We finally have official mod support, how is CDPR tied to the whole GameStop financial saga with hedgefunds taking a massive hit on the market, Takemura game breaking bug *Update* Hotfix 1.1 is out, and sex mod with Keanu pulled!

0:00 – 2:08 – Intro
2:08 – 3:45 – Official Mod Support
3:45 – 5:04 – Keanu & Other NPC Steamy Mod
5:04 – 6:44 – CDPR & GameStonk
6:44 – 8:56 – Quickfire Topics

First up check out a couple new exclusive screenshots from Japanese Gaming Magazine Famitsu, found courtesy of JackJake on twitter. The first one seems to be during the street kid lifepath, with a 6th street gang member in the back judging by the patriotic attire. Based on what we believe to be other 6th street members, this guy seems to be quite a bit more augmented than what we’ve previously seen from the 6th street.

Next we have this augmented monk in darker robes, which is a stark contrast to the bhikku monks in the orange robes who are against implantation. I believe this is in the corporate path, and does have me intrigued as to what this guys story is. Corporates don’t strike me as the most meditative people in the world of Cyberpunk so i’m curious to know if he is an Arasaka employee, or not and if he is infact a monk what kind of values and beliefs he prescribes to since it’s likely not the same beliefs as the anti-cyberware monks.

We also have a new screenshot from EDGE Magazine who have recently revealed that Cyberpunk 2077 will grace the cover of their september 2020 issue of the magazine. Within the magazine however we find an image of Johnny Silverhand in his full glory. Also shoutout to JackJake again for the upscale and Ani HVX for some revisions. Anyways there is a very curious detail here. Johnny seems to be holding the chip, which as far as we know houses his consciousness. His body doesn’t have the digital glitching and artificating so the question is if he has gotten out of the chip somehow, and is now in control of it. Have you and silverhand traded places, has he trapped someone else on there, and if this is the immortality chip and a physical silverhand, how exactly did that even happen. I’m sure we will find out on November 19th, but for now you can let your brain marinate in these contemplative juices.

Next we have this image that CDPR snuck onto their website, which appears to be the area of Santo Domingo based on the power plants, and the more industrial areas seen on the right hand side. A lot of people were mentioning this as giving them a bladerunner vibe, and the airspace here is pretty choked with not only smog but a fair amount of AVs and flying cargo vehicles.

We also have a district feature on Santo Domingo courtesy of CDPR where they divulge more information of this zone on the edge of Night City. They explain Santo domingo as “One of night city’s oldest districts. Thanks to its location, the district avoided serious damage from the 4th Corprate War. Instead, it tuned into a provisional camp for thousands of Night City citizens seeking shelter. Today, the settlements are gone and Santo Domingo has become a testing ground for industrial projects: corporations destroy old factories, only to build new ones in their place.

Meanwhile, residents scrape a desperate living in crowded megabuildings – constantly wishing for something better. It didn’t take long for a couple of ex-military guys to group together to take matters into their own hands. That’s how the district became a home for the 6th street gang.

Arroyo is the industrial heart of Santo Domingo. In this region of contrast you can find an old nuclear power plant and junkyard right next to high-tech corporate factories. Operational factories keep their own private security, as neglected buildings quickly become gang controlled.

Workers from arroyo live in Rancho Coronado – a self-sufficient housing district with dozens of identical homes. THis neighborhood is reminiscent of american suburbs from the middle of the 20th century.

Moving on we have a tweet from the CYberpunk 2077 twitter page congratulating Hideo Kojima on the release of the PC port of his open world epic Death Stranding. Alongside the congratulations is a render of Kojima on the yaiba kusanagi, from when he visited the CD PROJEKT RED public booth back at I believe the tokyo game show. If you guys remember Kojima had also visited CDPR in warsaw last year. This in combination with the render has led to some speculation on whether Kojima will be featured in Cyberpunk 2077.

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First, we have this awesome Voodooboys Xbox One X console CD PROJEKT RED has created in collaboration with the Friendly Fire 5, an annual German charity stream on Twitch. This is being auctioned off on eBay to support charities and is already up to almost 14K euros with still a fair bit of time left on the auction.
Now during the actual FF5 stream Miles Tost and Fabian Doehla were also asked about the game, mainly in regards to Easter Eggs and Tesla’s Cybertruck.

When asked if the team creates Easter eggs that only coworkers will understand, Miles and Fabian mention that the legal department has to approve Easter eggs and that they mostly use insider eggs that only employees can understand.

Fabian mentions that they are working on a bigger project in cyberpunk and waiting for that to get approval, and that with these eggs they don’t want to break immersion.

Miles also cannot confirm or deny the presence of Witcher 3 Easter eggs, although we have already seen some.

They also mentioned that the Cybertruck reveal was a surprise for them as well as the design and the logo. Fabian mentions that if it has something to do with CDPR, that would be a great compliment. This sort of insinuates that there is no collaboration here, although there might have been some inspiration taken from 2077 or the Cyberpunk source material.

