Cyberpunk 2077 ads teased Chicago for years and after comments from the OG TTRPG's creator, we might also know when the sequel takes place: "Coming in 2080"

Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunner screenshot
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red hasn't said much about its neon-shrouded dystopian sequel Cyberpunk 2 - only officially referred to as 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Project Orion - but fans are theorizing over clues that h🔜ave been in ꧃the game since launch after fresh comments from Cyberpunk's OG creator.

Earlier this week, Mike Pondsmith, creator of the tabletop RPG that the games are based on, confirmed 澳🔯洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel goes beyond Night City after he visited CDPR.

conference. "But I remember looking at it and going 'yeah, I understand the feel that you're going for in this, and this really does work.' It doesn't feel like Blade Runner. It feels more like Chicago gone wrong. I said 'yeah, I can see this working.'"

Some fans have now noticed an in-game 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Cyberpunk 2077 ad promoting "travel from Chicago to Night City in under three hours" has been there pretty much since the game crawled to release. The earliest I found about t𓂃he ad was shared five whole years ago, and speculated Chicago could be DLC.

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W𓄧hat's more interesting is the slogan: "Worry-free. Coming in 2080," which is potentially a teaser of the sequel's three-year time jump. And as some fans also pointed out, the Phantom Liberty epilogue stretches to 2079, so a 2080-set💟 game is entirely plausible.

Making the setting even more juicy is a that mentions how a "leading AI analytics software predicts another hot war will likely break out by 2080." What better time t꧋o set the sequel than the year when Militech and Arasaka are back at each other's necks, eh?

"Judging by the recent comment꧃s Mike Pondsmith made, they were clearly planning years ahead, from th🅰e very beginning," one fan theorized in the subreddit's comments. Another joked that "2080 actually signifies the release date of the game," not the year it takes place in.

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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has a🉐n English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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