A new gang poster hinting at one known and one unknown gang in Cyberpunk 2077 and their potential story implications, some miscommunication about an alleged hands on preview of Cyberpunk 2077, Mike Pondsmith revealing details on the 2077 timeline in the form of a character from the lore, if “Wake up samurai” will actually be tied into the game itself, and more in todays Cyberpunk 2077 News and information episode!
First off, we have some corrections issued by Gameranx when it comes to hands on previews of Cyberpunk 2077. In a most recent top games of 2020 video, a member of the Gameranx team mentioned that Jake Baldino had played Cyberpunk 2077 at one point and mentioned that there were positive impressions about it. This caused some buzz online and some speculation as to if the hands-on previews of Cyberpunk 2077 were around the corner, after late last year President & CEO of CD PROJEKT Adam Kicinski mentioned a strong dose of information about Cyberpunk 2077 in the form of hands on previews would be shared in early 2020.
Evidently this was an error in the video, and Baldino has taken to twitter to rectify this, so it seems like the wait will continue for hands on previews of Cyberpunk 2077, where we will learn how the game actually feels in the hands of game journalists, and media outlets.
Next up we have some big hints about the game in the form of Night City Gang Poster Art. If you guys are familiar with Michal Dziekan, he has done many of the gang posters that are featured on the CD PROJEKT RED Store, which are by the way 20% off right now. The Maelstrom and the Valentinos have been featured on these posters so far, but it seems like he’s currently working on a Tyger Claws poster at the moment judging by his Instagram.
The Tyger Claws are a gang in 2020 and 2077 and have allegedly turned from a defensive combat booster gang, to a gang who uses its fair share of cyberware, bikes and katanas and have strong ties to Arasaka. Obviously, the Tiger is their logo, which can be seen in the bottom half with a gang member riding a yaiuba kusanagi. On the top however, we have a dragon.
Now the Steel Dragons are Yorinobu Arasakas gang consisting of Tokyo Nomads, who in the lore of Cyberpunk oppose Arasaka for their vile corporate operations. Yorinobu hates Arasaka after being born into the family and uncovering their truths. The poster shows what could be the two gangs clashing over territory, which would make sense lore-wise. At this point it’s a strong point of speculation that we will see Yorinobu and the Tokyo Nomads aka The Steel Dragons in the game.
Now In the same vein, Mike Pondsmith has taken to reddit, as he seems to do from time to time, to reveal more about Cyberpunk 2020, red and 2077. In a post he lays out a RP scenario he used to run called “Michiko’s Night Out” which involved the granddaughter of Saburo Arasaka leaving the compound on her 18th birthday in the company of her personal bodyguard Solo Kenichi Zaburo. While out barhopping, she runs into cyborg solo Adam Smasher, leading to some explosive results. As he continues, he likens Michiko to a cross between battle angel alita and a mad girl genius and mentions that we will meet an older Michicko in the full Cyberpunk Red release, and that she might show up in 2077 since she continues to exist in that timeline. It seems like we could be adding another Lore based character to the 2077 roster.
Next up we have details about the second most infamous Keanu / Silverhand quote so far. “Wake up samurai” has become a favorite line of those who have been following Cyberpunk 2077, but it seems like this dialogue between the player and Johnny might be confined to just the CGI Trailer for Cyberpunk. Via CDPR’s Community Manager Lilayah, we learn that this line is a phrase from the CGI trailer, not from the game so you probably won’t hear him mention these exact words.
Now we’ve talked a lot about the World of Cyberpunk 2077 lore book in the past, as well as the recently announced deluxe edition, but we’ve had some poor images so far to work with. We mentioned that yes there are temporary tattoos featured in the deluxe edition that show us the main gangs, some of which we didn’t know about before in the Mox and 6th street, but now we have a clearer image, featuring The Animals, The Voodooboys, The Valentinos, 6th Street, The Maelstrom, The Mox, Tygers Claw, and presumable one more hiding behind the first page. This could be the Wraiths mentioned on the back of the book, a subfaction of the violent rogue Nomad Nation the Raffen Shiv.
We also have a clearer image of the new vehicles, and 2 more car manufacturers in night City. We knew about Quadra and Thorton in our prior inspections, but now we have Archer, which represents the Entropism visual style, and Rayfield which represents the upper echelon neo-kitsch visual style.