Next up we have a brief Q&A in Game City Vienna 2019 featuring Miles Tost. We have a couple new details here including radio stations and body types. After the demo presentation the floor was opened up for some questions. When it comes to radio stations u/WolfgangCrojcig who compiled these questions on reddit mentioned that he saw 4-5 radio stations being cycled. One was Pacific Dream, another was Night City FM and a there was also a third which he believes is called The Dirge. We’ve also seen Stanley Media as a general radio station, assuming this station is still in the game.

When asked about if there are different body types in the game such as Bulky, fat, and skinny, our OP mentions that there are sliders for this on each relevant body part, but he couldn’t see how much it affects our character because It was never showcased.

Moving on we have this really cool Cyberpunk 2077 comic book that employees at CDPR and GOG received recently. The cover seems to feature the immortality chip.

Next up we have some hints about a potential CDPR and Cyberpunk 2077 presence at The Video Game Awards 2019 tonight. By the way ill be streaming this live with Neon Nation so set a reminder and come stop by the channel to hang out and watch the awards show with the community.

Now last year CDPR came out and denied their presence days before the VGAs 2018 saying they would not be in attendance. This year we have gotten 0 confirmation of them not being there and doing some diving into CDPR employees it seems like the Public Relations manager of CD PROJEKT RED Fabian Doehla is in Los Angeles as is the communication director at CD PROJEKT RED. Now the Awards show does also take place in LA. Joint CEO of CD PROJEKT Piotr Nieulobowicz also mentioned in a financial call that they have begun the marketing ramp up, and this call was released merely weeks ago.

There’s also a theory floating around the net regarding Green Day and CD PROJEKT RED.

All this considered I think there is some credence to CDPR having some sort of presence within the VGAs so again stop by the channel and we’ll find out together tonight!

Also check out the growth of the VGAs year by year. This is an awards show that has become increasingly relevant by its exponential growth since it began in only 2014. It would be a ripe time to showcase at least something.

Moving on we have a ton of details about supported languages, localization and some snippets of voice acting work from around the globe. This is something that CD PROJEKT RED is heavily investing in, to make the VA as true to Cyberpunk as possible no matter what version you pick up or where you live.

In an interview with NightCityLife.de a german Cyberpunk 2077 fan site, Mikolaj Szwed, senior localization producer at CD PROJEKT RED mentioned some truly interesting facts about Cyberpunk 2077’s localization.

Voice actors are chosen on recommendations of existing studios in their respective countries for the most part, but Mikolaj cant mention whether there will be celebrity or influencer voice actors at the moment. He estimates around 100 voice actors are working on Cyberpunk 2077, which was the same for The Witcher 3. I believe this is in reference to the German version, so extrapolate that figure for all the different localizations. For reference Skyrim has 70 voice actors.

When asked if there has been any changes when it comes to levels based on playtesting and character builds offering up new challenges when it comes to level design, Max responds by saying “There was definitely constant tweaking and iteration because in one playtest the player might not even touch certain routes.

Max goes on to mention that changes have been made specifically in how the game will allow you to play the stealthy route, and that there is always an option for the player.

Next we have a question about the importance of R&D when it comes to multiplayer.

When it comes to free DLC and expansions, it seems like CDPR will be following in the footsteps of the Witcher 3 and applying what they’ve learned from those releases as well. Expect a lot of free post launch content and DLCs that have the scope of entire games in themselves similar to Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.

The next question was in regards to if existing TPP cutscenes have been changed (Like the ones seen in the 2018 demo) to first person?

Pears was also asked how NPC’s address the player character’s gender.

Lastly Max Pears also mentions that we won’t be able to romance Johnny Silverhand aka Keanu Reeves.

Next we have a tweet from the Cyberpunk 2077 twitter page showing an image of a max tac officer.

Finally we have a Japanese interview with Richard Borzymowski where he discusses some of the influences of Cyberpunk 2077.

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Now in doing some research about why the demo did not look as sharp as past Cyberpunk demos and trailers and even the showcases of the Witcher I stumbled upon this reddit thread thanks to user AlwaysNewbie featuring side by side comparisons from the Gameplay Sneak Peek trailer and the Deep Dive demo we recently got to compare and contrast the visuals.

Now I want to mention that no one who saw the Gamescom and E3 demos complained about a graphical downgrade or blurriness so this led me to believe that any blurriness we saw was not representative of the game, but instead because of certain settings being turned on, poor recording and compression techniques and the nature of how they have changed the environment at least in the outdoor sequences.

The 48 minute demo did not suffer from this blurriness in any environment, and that is an actual playable section of the game, and not a vertical slice.
I also want to add that in the deep dive in doors for the most part looks substantially better and many times doesn’t suffer this blurriness effect.

So let’s take a look at the side by sides from the trailer and the demo.

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First up we have an interview around E3 from our good buddy Andre from NightCityLife a German Cyberpunk 2077 fan-site, who sat down with Miles Tost the Senior Level Designer at CD PROJEKT RED to talk specifically about Hacking.

The first question was about just how many things in the world of Night City we could hack. With the E3 demo including a large variety of environmental tech to hack like the weight training bench and the training bot, they wanted to find out if hacking things like phones, ATMs and billboards would be viable.

