Xando Member Oct 28, 2017 37,672 At the 2025 Digital Dragons conference in Poland, Mike Pondsmith – the mastermind behind the Cyberpunk universe – shared some news about the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077. He revealed that players will finally get to leave the iconic Night City and dive into a new urban setting. Digital Dragons is one of Europe's top B2B events for the video game industry, put together by the Krakow Technology Park. This year's edition ran from May 18 to 20, 2025, at the ICE Krakow Congress Center. One of this year's guests was Mike Pondsmith, the creator of the Cyberpunk tabletop game series, which later inspired Cyberpunk 2077 developed by CD Project RED. In a chat with Michal Manka (formerly of TVGRY, now with Find Your Next Game by GameStar), Pondsmith mentioned that we'll be visiting "another city" in the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel – but he quickly added that he couldn't say much more. He didn't drop a name or give any details, so it kind of felt like something that slipped out by accident. The interview begins at 3:06:11 and is available to watch in full on the TVGRY YouTube channel as part of the Digital Dragons stream. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Might be somewhat similar to Chicago? There's already been a rumor floating around for a while that the city in the sequel could be Chicago, mainly because some posters in Cyberpunk 2077 mention it. One even says, "Travel from Chicago to Night City in under three hours, coming in 2080." So, could this be a small hint that the rumor's actually true? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Mike Pondsmith hints Cyberpunk 2077’s sequel will feature a new city to explore Project Orion is still shrouded in mystery, but one thing’s clear: we’ll be leaving Night City. Looks like there’ll be a whole new place to burn. www.gamepressure.com Here is the livestream: View: https://www.youtube.com/live/64XD2DtKU64?si=5yY1u_z9XmuW_QSB&t=11170  RayCharlizard Member Nov 2, 2017 4,467 Who needs scope anyway   Zebesian-X Member Dec 3, 2018 25,344 TFW the dystopian hellscape video game has better high-speed rail infrastructure than the real world   Killyoh Member Oct 28, 2017 1,788 Paris, France Day City   Cor Pulmonale Banned May 14, 2025 54 An earlier rumor I read mentioned Texas, so who knows at this point.   Pancracio17 ▲ Legend ▲ Avenger Oct 29, 2017 21,744 Sunset City   Cor Pulmonale Banned May 14, 2025 54 Dayman vs Nightman: The official videogame of the musical of the movie.  Dest Has seen more 10s than EA ever will Coward Jun 4, 2018 16,034 Work fortnite city.   Dan Thunder Member Nov 2, 2017 17,007 Crazy that the game's 5 years old this year!   Kinthey Avenger Oct 27, 2017 25,481 I guess makes sense since they explored night city pretty thoroughly. Would be cool if we see a little bit of night city again though   kodax_shc Member Oct 27, 2017 7,409 Southern California I'd be bummed if the sequel was just more night city, not that it couldn't work but let's go somewhere new please.   MF DOOMbot Member Jun 5, 2023 4,010 Man can't wait to find out more. I always had to admire CD project from a distance because I wasn't really into medieval fantasy. Always heard how good The Witcher was but was less impressed when I played the games myself. Cyberpunk was amazing , Phantom Liberty was amazing. One can only hope they learned their lesson and can deliver a Phantom Liberty level experience from the start.   PlanetSmasher The Abominable Showman Member Oct 25, 2017 132,897 with its extremely powerful mayor the Cyber Day Man  OP OP Xando Member Oct 28, 2017 37,672 Kinthey said: I guess makes sense since they explored night city pretty thoroughly. Would be cool if we see a little bit of night city again though Click to expand... Click to shrink... He says in the stream that night city is still there so i guess it's more like a 2 maps thing.   Not Spaceghost Member Oct 25, 2017 5,093 Would be really interesting to see Seattle which i think is supposed to be the largest city on the west coast or Chicago which is functionally just dog town extra large edition as far as I'm aware. Or hell it would be awesome to see Tokyo which is supposed to be one of the most economically powerful cities post collapse.  Pancracio17 ▲ Legend ▲ Avenger Oct 29, 2017 21,744 Xando said: He says in the stream that night city is still there so i guess it's more like a 2 maps thing. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Unless they reuse 90% of night city as is, im not sure how theyll manage this.   boris_feinbrand Member Oct 26, 2017 7,213 I might be interpreting too much there, but that sounds like there's going to be a new city in addition to Night City. Which would be insane lol.   