The Cyberpunk 2077 sequel has entered the pre-production section, CD Projekt confirmed Wednesday. The corporate additionally stated the sport had left behind its “Challenge Orion” codename and would now be referred to as Cyberpunk 2. It is unclear, nonetheless, if that would be the official title of the sequel when it launches. The Cyberpunk 2077 sequel was introduced in 2022 and is being developed by CD Projekt Purple’s North America studio in Boston.

‘Cyberpunk 2’ Now in Pre-Manufacturing

The polish firm offered the event replace in its first-quarter 2025 earnings report, confirming the sequel had wrapped up its conceptual section.

“A number of weeks in the past the CD PROJEKT RED group liable for the subsequent large recreation set within the Cyberpunk universe accomplished the undertaking’s conceptual section. In consequence, Cyberpunk 2 – beforehand identified beneath the codename Challenge Orion – has progressed to preproduction,” CD Projekt stated in its monetary report.

The sport was introduced in 2022 as Project Orion however will now be referred to as Cyberpunk 2. That, nonetheless, isn’t the official title of the sequel. CD Projekt Purple senior PR supervisor Ola Sondej confirmed to The Verge that the brand new moniker merely means “it is one other recreation within the Cyberpunk universe.”

In an earnings presentation slide, the studio additionally confirmed that the Cyberpunk 2 growth group had grown from 84 workers members in February to 96 by the tip of April. The corporate is at present engaged on a number of tasks, with most of its 730 workers allotted to The Witcher 4. The subsequent Witcher title, which moved to full-scale production in November 2024, now has 422 builders engaged on it. Challenge Sirius, the multiplayer Witcher spinoff, now has a growth group of 48, whereas 19 workers are engaged on a brand new IP known as Challenge Hadar.

Cyberpunk 2 doesn’t have a launch timeline, however it’s possible years away from launch. CD Projekt has remained tightlipped in regards to the recreation, however some unconfirmed particulars in regards to the sequel have come to gentle.

This month, Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith revealed that the sequel would function a second metropolis along with Evening Metropolis from the primary recreation. Pondsmith, whose Cyberpunk tabletop RPG impressed the setting, characters and story of Cyberpunk 2077, described the brand new metropolis as “Chicago gone flawed”.

Phantom Liberty has offered over 10 million copies
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Phantom Libery Sells 10 Million Copies

In its earnings report, CD Projekt introduced that whole gross sales of Cyberpunk 2077’s Phantom Liberty enlargement had crossed 10 million copies. “This consequence fills us with nice satisfaction – particularly given {that a} new addition is about to hitch our Cyberpunk portfolio – on 5 June the sport’s Final Version will probably be coming to the brand new Nintendo Change 2 console,” the corporate stated.

The studio additionally introduced that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which celebrated its tenth anniversary of its launch on Might 19, had offered over 60 million copies, turning into one of many best-selling video games of all time.

CD Projekt additionally reported consolidated gross sales income of PLN 226 million (roughly 514 crore), with PLN 86 million (roughly Rs. 195 crore) in internet revenue, within the first quarter of 2025.