Cyberpunk 2077 News – Devs CONFIDENT, Kids In 2077, LE Console!

Developer chatter on Twitter about the state of Cyberpunk 2077, some new merchandise including an official Xbox console and Headset, Cyberpunk Red miniatures and augmented kids being possible for 2077, more gang lore, rating agencies and some info about where Cyberpunk 2077 is truly an 18+ game, some music teases and more in todays Cyberpunk 2077 News!

First up we have the Cyberpunk 2077 twitter releasing some more Gang lore, this time about the Animals gang which we have seen in the Deep Dive video. The Animals are an aggressive street-fighting gang from west Pacifica that eschews the use of traditional cyberware. Instead, they use ultra-testosterone and animal supplements (like growth hormones). They’re animalistic at heart and dangerously proud of who they are.

In the demo these steroids were called Juice, so I’m not sure if this has changed, but regardless love their logo and their ideology.

Moving on, as we all know Cyberpunk 2077 was supposed to come out a week or so ago on April 16th, and for a while now we know that this date had been pushed back to September 17th so CDPR can focus on bug squashing and optimization. There was some speculation that we might get something Cyberpunk related on this date to tide us over until the marketing starts to ramp up in June, but This wasn’t the case as a Where’s Johnny meme was posted to their socials, meaning we’ll have to wait a bit longer for Cyberpunk content.

With that being said, it seems like the developers are talking about Cyberpunk 2077 a little bit more recently, with many of them being incredibly confident in the potential of the game. Pawel Sasko also retweeted this list of Top 10 RPGs of all time, mentioning that when 2077 comes out this list will be outdated. It will be worth the wait seems to be the common theme amongst CDPR and its staff.
Moving on we have the release of a couple of Cyberpunk products in the Johnny Silverhand controller, the Limited-Edition Xbox One X console as well as the official Cyberpunk SteelSeries headsets. The limited-edition console was the product of an Xbox ARG where the Game Detectives an online puzzle busting discord group cracked the code to unveil the unlisted Console Trailer. The console comes with a Silverhand controller which can be purchased separately, and for what it’s worth I think the controller is more my style than the console. In any case if you are in the market, check this out, but I’d probably just wait on next gen, unless you don’t have any way to play 2077 at the moment.

Moving on we have some rating agencies news as there was an alleged Instagram story pinning Cyberpunk 2077 at a Mature rating in North America and some insight from Brazilian classification that it will not be recommended for those under 18. Now the Instagram story has subsequently been deleted from the Cyberpunk 2077 official page, but the Brazilian ratings seem to carry a bit more information on where Cyberpunk 2077 seems to be more mature, and where it seems to be a little bit more age friendly. Of course, this is all relative since the game is adult in nature. JordanMK over on reddit gave us some addition insight into the age recommendations on some of the themes in Cyberpunk 2077, so I’ll post the age indicators for each on screen for you guys. Now obviously Brazil looks at these different elements with a different lens than north America would, but it does seem like this may be similar to The Witcher in terms of violence, nudity and language.