We cover Cyberpunk on both sides of the house — the anime and the game. Edgerunners 2 handles the screen. The game side got a real status update, and it's about who's building it.
## The move The Cyberpunk 2077 follow-up — you knew it as Project Orion, though it's since moved past that codename into pre-production — is scaling up hard. CD Projekt Red is growing the team toward 300 to 400 developers by 2027, split between the main Warsaw studio and the Boston branch. The key detail: the American studio is taking increased creative leadership, a deliberate move to make the game's near-future U.S. setting feel authentic instead of imported.
## The timeline Don't hold your breath for a date. CDPR has confirmed Cyberpunk 2 won't launch before 2028. A big part of that is the move to Unreal Engine 5, which has been more of a fight than expected — the same engine transition that's shaping The Witcher 4. Building a Cyberpunk sequel at this scale, in a new engine, is a multi-year grind and they're being honest about it.
## Why it matters 2077 is one of the great comeback stories in gaming — a disaster launch that turned into a beloved single-player RPG through years of real work. The sequel carrying that forward with an American team steering the American setting is a smart, specific bet. Slow news, but the right kind.
Night City's coming back. Just not soon, and that's fine.
## Sources - CD PROJEKT — Project Orion grows at CD PROJEKT RED North America - TweakTown — Cyberpunk 2 enters pre-production, no longer Project Orion