Cyberpunk 2077 Will Be Distributed by Warner Bros. in North America

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Today, CD Projekt Red has announced that it would be partnering with Warner Bros. Interactive for the launch and distribution of Cyberpunk 2077 in North America. This isn't surprising since CD Projekt Red and Warner Bros. have worked together to distribute CDPR's previous games.

From today's press release:

"We've worked with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and both releases turned out to be really successful, so we're entering this new stage of our cooperation with great confidence," said Michał Nowakowski, CD PROJEKT's Member of the Board and SVP of Business Development. "Cyberpunk 2077 is our biggest and most ambitious project to date, and I'm really looking forward to all the amazing things we can achieve together."

Warner Bros. has high expectations for the game:

"CD PROJEKT RED is one of the best game development studios in the world and it's great to be working with the team again," said Kevin Kebodeaux, Senior Vice President, Sales, Americas, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "Cyberpunk 2077 is a standout title and we are expecting great things from our continued collaboration with CD PROJEKT RED."

The press release also confirms that the game is expected to release for current-generation video game consoles, even if it doesn't come out in 2019.

Cyberpunk 2077 synopsis:

In Night City, people want to dream big. The rat race is never over. The verticality of the city represents the social ladder. People at the bottom are literally living on the streets. They look up to those inside high buildings, as they look at the common folk from above. The city dictates the rules. It creates dreams and fuels people's aspirations. They are fed advertisement, they can peek into lives of those more fortunate and are always pushed towards the, often unattainable, dream of fame and luxury.

The social ladder concept can be seen in every aspect of life in Night City. The less fortunate folks, albeit with a less-than-ideal quality of life, still have access to technology thanks to charity shops, which hand out tech to the poor. Old computers are also fairly easy to get a hold of. This is crucial to the overexposure of advertisement and jump-starting people's dreams, which ultimately keeps them within the borders of Night City — in the trailer, we see exclusive fashion brands using holographic female models to show off their product line.

Cyberpunk 2077 will be released for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. No official release date has been announced yet.

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