The first expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 won’t be released until 2023, developer CD Projekt Red said Thursday. This is the first time since the game’s launch that CD Projek Red has provided information on when the first Cyberpunk 2077 expansion will be released. CD Projekt RED revealed that it will now launch in 2023, which was confirmed in a recent financial call from the gaming company.
On today’s financial conference call, CD Projekt Red said that Cyberpunk 2077 is, after all, getting a new expansion pack and is scheduled to release in 2023. CD Projekt RED recently announced in its most recent quarterly financial briefing that the paid expansion will be available in 2023, which may be a bit of a disappointment for those hoping for a 2022 launch.
CD Projekt Red didn’t explain why the Cyberpunk 2077 expansion came more than two years after its disastrous and disappointing launch, but the controversial 2020 debut certainly delayed the studio’s post-launch plans. Earlier this week, Cyberpunk 2077 mission director Pavel Sasko said it was too early to discuss anything about the expansion, so we should probably have seen the announcement. While we didn’t know anything about the expansion from the start, it’s no surprise that it’s been delayed considering the timing of the release of cyberpunk content. Unfortunately, that’s all we know. There is no information on what will happen with the first game expansion pack.
As it was mentioned in @CDPROJEKTRED_IR financial call moments ago, Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion will arrive in 2023. Please stay tuned for more details coming later this year ? https://t.co/rq1w6RDTDL
— Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) April 14, 2022
However, their first expansion pack announcement, along with more details on what players can expect from the new content, was promised in the coming months. More details are expected to come later this year and the expansion will introduce a new main storyline. Unfortunately, we don’t know much about the highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 expansion other than a select quote from Piotr Nelyubovitch, CFO of CD Projekt Red; the expansion will be released next year, and will contain a new storyline.
Cyberpunk 2077 is still far from perfect, but CD Projekt RED has got a solid track record of releasing great post-launch expansions, as we’ve seen in The Witcher 3 Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine DLC, so maybe post-launch content might too be great. Aside from its existence and the fact that it will still be developed using CD Projekt Reds’ internal engine, despite CD Projekt Red switching to Unreal for future projects, details about the expansion are rather scarce. The game’s first major expansion is planned for 2023, with the development of The Witcher-related content scheduled for 2022.
