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Cyberpunk 2077 - Witcher 2 devs

Discussion in 'PC Games' started by Philll, May 30, 2012.

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CD Projekt will announce its brand new IP tomorrow at its summer press conference, not The Witcher 1 for consoles as reported this morning, the company has told Eurogamer.

in a statement, CDP head of marketing Michał Platkow-Gilewski said it would have Witcher-related surprises for late 2012 and 2013, but insisted tomorrow’s announcement had nothing to do with a console version of The Witcher 1.

Instead, it’ll unveil the second IP the company advertised for in recent job listings a few weeks back.

“We are gearing up for our upcoming conference and we have encountered some speculations concerning what we will be announcing,” said Gilewski.

“We would like to share some light about what will happen tomorrow. In regard to the Witcher, we are planning some surprises for the second half of the year and for the next year, but during the conference we will sum-up The Witcher and Witcher 2 Enhanced Edition also, we will give a bunch of new information. To make it really clear – we will not be announcing Witcher 1 for consoles.

“The major announcement on the conference tomorrow is related to the gun icon on cdpred.com career page. We will give you the first bit of information about our second AAA RPG in development. We have some really exciting news to share, so make sure join us at 5PM GMT on our live-stream: facebook.com/thewitcher.”

The firm has also released the first teaser image of the title in question. It’s posted below in full.
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Cyberpunk RPG, should be good

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Philll, May 30, 2012

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oh this looks really interesting!

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Ah nice! I did some searching and found this. It is a link to the jobs page with 2 listings.

RPG in a brand new setting

RPG in a dark fantasy world

Perhaps the Witcher related news in the quote above is for the Witcher 3!

Whatever it is I am looking forward to seeing what they are doing. I love Cyberpunk and Steampunk etc and CD Projekt are pretty much guaranteed to get my money
kreegor, May 30, 2012

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Not fucking fantasy?

Thank the great good lord.

lithos, May 30, 2012

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CDP is going straight to the top with their games. I see them becoming one of those developers like Blizzard and Rockstar.

Cannot wait to see what they have in store for the future.

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I just hope that this isn't going to be like Dragon Age/Mass Effect, where the engine has the same limiting factors

...and that shooting doesn't feel like TW with guns tacked on

Philll, May 30, 2012

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.Spada. said: ↑

CDP is going straight to the top with their games. I see them becoming one of those developers like Blizzard and Rockstar.
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Hopefully without letting petty technical bullshit drag them down.

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I just hope that this isn't going to be like Dragon Age/Mass Effect, where the engine has the same limiting factors
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Will it be devved for consoles? That was ME's main limitation.

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They've established that if they do it right the PC sales thrive. If they follow the same release plan they did for the Witcher 2 I would see no issues in it.

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Hold onto your seats, because this looks (and sounds) fuckin' great

It’s set in a futuristic world with a degenerated society and like the tabletop game, it will be a mature RPG, set in the series’ “realistic and brutal” world.

Cyberpunk designer and RPG vet Mike Pondsmith has been working on the videogame adaption with CDP for over a year, and took to the stage to talk about the game’s setting.

At the conference, CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised players that this game would have all of the hallmarks of the Witcher series with rich detail. It will be a non-linear experience with “a complex and gripping story.”

Players will experience the world through their own, unique characters chosen from different classes – be they blood-thirsty mercenaries or cunning hackers – that they will equip with vast selection of cybernetic implants and deadly weapons. A

As in the Witcher series, players will face morally ambiguous choices, their actions influencing events in the world at large and the fate of the individuals they encounter.

“For over two decades, I’ve been proud to say that Cyberpunk’s been the gold standard of what it means to be a true cyberpunk game,” said Pondsmith. “And it’s been a huge success for me and our many fans, with over 5 million players worldwide. But over all that time we haven’t found the right team to bring our Cyberpunk world to full digital life — until now.

“CD Projekt Red is the team we’ve been hoping for. Their incredible work on The Witcher and The Witcher 2 shows that they share the same dedication and love of great games that we do at Talsorian. I’m especially stoked that they want our participation in making this game a fantastic project that will live up to everything Cyberpunk fans (old and new) have been waiting for. Trust me — this game is going to rock.”

This game will be developed by a new team at CDP RED composed of veterans from the Witcher franchise.
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Philll, May 31, 2012

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CD Projekt why can't I hug you from here? You treat us PC players so well.

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I can't wait for this. The witcher 2 was the best game in a long time.

I'm hoping they had a team working on it while developing the xbox version of witcher 2, so with any luck we won't have to to wait too long for its release!

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Awesome news! Loved Cyberpunk pnp.

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Bring on the kickstarter!

i want that blue jacket, those glasses, and oh yeah the game

( concept design's are better than prey 2 IMHO )

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Oh wow!

Let's hope budgetary and time constraints won't end up hacking this up and the devs can deliver all they are wanting to do with this game. I loved the Cyberpunk RPG. Played too many hours of it in my past.

Sticking this into a computer game would be great!

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Sounds awesome! I'll be keeping my eye out on this one

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They said something about having 2 teams. One is working on Cyberpunk; what about the other team?

EDIT: Oh wait, they're working on the Mac Witcher 2.

.Spada., May 31, 2012

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PNP rulesets rarely translate to AAA multiplat (probably) RPGs. I'll reserve excitement until I see how they interpret this.

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MyElbowFellOff said: ↑

PNP rulesets rarely translate to AAA multiplat (probably) RPGs. I'll reserve excitement until I see how they interpret this.
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I'm confused, wasn't wasteland I, fallout 1, 2, tactics taken from GURPS(a well known PNP system)?

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I don't know if I'd call them AAA multiplatform titles

Either way, I doubt these guys will screw it up

Philll, May 31, 2012

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Looks at "Shadowrun" reboot of recent years that was a ridiculous FPS load of tosh.

Looks at Cyberpunk press release.

Sends love to CDP.

This looks very exciting, one of my favourite genres to be given the treatment it deserves.

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