The wait is over as CD PROJEKT RED has officially announced that Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will finally arrive on September 26. Leaks about the release of the forthcoming DLC began surfacing at the end of last week and now everything one would want to know about it has been revealed. It will only be available for PC and current-gen consoles, not too much of a surprise here considering how poorly Cyberpunk 2077 itself ran on the base model PS4. Creative director Pawel Sasko has added in an exclusive interview with VGC that a lot of the game’s main systems have either been redone or updated.
Per VGC:
“All the core, main systems of the game have been redone or updated in a major way,” he told VGC. “The biggest ones are the perks and skill trees, which have been rebuilt completely, and the next one is we’ve added vehicle combat which enables new car chases.”
“We’ve also greatly expanded AI and completely redone the police system, which is rebuilt from the ground up and now has multiple levels with multiple archetypes of enemies who will chase you – it’s also different in Dog Town compared to Night City.”
“We’ve also redone the loop and whole progression of the game; the difficulty curve is different, the tiers and drops of loot is different, the archetypes of enemies has been redone for more variety. Those are the core things that we’ve changed, and if you look into it there are very few systems that we didn’t change or update. Even the UI and UX have been greatly updated.”
Description and Screenshots (per official page):
“Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. Return as cyber-enhanced mercenary V and embark on a high-stakes mission of espionage and intrigue to save the NUS President. In the dangerous district of Dogtown, you must forge alliances within a web of shattered loyalties and sinister political machinations. Do you have what it takes to survive?”
Mission Briefing Screenshots:
CD PROJEKT RED has also provided even more screenshots in its mission briefing. As players explore the ruined “city-within-a-city” called Dogtown they will encounter a whole new cast of characters as well as the return of Johnny Silverhand. From spider tanks to mechs, players will have plenty to deal with in the new expansion.
New Characters:
- MYERS: The former CEO of Militech and current President of the New United States of America who crashlands in Dogtown triggering a power struggle (sounds a bit like a popular 80’s movie starring Kurt Russell).
- Songbird: The president’s right hand. A netrunner whose special abilities make her invaluable to the NUSA.
- Solomon Reed (voiced by Idris Elba): An experienced FIA agent specialized in covert intelligence missions with a talent for extracting information and breaking into secure places.
- Alex: Recruited by Solomon Reed she’s an ex-brain dancer and talented shapeshifter who is now a part of the NUSA Federal Intelligence Agency.
- Colonel Hansen: In charge of ruling Dogtown with his Barghest soldiers and a veteran of the Unification War.
- Ash (voiced by Sasha Grey): An in-game radio DJ on 89.7 Growl FM.
Description and recommend PC Hardware Requirements (per Steam):
“Phantom Liberty is a new spy-thriller adventure for Cyberpunk 2077. When the orbital shuttle of the President of the New United States of America is shot down over the deadliest district of Night City, there’s only one person who can save her — you. Become V, a cyberpunk for hire, and dive deep into a tangled web of espionage and political intrigue, unraveling a story that connects the highest echelons of power with the brutal world of black-market mercenaries.”
“Infiltrate Dogtown, a city-within-a-city run by a trigger-happy militia and ruled by a leader with an iron fist. With the help of NUSA sleeper agent Solomon Reed (Idris Elba) and the support of Johnny Silverhand (Keanu Reeves), unravel a web of shattered loyalties and use your every skill to survive in a fractured world of desperate hustlers, shadowy netrunners, and ruthless mercenaries. Built with the power of next-gen hardware in mind, Phantom Liberty offers brand-new gameplay mechanics, nail-biting courier jobs, gigs, and missions — and a thrilling main quest where freedom and loyalty always come at a price.”
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- Processor: Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 7 7800
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER or Radeon RX 5700 XT
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 70 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Storage: 70 GB SSD
Pre-orders and complete PC Requirements:
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty goes for $29.99 and preorders are now up and does require the base game in order to be played. On GOG it says that preorders there will gain access to the Quadra Sport R-7 Vigilante as a bonus. The game is rated Mature 17+, “Nudity, Use Of Drugs And Alcohol, Blood and Gore, Strong Sexual Content, Strong Language, Intense Violence”.
- PC: GOG, Steam, Epic
- Xbox Series X|S
- PlayStation 5
Discussion (19 replies)
Join Discussion →The post already ran a bit long so I'm putting this here. CDPR added more info about the updated PC hardware requirements in its forums.
