Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 Update Will Launch 'a Little Bit Before' Phantom Liberty, Says a Cheeky CDPR | Push Square

Today, CD Projekt Red announced during a special Night City Wire that Cyberpunk 2077's Update 2.0 will go live on September 21, for free, on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. It also revealed new cinematics, gameplay and music details, and more about Cyberpunk 2077's upcoming expansion, Phantom Liberty, which is out September 26. The entire Night City Wire ran for about 40 minutes but fortunately for you, we have everything you need to know about it summarized below. 

Cyberpunk 2077's 2.0 update is out next week on September 21.

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As Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion inches closer, developer CD Projekt Red has warned PC players to test their cooling systems beforehand. In a tweet, lead scene programmer Filip Pierściński claimed that both the game's paid expansion and the version 2.0 update will be heavy on CPU usage, essentially squeezing every bit of performance out of the chip. As such, a 90 percent workload on an 8-core processor is easily expected, which could lead to thermal throttling. It's unclear as to what aspect of the update is making the game so CPU-demanding, but past patches heavily focused on ray-tracing features.

If you’re a fan of Cyberpunk 2077, then you know this month will be a big one for the game. We have two major releases for Cyberpunk 2077, one of which is entirely free. Unfortunately, both will require you to ensure the game is being played on the latest-generation platforms along with the PC. However, today, a new concept art piece was dropped to further hype up the new content you can expect for Night City later this month. Take a look at the Black Sapphire club.

Bethesda Game Studios RPG have a tendency to be mind-bogglingly massive experiences even at launch, and continue to only grow in size with significant post-launch support in the form of various updates and expansions. The recently-released Starfield very much seems to be following that same trajectory- but though we know Bethesda will release DLC for the sci-fi RPG, when exactly can we expect that DLC?

CD Projekt Red has shared what changes are coming to Cyberpunk 2077's police system alongside the Phantom Liberty update.

The PlayStation Portal streaming handheld has quickly become a contentious little device. At first glance, it looks the part of a PSP or Vita successor. However, this thing’s limited to streaming games installed on your PS5 or PS4, which makes its use cases niche to say the least. For those that are interested in it, though, we finally have a release date for the Portal nailed down.

After announcing that Reliance Industries has cumulatively invested $150 billion in the last 10 years, the biggest amount by any Indian corporation, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani said on Monday that JioAirFiber will launch on Ganesh Chaturthi, Sept 19.

Apple's iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro launch is less than a month away and details related to the flagship models keep pouring in. Apple is yet to send out press invites for its special event but we have previously heard that the announcement could take place in the first half of September. It was initially coined by Mark Gurman that Apple could host its event on September 12 or 13. The analyst later pointed to a September 12 launch ahead of Apple's official statement. Now, another leaker corroborates earlier rumors of the event.

Cyberpunk 2077 fans are eagerly awaiting its expansion. With the game launching in such a horrible state, the development team at CD Projekt Red had cut back a lot of plans they initially had for post-launch content. Fortunately, fans are getting one expansion for the game, which will likely bring out plenty of players back into the mean streets of Night City. We know that Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is set to launch next month, and with it comes a brand new area, storyline, and gear. However, we recently learned that Netrunners will get a nice overhaul. 

Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion got a new trailer a couple of days ago, alongside news that many of its system overhauls will come to the base game for free. Now developers CD Projekt Red have gone into more detail about the changes in a new Phantom Liberty livestream which showed the expanded skill tree, some new perks, the overhauled vehicle combat, among other things.