Finally, 3.5 Years After Launch, No One Is Working on Cyberpunk 2077 at CD Projekt

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Cyberpunk 2077's launch in December 2020 was one of the most disastrous in recent memory, but now, three-and-a-half years later, developer CD Projekt Red is finally done fixing it.


Revealed in its latest financial results, not a single developer at CD Projekt Red is working on Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time in more than a decade.

The studio breaks down the number of employees devoted to each of its many projects in each financial presentation, and while the Cyberpunk 2077 team stood 17 members strong on February 29, 2024, that final group is now nowhere to be seen (and likely migrated onto other projects).


CD Projekt Red wound down the development of Cyberpunk 2077 after the release of its first and only expansion, Phantom Liberty, in September 2023. It came after the game-changing Update 2.0, which completely revamped Cyberpunk 2077 with features such as a new perk system and improved AI, and was followed by another big update in 2.1 but only minor changes afterwards.

Patch 2.11 addressed myriad bugs and balance issues in the open-world role-playing game, while 2.12 applied a seemingly final layer of polish. CD Projekt Red is now looking firmly forward towards Cyberpunk 2077's sequel, codenamed Orion, and its myriad incoming Witcher games.


In our 9/10 review, IGN said: "Cyberpunk 2077 throws you into a beautiful, dense cityscape and offers a staggering amount of flexibility in how you choose to take it from there."


Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.