Johnny Silverhand, the beloved companion ofCyberpunk 2077protagonist V, arguably gets much of his popularity from his likeness to famous American actor Keanu Reeves. However, CD Projekt Red Senior Concept Artist and Coordinator Lea Leonowicz’sArtStationrevealed some concept artwork of Silverhand before his attachment to the actor:
Even without Reeves, it seems that Silverhand pretty much has kept his trademark style sans a few accessories. Out of those, I especially love that spiked bracelet around his metal arm’s wrist. Very nice touch.
The launch ofCyberpunk 2077has been riddled withcontroversy and bugs, with the first update being introduced last week that fixed some issues. The most notable of these problems saw player’ssave files corrupt if they reached over 8MBbut fortunatelyCyberpunk 2077’slatest patch (1.06)has removed the PC version’s8MB save file limit. This is good news going forward, however, for those who had already lost their saves, CD Projekt Red says that unfortunately “this won’t fix save files corrupted before the update.” As of Friday, all versions of the gamereceived Patch 1.1as promised by the roadmap and apology that was released a few weeks ago.
Alongside the bugs that plagued its launch, Liana Ruppert from GameInformer suffered a major seizurewhile playing the game. This was due to light patterns similar to those used by neurologists to help induce seizures in patients. It was also later noted that the game didn’t have a clear epilepsy warning at the start of gameplay, something which has now been remedied.
This same RPG has seen its share of other controversies even before launching withreportsoftransphobia, and crunch culture, as well as the studio also refusing to share information about the game’s accessibility. Read up on why we think CD Projekt Redshould have confirmedCyberpunk 2077′s accessibility options sooner.
According to a new report fromBloomberg, executives at CD Projekt took responsibility for the buggy release ofCyberpunk 2077and told staff thatthey will receive their full bonusesno matter how the game is reviewed. Previously, the developers were told they would receive extra pay based on the game’s aggregated critical performance represented by Metacritic.
Areport released by Bloombergfound that the game’s glitches and rocky launch have cost the founders of CD Projekt Redover $1 billion. Over the course of the past week, the company’s stock has plummeted, although not to record lows. That being said in anote to investors, CD Projekt Red’s Management Board has stated that the game has sold a further five million copies on top of the8 million preorder sales, bringing the total units sold to over 13 million. This figure takes into account “returns submitted by retail clients in brick-and-mortar as well as digital storefronts.”
Cyberpunk 2077is currently available for PC, Xbox One, and Google Stadia. As for PS4, retail copies are still around butSony has removed the gamefrom the PSN Store. Meanwhile, the official Microsoft storefeatures a statement warning playersof performance issues until the Xbox One version is updated. The game is also playable on theXbox Series X|SandPS5thanks to backward compatibility. You can read our review of the gamehere: “Cyberpunk 2077is a deeply conflicting game, one that you’ll end up loving but will also hate and feel profoundly disappointed by.”
