What is going on Neon Nation welcome back
for a quick infusion of Cyberpunk 2077 News.
In today’s episode we have the NVIDIA Ampere
Event and the showcasing of a new RTX Enabled
Trailer and some amazing new Ray traced enabled
screenshots, some information on system specs
and how much space Cyberpunk will take up
on your PC or Console, more hints at NO more
delays, night city wire episode 3 and when
we could be seeing it, a new interview giving
some hints about the new trauma team comic
out this month, and other details from the
world of Cyberpunk and CD PROJEKT RED.
FIrst up we have the recent NVIDIA Event where
a brief 2077 trailer featuring all the ray
tracing and DLSS bells and whistles were showcased.
Gonna give ourselves a big pat on the back
for calling this the day before It was hinted
at, and along with this stunning trailer we
got some snapshots of some of these scenes,
again with all the ray traced goodness.
I will have a full trailer analysis out tomorrow,
and I did a brief trailer side by side when
this first came out, but for now let’s briefly
look at these screens.
First we have Watson at Night in all it’s
neon soaked goodness, followed by a scene
with our first look at Chinese megacorporation
Kang Tao and some of their Robots.
Moving on we have this ominous underpass,a
Ray traced reflection heavy shot of the Afterlife,
the bar where the Street Kid origin story
begins, as well as a couple of others.
Frame by frame analysis of the trailer and
these screens will be up tomorrow September
4th.
CDPR also released a stand alone screenshot
featuring a booth in a dingy back alley.
Honestly surprised at how much I really love
this screenshot, and taking a look into the
back we see that yes print media is still
alive, featuring a reference to a protest
in Night City.
More on news media in a bit.
It’s 41 degrees fahrenheit which seems fairly
chilly for California, and there are a wide
variety of beverages and magazines, one of
which features the visionary of Night City,
Richard Night.
In the source material, Night was murdered
before the completion of the city, although
it’s likely his ideology is still very much
present, through his wife Mirian Might and
NightCorp.
In a question, from our very own discord member
Michael, about if the papers will respond
to your in game actions and change over the
span of time, CDPR responds with the fact
that in game media might react to a couple
of events during your story, but most of the
time, they won’t be reacting to your actions.
Very happy that this has at least some sort
of presence, and this could mean that the
cover stories of these papers may shift to
reflect a changing Night City landscape.
Moving on I know many of you have been asking
about minimum specs and storage requirements
for Cyberpunk 2077, and CDPR devs have taken
to twitter to mention that they are going
to be coming very soon.
If I had to guess I’d say we are about a
month away from these being revealed, around
the time the game is slated to go gold.
When it comes to space, don’t be discouraged
by the NVIDIA presentation which implied that
Cyberpunk may tip the scales at 200GB.
It seems that Cyberpunk will be on par with
other modern titles, and won’t take up an
atypical amount of room on your hard drives.
Warzone I’m looking at you.
When it comes to delays, we have more hints
of those days being behind us, with the release
date plastered over this billboard outside
of the CDPR offices in Poland, followed up
with Senior Quest Designer Pawel Sasko joining
in on the countdown festivities on Twitter.
For those of you who need more convincing,
here’s a little extra push in that direction.
Also i’d imagine CDPR doesn’t want to
miss out on the Holiday sales, and the window
right before Next gen consoles as well.
When it comes to Night City Wire episode 3,
there has been some chatter that it will be
featured at the Tokyo Game Show at the end
of september.
This is likely not the 3rd episode judging
by some descriptions and even the time of
the event, and is just going to be the 2nd
episode of the wire, shown to their Japanese
audience similarly to how CDPR showed their
Chinese audience the first episode the day
before announcing NCW episode 2.
If they follow suit with this expect an announcement
of the 3rd episode at the end of September,
slated for the beginning of October.
In any case, CDPR has responded on twitter
that they have obviously not forgotten about
NCW 3, and that it will be a good one.
Moving on we have an interview with writer
Cullen Bunn and illustrator Miguel Valderrama
about the upcoming Trauma Team series.
Explaining the concept of the Comic Cullen
Bunn mentions that it follows Nadia, a member
of the Trauma Team who is experiencing a great
deal of pain and suffering.
She is off the heels of their last extraction,
where she saved a patient, but the rest of
her team was killed.
She's been cleared for duty again, but she
is still haunted by these prior events.
This new mission is to save a patient, who
is pinned down by a gang of killers, in a
towering skyscraper turned deathtrap.
When it comes to crafting a compelling story
Bunn mentions that his personal take on the
cyberpunk dystopia has been taking shape for
decades, drawing from bits and pieces of his
favorite interpretations.
He was also deeply invested in the Cyberpunk
role playing game back in the day.
Valderrama mentions that although the genre
has influenced him, he gets more influence
from heist and police stories and likes to
rely on the cyberpunk element for more of
the specific details and social commentary
element.
Humanizing the TT as having flaws and weaknesses
and struggling with the system of Night City
along with the regular day to day citizens,
makes the dystopia more believable in the
opinion of Valderrama, and will be at the
core of the narrative.
The Comic will take place in the same timeline
as the game, although it's not bound to the
events of Cyberpunk 2077 and acts as its own
story to make the reader feel that there is
always something more going on in Night City.
Bunn mentions that if they do more stories,
they might focus on different characters and
aspects of the 2077 mythology.
Intense action, a crude and violent story,
and that some of the challenges the team will
encounter is harrowing to say the least.
There is a bit more to this article, so for
the full scoop check the full interview in
the description.
Moving on, CDPR has recently collaborated
with Rockstar to release some new branded
energy drinks going by the name Samurai Cola.
Again they are going full speed ahead with
the licensing deals, 2077 is going to be a
monumental cash cow for CDPR so why not.
We also have an illustration contest for those
of you talented artists, so for more on that
make sure to check out the details on Cyberpunk
dot net.
Finally happy birthday to Keanu Reeves, aka
Johnny SIlverhand who turned 56 yesterday.
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