“If you want to hack an ATM, you first must find the access point, which controls the machine. Certain hardware can be instantly hacked, but only when it’s connected to the network and you will have to gain access to that first.”

Miles also references something akin to “Hacker mana” where to perform a certain hack you need to consume certain points.

While lethal and non-lethal hacks are part of the game, they are all tied to specific programs called Daemons which can be bought an installed into your cyberdeck.

Next up we have news that Keanu Reeves was almost cast in another triple A title coming out next year which may have impacted him even being in Cyberpunk 2077 as the snarky Rockerboy Johnny Silverhand.

Next up we have some more details from NightCityLife and Miles Tost. Now at this point we all know the Voodooboys are of Haitian descent and have taking refuge in Pacifica. We also have further details that they have moved to the US because Haiti is underwater due to global warming. The voodooboys of 2077 are not precisely the frat boy drug lord terrorists of 2020, and Miles Clarifies that this is 50 years in the future and it’s the same timeline but there is a lot going on with the Voodooboys.

Next we have a ton of details about Cyberpunk 2077 that we have yet to cover. We won’t go over repeated points from this article that I’ve made in previous videos so if you want even more details I suggest watching these 2 videos to catch you up to speed on all the gameplay mechanics and details from Cyberpunk 2077 we have learned recently.

Next we have some brief new details about Jackie Welles, our Hispanic companion we’ve come to love from the 2018 demo and 2019 CGI trailer. This is via a new cosplay guide where his bio is as follows. “As a teenager Jackie joined the Valentinos gang, but ditched it after a few years when his mother found out. He always wanted to be his own master so eventually settled on a career as a mercenary. Friendship, loyalty and family ties are what drives him. To Jackie, blood is always thicker than water. He’s a rock-solid, composed professional who respects other mercs. Eventually he wants to provide for his own family and live in luxury, but he’s getting impatient because this is still just an elusive dream.”

Honestly he sounds a total bro, and the part about him ditching the gang life because he was scared of getting an ass whoppin’ from his momma is pretty funny as well. Better be dodging those high velocity sandal rounds from Momma Welles.

Next we have some clarification on what exactly CD PROJEKT RED meant when they brought up the fact that religion will be present in the game.

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Next up we have this awesome new release for Pre order from Dark Horse Comics called The World of Cyberpunk 2077. This is described as an insightful, captivatingly designed, full-color hardcover that transports readers to the futuristic megalopolis of Night City. This is an extensive examination of the rich lore of Cyberpunk 2077 with 200 pages of goodness. If you guys are into art, or learning about the world of Cyberpunk this is a must buy. Pre orders are live, so head on over to Amazon and reserve a copy.

Next up we have details on how Cyberpunk 2077 will look on low-end PCs and modern consoles. In an interview with WCCFTech, CDPR’s Alvin Liu was asked a question regarding the optimization for lower end hardware, since many have become wary that their machines will not be able to run Cyberpunk 2077.

Alvin responds as follows. We have a very custom engine, the RED Engine. We’re targeting consoles as first class platforms and it looks amazing there.

Next we have A couple awesome details. When it comes to the music of Cyberpunk 2077 it seems like CDPR has added Paul-Leonard morgan to it’s team of composers. If you guys have seen 2012’s Dredd, he composed the soundtrack for that movie which is a fairly strong soundtrack in my opinion. He also shared a snippet of his work, which seems to be featured in the gameplay sneak peek trailer.

When it comes to attacking NPCS we will be able to be aggressive to most of the people you meet, other than children or NPCs connected with the plot.

Next we have details that every 3rd copy of Digital versions of Cyberpunk 2077 have been pre ordered from GOGcom a subsidiary of CR PROJEKT GROUP. This is awesome because CD PROJEKT GROUP collects 100% of the money upon purchase and it’s a great way to support developers who are actually making good games these days. If you haven’t already consider pre ordering via GOG and show CDPR that we appreciate their hardwork and consumer friendly policies.

Speaking of GOG, the entire team is so hyped about Cyberpunk 2077 that they have decided to launch a new magazine called the Night City News where they will post updates about the game. In issue #1 they feature their 2019 version of Chippin in by legendary chrome rock music band Samurai, played by the REFUSED, a brief synopsis on netrunner T-Bug and the nature of her betrayal in the 2019 CGI trailer, a brief synopsis of Pacifica, the cosplay contest details, and some details on nonlethal settings on weapons to neutralize enemies. This is all stuff we have covered, but it’s nice to glean over again. Also they have provided a high quality do it yourself Cyberpunk 2077 poster you can print out. Trust me when I say if you guys hang this up in your room youll be getting all the babes.

Moving on to an interview with Game Media we have more from mateusz tomaszkiewicz . When asked what other Hollywood stars he’d like to see in the game apart from Keanu he says “I love Meryl Streep .. I love the Devil wears Prada, and it would be a great to have her as one of the characters in the game” he goes on to mention that “She could totally be one of the big corporate characters in the game.”

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