Cyberpunk
2077 is delayed again to December 10th
But it’s still gone
gold
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Cyberpunk 2077 is being delayed yet again, this time until December 10th. Developer CD Project Red
says it’s still working on a launch day patch for the game, which was
previously slated for November 19th. It attributes the delay partly to its
multiplatform release — which will see the game launch across two generations
of console hardware, PC, and Google Stadia.
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“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 nine versions of it,” the company said in a tweet. “We need to make
sure everything works well and every version runs smoothly. We’re aware it
might seem unrealistic when someone says 21 days can make any difference in
such a massive and complex game, but they really do.”
Cyberpunk 2077 officially went gold (i.e. locked a
release version of the game) in early October, and the developers promised via Twitter that “no more delays
are happening.” The release version is still finished, but CD Project Red has
been developing further updates for the day of the game’s release. “This is the
time period we under-calculated,” the tweet says — even after an unanticipated crunch period that’s seen
developers working overtime.
Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the most
highly anticipated games of 2020. But with the latest delay, it’s going to
be just squeaking in at the end of this year.
