{"id":126040,"date":"2022-09-06T09:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=126040"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:06:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:06:10","slug":"big-cyberpunk-2077-update-to-be-unveiled-today-but-it-wont-include-new-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/126040-big-cyberpunk-2077-update-to-be-unveiled-today-but-it-wont-include-new-game","title":{"rendered":"Big Cyberpunk 2077 update to be unveiled today &#8211; But it won&#8217;t include New Game+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CD Projekt Red is hosting a special stream at 17:00 SAST this evening where it will provide more information about the much-anticipated Patch 1.6 for its popular Cyberpunk 2077 game.<\/p>\n<p>It will also provide more information about Cyberpunk: Edgerunners &#8211; a 10-part Netflix anime series that will launch on 13 September.<\/p>\n<p>According to the publisher, tonight&#8217;s stream will comprise a special episode of Night City Wire &#8211; which previously existed as a 5-part video series that previewed Cyberpunk 2077 before its launch.<\/p>\n<p>There will also be an episode of REDstreams, where CD Projekt RED Acting Lead Level Designer Miles Tost will unpack the new content that is announced during Night City Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Cyberpunk has remained fairly quiet on the features that could be added to the game, although an Instagram post mentioned that the next update will include &#8220;Edgerunners-inspired content &amp; missions, new weapons, and new features.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another feature that is expected to launch in the new patch is transmog &#8211; this tweet was in response to a question about the feature:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyberpunkGame\/status\/1534161245389086720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Transmog is the ability to take clothing with high stats and make it look like other outfits that are more aesthetically appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>This is a common feature in RPGs as it allows players to wear clothing that suits their character without compromising on stats.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, one heavily-requested feature that will seemingly not be included in the update is New Game+, as Senior Community Manager &#8220;Lilayah&#8221; said the following in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/cyberpunkgame\/comments\/x6fznd\/confirmed_ng_will_not_be_included_in_the_patch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>now-deleted Tweet:<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lilayah.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126041\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lilayah.webp\" alt=\"lilayah\" width=\"1212\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lilayah.webp 1212w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lilayah-300x76.webp 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/lilayah-768x194.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1212px) 100vw, 1212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Game+ allows players who have completed a game&#8217;s main story to restart it with benefits from their first playthrough remaining unlocked &#8211; often including weapons and clothing.<\/p>\n<p>The Cyberpunk 2077 community had speculated that this feature could be included in the update because a recent trailer included the player character using a late-game augmentation in an early-game sequence:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Choooom! There&#8217;s something new on the horizon \u2013 a special episode of Night City Wire!<\/p>\n<p>We will talk about our upcoming anime Cyberpunk: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Edgerunners?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Edgerunners<\/a> and what&#8217;s next for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cyberpunk2077?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cyberpunk2077<\/a>. \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>See you on Tuesday, September 6th at 5 PM CEST<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cBU8yS6pfc\">https:\/\/t.co\/cBU8yS6pfc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8yobnx18qz\">pic.twitter.com\/8yobnx18qz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyberpunkGame\/status\/1565686110470144003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cBU8yS6pfc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to watch the stream live at 17:00 on Tuesday 6 September.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CD Projekt Red will provide more information about the much-anticipated Patch 1.6, as well as the upcoming Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":126042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11681,4],"tags":[2122,6063,7293,26414],"class_list":["post-126040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc","category-playstation","category-xbox","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-cyberpunk","tag-cyberpunk-2077","tag-cyberpunk-edgerunners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}