The delay shifts everything back
This morning, CD Projekt Red announced thatCyberpunk 2077was hit with a delay, pushing it back five months from April 16 to September 17. Shortly after the news, the publisher hosted a call for investors. The entirety of the half-hour meetingcan be heard here.
AsIGNreports, one person asked how this delay affects the multiplayer component. CD Projekt Red’s MichaÅ‚ Nowakowski answered “Given the expected release ofCyberpunk 2077in September, and speaking of a series of events we expect to occur after that date, 2021 appears unlikely as a release date for theCyberpunkmultiplayer.”
That timeline makes sense considering the original roadmap for multiplayer. In September, CD Projekt Redconfirmed multiplayerbut stressed that it’d launch afterCyberpunk 2077was bolstered by several singleplayer add-ons. Multiplayer always seemed like it was expected more than a year afterCyberpunk 2077‘s initial launch; it’s not something that’s being rushed into.
With the delay, all of that has just shifted by approximately half a year. Now, multiplayer will arrive in 2022 at the earliest. CD Projekt Red has never had a problem taking its time withCyberpunk 2077. That’s not about to change now.