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"As we kick off the pre-orders for Phantom Liberty, we want to update our current system requirements to ensure that players have a better understanding of what will be needed to run Cyberpunk 2077, and make it easy to assess the expected performance. These changes will take effect following the next update to the base game, no earlier than 90 days, and also apply to Phantom Liberty.
The new system requirements are designed to be more up to date, adding support to new GPUs not available at launch, and targeting a resolution output of either 1080p or 4K for specific in-game presets.
The changes to the minimum requirements are a reflection of our new standard of requirements, which we believe better represent the minimum PC configuration required to run the game at 1080p, while maintaining an average of 30 FPS at low preset. The reason for making these changes is that updating the requirements is an important part of the game improvement process, and of enhancing and adding new features.
One of the changes is the choice to stop supporting HDDs for the minimum requirements – SSDs offer faster loading times, improved streaming, and better overall performance when compared to HDDs.
It's important to highlight that it doesn't mean the game will stop working on the previous minimum requirements. However, following the next update to the base game we will discontinue active support for them and stop testing the game on those setups.
Note that the presented FPS data is based on internal testing. Performance may vary depending on your particular PC hardware and software configuration, any changes made to individual graphics settings or resolution output. Check out the updated system requirements below."
Damn, that's steep, imma need a new GPU if I want lots of eye candy.
If not Starfield, maybe this will be the game to make me switch GPUs after ~4 years?
Holy shit.... they want a 7900x or 7600x, No more 5 series from AMD, AND a 7000 series video card?
Come on folks. I appreciate what you're saying... but you know... I don't see consoles listed here AT ALL. lol.
I wonder if they are even getting the big engine update.
I always take official CPU* requirements with a healthy dose of salt. I think it is more that these are the CPUs they do testing on, not that it won't run on older ones at all.
*And everything else as well, but most of all CPUs.
Interesting that they are choosing to bring back V.
Spoiler
I mean, things didn't necessarily end well for V.
As I recall, depending on your ending he is either dead (having given his body to Johnny) or he is a ticking time bomb going on a crazy mission in space, or leaving night city with the Aldecaldos, and either way, is presumed to not have much of a lifespan before the thing in his head cills him.
(I did all the endings, including the secret one, but details are a little hazy)
I wonder when in V's story line from the original game this takes place.
I kind of assumed that the expansion would be set in the same city, but with different characters, different stories, and using new indoor areas that weren't previously there.
I kind of doubt the expansion story can capture the magic/mystique of the original release, but I am definitely eager to find out.
I can't imagine those CPU's are actually required for a game that in all likelihood is going to be GPU limited and running at/near 60fps.
I plan on running it on my Threadripper 3960x. Sure, I have a boatload of cores, but each individual core will be quite a bit slower than those.
The original game allowed me to hit over 100fps with this CPU. I can't imagine that this expansion will take more than a 40fps chunk out of that due to the CPU, even with major reworked NPC's and other elements.
Time will tell I guess. I'll be surprised if I have problems running it on my CPU though.
Looks like the trailer answers many (but not all) of my questions:
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I guess it's getting about that time that I should actually play this game all the way through finally
I don't see any answers there on how this fits into the base story. Unless this takes place before the final mission, retconning in an alternative ending.
I see it could be compatible with the "Legend of the Afterlife" ending, but that's the only one.
Spoiler
Unless the Aldecaldos come back, the bthere are two compatible endings.
I admit it is odd that CDPR hasn't said anything regarding story continuity with this. I've held off on finishing my play-through, on the last mission, just in case I need to backtrack to access it. My gut is saying they will use a menu implementation for access but that is a detail that's been left out. They could also do something like go to such and such point to get to Dogtown, it tells you that you're leaving the main story and imports Vs stats but the DLC doesn't affect the main save. There's also no guarantee that V is even going to be the main protagonist. I did see both voice actors listed on IMDB but that could just be placeholders since most of the cast was not listed yet. I don't know, there are a lot of options for how this will work.
So are you going from a Chatty Cathy Johnny Neumonic to nothing?
Eh..... hard to get excited about this, and you know it will take them months after launch to patch it up
It'll be computronic Karen. Procedural to the end and complaining all the way.