Uzzy Gabe’s little helper Member Oct 25, 2017 34,445 Hull, UK That would be rather weird if it was set in a completely different city. A side trip to one, sure, but as the main city? Cyberpunk's world has explored parts of the rest of the world, sure, but it's very highly focused on Night City. This isn't Shadowrun with a bunch of cities explored, mapped out and described around the world. Night City is Cyberpunk to a lesser and greater extent.  Yam's Member Oct 27, 2017 4,576 It won't use the same engine as 2077, so the chances of them redoing all of Night City in Unreal 5 were slim anyway, no?   Stormblessed Member Feb 21, 2019 1,595 Uzzy said: That would be rather weird if it was set in a completely different city. A side trip to one, sure, but as the main city? Cyberpunk's world has explored parts of the rest of the world, sure, but it's very highly focused on Night City. This isn't Shadowrun with a bunch of cities explored, mapped out and described around the world. Night City is Cyberpunk to a lesser and greater extent. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Wouldn't it be interesting to chart that out then? Could give them more leeway to make it their own too.   Uzzy Gabe’s little helper Member Oct 25, 2017 34,445 Hull, UK Stormblessed said: Wouldn't it be interesting to chart that out then? Could give them more leeway to make it their own too. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Not really. I'm sure they could make something of it, but like I said, Cyberpunk is Night City, and vice versa.  Beelzebufo Member Jun 1, 2022 5,867 Canada what's the release schedule for all of this again? I'm assuming The Witcher 4 is first, and then is it Witcher remake or Orion after?   SaberVS7 Member Oct 25, 2017 6,732 Zebesian-X said: TFW the dystopian hellscape video game has better high-speed rail infrastructure than the real world Click to expand... Click to shrink... Y'know, this sorta kills me - Night City has better Public Works Infrastructure than most real American cities today. And, per the lore, it's not even "legacy" infrastructure, the NCART network in 2077 is recent, as a replacement for their previous crumbling subway system. Nevermind that Night City has high-density housing within walking distance of amenities. IDK, are we sure Night City is the dystopia when we talk about Real Life America vs Cyberpunk?  Voyevoda Member Nov 1, 2017 2,266 Paris, France Cor Pulmonale said: Dayman vs Nightman: The official videogame of the musical of the movie. Click to expand... Click to shrink... I'm prepared to experience sexual magic.  Vic20 Member Nov 10, 2019 4,430 night city didn't even fulfil its potential. use the same map and build on top of it.  FakePlasticTree Member Jul 24, 2018 14,010 Isn't Night City like litterally the setting? It would be like if a Forgotten Realms game wasn't set on the Sword Coast.   snowblack Member Oct 30, 2024 592 Not Spaceghost said: Would be really interesting to see Seattle which i think is supposed to be the largest city on the west coast or Chicago which is functionally just dog town extra large edition as far as I'm aware. Or hell it would be awesome to see Tokyo which is supposed to be one of the most economically powerful cities post collapse. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Gotta save some for the 3rd game.  Zebesian-X Member Dec 3, 2018 25,344 SaberVS7 said: Y'know, this sorta kills me - Night City has better Public Works Infrastructure than most real American cities today. And, per the lore, it's not even "legacy" infrastructure, the NCART network in 2077 is recent, as a replacement for their previous crumbling subway system. IDK, are we sure Night City is the dystopia when we talk about Real Life America vs Cyberpunk? Click to expand... Click to shrink... lol yeah, the monorail was a fun addition but it was honestly pretty fitting to leave in as an abandoned, half-finished construction project. Sometimes cut content can be worldbuilding!   SaberVS7 Member Oct 25, 2017 6,732 Yam's said: It won't use the same engine as 2077, so the chances of them redoing all of Night City in Unreal 5 were slim anyway, no? Click to expand... Click to shrink... Aside from handling interior loading-zones, they wouldn't really have to "redo" Night City if they leverage existing assets. Static meshes and textures don't care what engine they're in - Aside from the material-shaders. And if they're not reusing all the assets they made, it wouldn't even matter if they'd stuck with REDEngine, that's still a lot of work to redo.  Stormblessed Member Feb 21, 2019 1,595 Uzzy said: Not really. I'm sure they could make something of it, but like I said, Cyberpunk is Night City, and vice versa. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Fair enough. There is a lot of ways they can expand Night City especially if they give it a good time gap.   