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Cyberpunk2 Officially Enters Pre-Production Phase

CD Projekt Red’s Boston studio has moved Cyberpunk2 from concept into pre-production on the Unreal Engine 5 platform.

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Overview

  • CD Projekt Red confirmed in its Q1 2025 earnings report that Cyberpunk2 has progressed from conceptual planning to pre-production.
  • Development is led by original Cyberpunk2077 director Gabriel Amatangelo and associate director Paweł Sasko alongside roughly 96 developers at the Boston office.
  • The sequel will be built on Unreal Engine 5, marking a departure from the in-house Red Engine used on Cyberpunk2077.
  • Cyberpunk2 will return players to Night City and introduce a second dystopian metropolis inspired by ‘Chicago gone wrong.’
  • Based on CD Projekt Red’s typical four-to-five-year development cycle from pre-production, the game is projected to launch around 2030 or 2031.