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Cyberpunk 2077 News – VGAs 2019, Easter Eggs, Body Types & Languages!

We have a fair bit of Cyberpunk 2077 to cover today including Q&As, Easter Eggs, Localization, Contests, The Video Game Awards, A Cyberpunk 2077 Comic, Body Types and more.

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.

Cyberpunk 2077 News – Q4 Release, Video Game Awards, Tweet!

In today’s Cyberpunk 2077 news well be looking at an interesting tweet sent out by Cyberpunk 2077 , a shareholders conference featuring some Cyberpunk 2077 release predictions by analysts involved, A great RedBull article pointing out some things in Cyberpunk 2077 we may have missed and The Video Game Awards.
So first up we have a polish article referencing a CDPR conference call, where some interesting details were revealed. Now this Article is very roughly translated using google translate so the wording may be off here and there, but you can kind of get the gist of it based off this rudimentary translation. First up in the article, We have the fact that CD Projekt Red wants Cyberpunk 2077 to be as detailed as Red Dead 2, something we have mentioned in previous videos. We do also have some analyst projections and predictions when it comes to Cyberpunk 2077.
According to those involved in the conference call, some are predicting a quarter 4 2019 release of CDPR’s new open world RPG. Just for reference quarters are as you can imagine in 3 month cycles during the year, making a quarter 4 release sometime in either October, November or December. It’s important to note that the analysts have made these predictions, and it’s not something straight from CD Projekt Red.
Next in analysts forecasts is how many copies of the game will sell upon release. According to the analysts they’ve maintained the assumption that there will be 19 million copies sold in the first quarter equating to 525 million us dollars. For reference Red Dead 2 sold 725 USD in 3 days, 15 million copies in 8 days, and 17 million copies in 12 days, and only came out for PS4 and Xbox 1.
The analysts also mentioned that they think the Sci-fi cyberpunk world has more mass appeal than a western setting and that their forecast for Cyberpunk’s sales are conservative. The article then goes on to question the analysts, as whoever wrote it doesn’t seem to think 19 million is conservative.
Now again this article is very roughly translated, but to me the fact that they believe a sci fi cyberpunk world has more mass appeal, but sales being considereably lower than RDR2, which is not even available on PC, makes me question these forecasts. If we are reading this right, I think Cyberpunk should have considereably more sales than 19 million assuming it accrues sales the entire 3 months, which spans holiday seasons which will inevitably sell more games, but hey im no analyst.
Next we have an interesting little tweet from CDPR that was sent out on Cyber Monday. Now, yes it could just be because the word Cyber is in it, but judging by how infrequently the 2077 page tweets, and their responses to some comments, im thinking this is a more loaded tweet than it first appears to be.
Next we have an amazing article from believe it or not, RedBull. In this article they lay out some of the details carried over to Cyberpunk 2077 from cyberpunk media and content that has come before it. In this article it shows how the red UI and HUD are inspired from the terminator series. Kiroshi even seems to follow the same terminator aesthetic with its eye augmentations. Next is the Stanley Kubrick and steven Spielberg collaboration film Artificial Intelligence and how an overpopulated earth deals with issues stemming from the loneliness and isolation that is created as a by product of service robots who can provide all the human essentials in love, sex and laughter. This may be something that Cyberpunk may decide to deal with. We already see the isiolation and sadness in V’s face upon the departure of a Joyboy prostitute from her apartment in the gameplay demo.
Next we have the themes of braindance which exposes humans dependence on technology and cross-references that with the novel Neuromancer, about a drug addicted computer hacker who uploads his consciousness onto the internet to steal data. This sounds very much like netrunning, a pivotal part in the Cyberpunk lore and world. This concept of speed hacking and web consciousness was also made more popular by the Matrix Movies.
Next we have Ghost In The Shell and its heady questions on individuality and human existence. It deals with the transfer of consciousness into a robotic shell, which in essence draws upon parallel concepts in Cyberpunk 2077’s cyberpsychosis and the humanity cost associated with cyberware.
Finally we have Blade Runners inspiration for the look of the city of Cyberpunk with its neon lights, filthy dark streets and and decrepit living conditions. Although Blade Runner is set in perpetual darkness, the world of Night City is modelled off a very similar street aesthetic and feeling.
Finally we have the Video Games Awards coming up soon here on December 6th, so tune in and check that out because it’s the last big event of the year, and CDPR might hit us with a trailer or some cyberpunk content like they’ve done with the witcher in the past.

Cyberpunk 2077 – What’s Next? (GamesCom, VGA’s, E3)

Cyberpunk 2077 – What’s Next? (Gamescom, VGA, E3)

With Games Com being less than 2 weeks away, Today we are going to be looking at what kind of exciting new things well see not only there but over the span of the next year or more of marketing from CD Projekt red and what we might see in the Tokyo Games Show, E3 2019, GDC, Pax and other big gaming events where Cyberpunk 2077 will be present for new information

Stay tuned to the end to see what I think the Cyberpunk 2077 marketing schedule will be like month by month, and what content we might be getting!

Getting right into it Let’s look at how they unveiled the Witcher 3 to get a better idea how similar it is to Cyberpunk 2077 and the possible marketing timeline they are aiming for. CDPR has stated they want a bigger marketing approach to Cyberpunk 2077, so we can expect sizable chunks of content to be coming out regularly. Now whether they stick to this “bigger and better” approach or veer off on a different route is anyone’s guess, but again, the best thing we can look at is How the Witcher 3’s marketing unfolded.