CYBERPUNK 2077
The 2018 Xbox E3 Media Briefing was coming to an end. Phil Spencer took the stage for a final time to see everyone off and recap what had just transpired. Suddenly the screens around him flashed and distorted, the normal green hue of an Xbox showcase replaced with a deep and jarring red. Hacker? Prank? Neither. This was Cyberpunk 2077 making its presence felt. Now that we’ve bore witness to a behind-closed-doors demo of the game, we understand the need for a dramatic emergence. CD Projekt Red had delivered to us a glimpse at the future of video games. Cyberpunk 2077 places us into the role of V, a mercenary routinely called upon to take on the dirtiest jobs in the city. This bleak alternate America is fertile ground for a hired gun like V, as street gangs run wild in the underground and ultra-powerful megacorporations do the same out in the open. Night City is a gigantic urban environment populated with all sorts of human (and augmented non-human) life, serving as a perfect
playground for V’s line of work.