announces a 2023 release window for upcoming story DLC at recent financial call including other production plans in 2022.
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| Cyberpunk 2077 Sold 18 Million Copies |
According to CDPR vice president and chief financial officer Piotr Nielubowicz, dev team is busy working on DLCs and a major CP 2077 expansion featuring a new storyline for fans who already explored open-world metropolis of Night City.
Nielubowicz also confirms that Cyberpunk 2077 has sold over 18 million copies worldwide as of April 14, 2022. Moreover, he promised to prioritize post-launch plans for CP 2077 and continue long-term support to improve over gameplay.
CDPR shares a roadmap regarding Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 next-gen version at latest earnings call.
As it was mentioned in @CDPROJEKTRED_IR financial call moments ago, Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion will arrive in 2023. Please stay tuned for more details coming later this year 🦾 https://t.co/rq1w6RDTDL
— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) April 14, 2022
CD Projekt has officially revealed a new Witcher game earlier and has moved to Unreal Engine 5 instead of their proprietary REDengine. Gwent: The Witcher Card Game is getting a spin-off and offers support for The Witcher: Monster Slayer.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt next-gen upgrade has been delayed indefinitely and CDPR brought its development in-house. The Witcher franchise sale has reached over 65 million copies, including more than 40 million units of Witcher 3 game.
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| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Sold 40 Million Copies |
CD Projekt earnings call also mentioned an unannounced project on their own franchise getting developed by Boston-based newly acquired studio The Molasses Flood while they keep working on conceptual work for a new untitled project.
Cyberpunk 2077 launched to a broken state for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a bunch of technical issues that plagued the game. Following next-gen version release for CP 2077, overall gameplay experience has been improved a lot.
