During an earnings call in May 2024, CD Projekt Red announced that it had officially ended all development on Cyberpunk 2077. According to a chart provided by the company, none of the employees at CDPR were working on the game anymore, as most of them had moved on to other projects like The Witcher 4 and Project Orion, Cyberpunk 2077‘s upcoming sequel. Many fans weren’t surprised by this news at the time because, prior to this announcement, the last major update for Cyberpunk 2077 had been released nearly six months ago. Since CDPR had already added tons of new features to the game in the years since its debut, it made sense that the company would want to deprioritize support for the title.
Contrary to the statements it made, however, CD Projekt Red seemingly changed its mind and released yet another major update for Cyberpunk 2077 at the end of 2024, right in time for the game’s fourth anniversary. This update, which was titled Patch 2.2, was developed in collaboration with support studio Virtuos, and it added a bunch of new cosmetic features to the game, like an improved photo mode and extra character customization options. As if the reveal of this update wasn’t surprising enough, CD Projekt Red recently confirmed that a new patch for Cyberpunk 2077 is already in development, and it’s scheduled to come out on June 26.
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Patch 2.3 Will Likely Break Most of Cyberpunk 2077’s Mods
CD Projekt Red Has Shared Very Little Information About Cyberpunk 2077’s Next Update
To celebrate Cyberpunk 2077‘s launch on Nintendo Switch 2, CD Projekt Red hosted a livestream on its official YouTube channel, and during this event, it announced the next update for the game, named Patch 2.3. Although CDPR didn’t reveal any concrete information about the patch and what it would contain, the announcement sent the Cyberpunk community into a frenzy, with many expressing excitement over the potential features that could be added in the new update. The modding community of Cyberpunk 2077, however, might not have been as enthused by the news.
Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition was released as a launch title for the Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5. This is the first time that CD Projekt Red has ever released a game in conjunction with a console’s debut.
Updates Often Cause Compatibility Issues With Script-Based Mods
If there’s one thing that’s bound to happen with major updates to video games, it’s the disruption of mod support. Due to the way that they’re designed, mods are typically only compatible with certain versions of games. Therefore, whenever a company updates a title, mod creators have to update their mods, as well. Cyberpunk 2077‘s mods, unfortunately, suffer from the same problem. Every patch that CD Projekt Red has released has messed with Cyberpunk 2077 mods in one way or another. Fans have sometimes had to resort to using old versions of Cyberpunk 2077 in order to install the mods that they want.
Cyberpunk 2077‘s updates do not always break every mod, however. The impact that a patch has on the mods for a game depends on the new features that said patch implements. A patch that introduces new cosmetics, for instance, often breaks cosmetic-related mods for Cyberpunk 2077. Script-based mods tend to be the most prone to failure, since they directly change the code of the game. Meanwhile, texture packs and mods that only add new models aren’t broken by updates as easily.
CDPR Should Release an Official Mod Toolkit for Cyberpunk 2077
As great as it is that CD Projekt Red is still supporting Cyberpunk 2077, mod creators probably aren’t going to be happy about needing to update most of their mods after Patch 2.3 comes out. Although this won’t completely fix the problem at hand, it would be nice if CD Projekt Red made it easier for modders to create and update their mods by releasing a mod toolkit for the game. Considering that CD Projekt Red recently added official mod support to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC, this isn’t outside the realm of possibility.
Cyberpunk 2077
6/10
- Released
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December 10, 2020
- ESRB
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M for Mature: Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, Use of Drugs and Alcohol
- Engine
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REDengine 4