Cyberpunk 2077 Anime Miniseries Planned on Netflix in 2022

Cyberpunk 2077 is a long-awaited and very much anticipated game for the last couple of years. Cyberpunk had been first announced by CD Project Redback in 2012, yeah 8 years ago, though the first teaser came out next year in Jan 2013. The official Cinematic trailer was released back in June 2019 at the E3 event. After a long wait, CD Project Red has announced Cyberpunk 2077 release date, which is 19^th Nov 2020 (for Windows, PS4, and Xbox One).

Cyberpunk 2077 is about to become one of the first next-gen games, and the game is going to feature on both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X. Though the PS5 and Xbox Series X versions are going to come out in 2021 after the launch of the next-gen consoles. Apart from this it will also available for Stadia in Dec 2020. Well, after being a very long-awaited game, there are lots of expectations that include the promised gameplay, huge map, and immense GFX quality with an awesome storyline. As CD Project Red is the same developer who developed the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which had received the best game of the year award along with countless no of other awards, that’s why expectation is very high this time as well from all the players and fans. Just like after three games, to expand the world Witcher got a TV series and the first season is loved by most of the viewers likewise Cyberpunk is doing the same. Cyberpunk 2077 developers officially announced an animated mini-series on Cyberpunk to be released on Netflix in 2022.

What do we Know?

• CD Projekt Red announced the miniseries venture on YouTube at their “Night City Wire Presentation”.
• There is another studio that is working on this project alongside is Studio Trigger.
• The Miniseries is named Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and it is going to feature a standalone story set on the world of Cyberpunk 2077.
• Cyberpunk Edgerunners would contain ten episodes only. A protagonist is a young person who wants to become a mercenary outlaw operative to survive the gritty, unfair world of his.
• The anime production designer is Hiroyuki Imashi and the character designers are Yoh Yoshinari and Yuto Kaneko.

 

Fans’ Reaction on the Cyberpunk Miniseries

Though before the launch of the main game itself, announcing a mini-series over the game looks quite ambitious and overconfident. But, Cyberpunk 2077 already created a huge hype over the RPG players. Therefore, surely the game is going to be a financial success and the devs know that. That is why the miniseries is probably the plot to make its way forward towards the second part of the game. Maybe the CD Project Red have planned it already and that is why they are creating hype for the next expansion of the title even before the launch of the first title itself.

It also shows that the developers are actually very-very confident about the game, that is why they are planning so forward in the future. The storyline of the miniseries or the timeline or any teaser or trailer, nothing has been officially released yet, but fans have already started the countdown for sure.

You should also know that Netflix has confirmed that there is going to be an animated film on Witcher named Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (to be released by the end of 2020); so it seems CD Project Red is having some good terms with the Netflix, so we can expect some Netflix and Gameworld duo in future to go through the complete storyline. We can see the new trend and it explains why there is going to be a Cyberpunk Miniseries on Netflix.

Most of the fans are actually still in shock after coming to know about the miniseries, as it is already over the top of their expectation from the Cyberpunk, so most of the fans are enjoying the news.

Conclusion

In present days digital entertainment, combining the Internet TV media, and Video Game Media with popular video streaming platforms like YouTube is a very good idea in terms of business. Using this technique the developer can create hype, the publishers can advertise on various media platforms and also engage the players even more by creating a multi-platform based saga instead of creating just a popular game. In simple the idea of being a popular game has just changed by the CD Project Red, now they can bring their players as an audience into other platforms by delivering the same content, and yes this is awesome in terms of hardcore entertainment.