Spehornoob Member Nov 15, 2017 11,431 Isn't Chicago a toxic wasteland in Cyberpunk lore?   Vertigo1 Member Jun 30, 2023 1,079 I'll be there   SDBurton Community Resettler Member Oct 25, 2017 10,201 Don't really care where we go, just give me third-person cutscenes please.   Not Spaceghost Member Oct 25, 2017 5,093 Spehornoob said: Isn't Chicago a toxic wasteland in Cyberpunk lore? Click to expand... Click to shrink... By 2077 it's supposed to have at least partly been rebuilt, there's a few mentions of people going there in game. I think by rail or something. But I imagine it's very much a Pacifica situation  Yam's Member Oct 27, 2017 4,576 SaberVS7 said: Aside from handling interior loading-zones, they wouldn't really have to "redo" Night City if they leverage existing assets. Static meshes and textures don't care what engine they're in - Aside from the material-shaders. And if they're not reusing all the assets they made, it wouldn't even matter if they'd stuck with REDEngine, that's still a lot of work to redo. Click to expand... Click to shrink... Oh I thought they'd have everything to redo, I didn't know they could reuse everything in another engine. Would this also mean they could keep the same art style? Cause I loved how NC looked in 2077.  Yurei Member Feb 28, 2023 1,305 I dont know shit about the wider world of Cyberpunk, what cities would be exciting to explore?   behOemoth Member Oct 27, 2017 6,687 I hope they will design a proper "architecture" (I mean not the artstyle) next time that is suitable for a game, because the feel of the city is just bad when you walk through it and interact with it.   Mobius and Pet Octopus Member Oct 25, 2017 16,830 I've said in the past I think a whole new city would be totally appropriate for a sequel. I was told night city is basically the entire setting. But I could definitely see them creating their own city from the ground up and it doing really well.   Antony Member Oct 25, 2017 4,046 If it's not something in addition to Night City then it would be a mistake. So much unrealised potential in the existing map, all they need to do is that again but make it interactive (enterable buildings, useable facilities, etc.)  boris_feinbrand Member Oct 26, 2017 7,213 Antony said: If it's not something in addition to Night City then it would be a mistake. So much unrealised potential in the existing map, all they need to do is that again but make it interactive (enterable buildings, useable facilities, etc.) Click to expand... Click to shrink... Hope they look after us habitual building climbers lol. If they build upon the "unintentional" Parkour system, the possibility for urban exploring is going to be even better. Populating rooftops and areas usually not designed to be reached with automated systems would go a long way.  Western Yokai Member Feb 14, 2025 146 I hope it's São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro   TraderPoe Member Oct 31, 2017 5,276 Pacific Northwest I see all the teasers in the map for Tokyo... I have a feeling its gonna be that   Valus Member Nov 21, 2017 1,247 Sequel?? Aren't they working on Witcher 4 now?   SofNascimento cursed Member Oct 28, 2017 24,890 São Paulo - Brazil Rome would be the perfect setting for a Cyberpunk game and I can prove it.   Cheesetriangles Member Dec 5, 2017 2,494 Valus said: Sequel?? Aren't they working on Witcher 4 now? Click to expand... Click to shrink... They are doing both.   Rygar 8Bit Member Oct 25, 2017 17,776 Site-15 Valus said: Sequel?? Aren't they working on Witcher 4 now? Click to expand... Click to shrink... This was announced a while ago as Project Orion Cyberpunk 2.  Horns Member Dec 7, 2018 3,399 Where ever it may be set, I am assuming it is 5-7 years away at this point. I loved cp2077, but it will be many years until we ever get a sequel. Hard to get hyped for it when it is so long away.   Reflecting Sky Member Mar 17, 2024 2,669 Valus said: Sequel?? Aren't they working on Witcher 4 now? Click to expand... Click to shrink... I believe the Polish studio is doing The Witcher 4, while their American branch is working on this Orion project.  Slim Action Member Jul 4, 2018 7,038 FakePlasticTree said: Isn't Night City like litterally the setting? It would be like if a Forgotten Realms game wasn't set on the Sword Coast. Click to expand... Click to shrink... This is actually a great comparison because Faerûn is way bigger than just the Sword Coast   FakePlasticTree Member Jul 24, 2018 14,010 Slim Action said: This is actually a great comparison because Faerûn is way bigger than just the Sword Coast Click to expand... Click to shrink... I think the comparison is apt as the Sword Coast is basically the setting when it comes to the Forgotten Realms same as Night city is for Cyberpunk RED even if there technically is other regions. Even when BG2 left the city of Baldur's Gate it was still the Sword Coast.