Cyberpunk 2077 delayed again until Dec. 10

Earlier today, CD Projekt Red announced its highly-anticipated game Cyberpunk 2077 will be delayed again, for just three more weeks. The game will now be released on December 10, 2020.

Game director Adam Badowski and company co-founder Marcin Iwinski made the announcement via social media.

“Today, we’ve decided to move the release date of Cyberpunk 2077 by 21 days. The new release date is December 10th,” they wrote. “Most likely, there are many emotions and questions in your heads, so, first and foremost, please accept our humble apologies.”

For CD Projekt Red, its main objective is shipping all the versions of the game which require lots of testing. “The biggest challenge for us right now is shipping the game on current-gen, next-gen, and PC at the same time, which requires us to prepare and test 9 versions of it (Xbox One/X, compatibility on Xbox Series X/S, PS4/Pro, compatibility on PS5, PC, Stadia) while working from home.”

“Since Cyberpunk 2077 evolved towards almost being a next-gen title somewhere along the way, we need to make sure everything works well and every version runs smoothly. We’re aware it might seem unrealistic when someone says that 21 days can make any difference in such a massive and complex game, but they really do.”

“Some of you might also be wondering what these words mean in light of us saying we achieved gold master some time ago,” they continued. “Passing certification, or ‘going gold’, means the game is ready, can be completed, and has all content in it. But it doesn’t mean we stop working on it and raising the quality bar. On the contrary, this is the time where many improvements are being made which will then be distributed via a Day 0 patch. This is the time period we undercalculated.”

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Cyberpunk 2077 was first announced for a release on April 16, 2020, but the first delay in January made the developer change the release date to Sept. 17. The second delay announced in June postponed the arrival of the game to November 19.

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