Last night (August 22) during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live 2023 a brand new trailer for Cyberpunk 2077‘s one and only DLC expansion, Phantom freedom, was revealed. Excitingly, it was also confirmed that many of the features shown therein will also be added to the base game for free in the upcoming 2.0 update, but only for those playing on Xbox Series X|S, PC or PS5.
The explosive new trailer had plenty to show off – so much so that everything literally had to be summed up in a handy list at the end. If you don’t want to watch it again, I’ll save you the time – fans can look forward to: “A dangerous new district, dozens of new story missions and appearances, vehicular combat and mounted weapons, revamped police system, combat AI overhaul, endless dynamic events and missions, redesigned cyberware and perks, all-new Relic skill tree and abilities, increased level cap, over 100 new items – weapons, cyberware and fashion.
Speaking onstage with host Geoff Keighley after the trailer showed, CD Projekt RED’s gameplay designer Yulia Pryimak said, “I’m very pleased to announce that much of what we’ve just seen in the trailer will also be coming to Cyberpunk free base game for current generation consoles and PC.”
a news item published on the CD Projekt RED Press Center site has since confirmed that vehicular combat, redesigned skill trees, and the overhauled police system are all coming for free as part of the 2.0 update. However, the Relic skill tree will be exclusive to Phantom freedom.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Freedom is scheduled to release on September 26, so you’ll only have to wait a little over a month for it now.
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