CD Projekt RED Announces Cyberpunk

[Prey]

We are making a major announcement tomorrow (may 30th), so make sure to witness it LIVE at 5 p.m. GMT. The stream will be available at http://www.thewitcher.com and on our facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher

[Wolfy]

Don't know what it is. Don't care. Sold.

[Sly Boots]

What Wolfy said. Playing through Witcher 2 at the moment and it really is a sublime game. If they can pull that off again with a different IP, would be awesome.

[Prey]

Don't know what it is. Don't care. Sold.

Said by anyone anywhere with just an ounce of sense.

There's rumours that it could well be some kind of Mass Effect 3 style game.

[Medicine Man]

That's some shitty looking concept art right there.

[Jez]

Hmmmm well.

Should be interesting at the least to see what they come up with in the announcement. I love the witcher series and like other say if that sort of effort is put in then this will be well worth looking into.

[Prey]

The CD Projekt conference starts in approx 50 minutes if you guys want to watch it stream live...

http://www.facebook.com/thewitcher/app_196506863720166

[Liam]

Facebook? :/

I'll wait for youtube.

[Prey]

I'll fill in a few blanks as he goes:

Inspired by Blade Runner
Uses advanced version of Witcher 2 engine
Developed by long term team who worked on both Witcher 1 & 2
Based on Cyberpunk created by Mike Pondsmith - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pondsmith
Mature RPG
Based on cult classic pen and paper RPG system
5m pen and paper players last 25 years
None Linear story
Advanced RPG mechanics
Varied character classes
Customisable Characters
Upgradable Weapons and Implants
Set to deliver a new standard for RPG games
Not a run and gun game
Huge Enemy Mechs
No current release date

[Mantis]

It's a Cyberpunk game based off the pen and paper RPG, with a lot of ideas taken from the Witcher series.

'Intelligent, non-linear game for a mature audience'

If that proves to be accurate then this is very exciting.

Ed: FU Prey, beaten to the punch.

[Sly Boots]

Sounds great, and being developed by a team I like very much. S'all good.

[Wolfy]

Brilliant stuff. Open-ended cyperpunk RPG? Fuck man, I love these guys.

[DjchunKfunK]

Exciting stuff especially if they can reproduce the similar type of game as the Witcher series.

[Lee]

Brilliant stuff. Open-ended cyperpunk RPG? Fuck man, I love these guys.

Fucking awesome stuff they're going for

[Jez]

So then very interesting indeed. however Will it be like that utterly rubbish spy rpg from a few years ago that promised much but delivered a massive pile of steaming cat shit. good luck to em though if its any good on release ill be all over that utterly.

Any ideas on a release schedule?