The release of: Ultimate Edition next week will also see a new 2.1 update that will bring ”New and hotly-anticipated gameplay elements” for the great price of free, according to developer CD Projekt Red.
10.11.2023 - 17:43 / gamesradar.com / Idris Elba / Projekt Red / Solomon Reed / Best / Best Game
Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty cinematic trailer is so preem that it’s scored developer CD Projekt Red the award for Best Game Trailer at the Golden Joystick Awards 2023 powered by Intel.
The trailer for Cyberpunk 2077’s sole expansion beat out the competition in the Best Game Trailer award category, which you can see from the list of Golden Joystick Awards 2023 nominees below:
Phantom Liberty's cinematic trailer emphasizes Idris Elba's character, Solomon Reed. It starts as a more intimate affair as we see Reed hop onto a train before sitting down and talking to an assumed ally over a communication device. As ever, the moment of reprieve doesn't last as we reach the trailer's action, setting the stakes of what's to come in the expansion itself.
You can watch the trailer below for yourself:
Aside from the suspense and anticipation the trailer brings, there's plenty else fans immediately adore – Elba's character looks remarkably life-like. There's even a cheeky James Bond reference to boot.
The trailer set up what would be a cracking expansion, too. In our Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty review, we gave it a near-perfect score, calling it "the culmination of CD Projekt Red's efforts."
"Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty is the culmination of CD Projekt Red's efforts to right the wrongs of a challenging launch, with this premium expansion combining with Update 2.0 for a total revitalization of Night City," we said. "This is Cyberpunk 2077 at its best, and with the price of entry this low you've got no excuse not to dive back in."
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The release of: Ultimate Edition next week will also see a new 2.1 update that will bring ”New and hotly-anticipated gameplay elements” for the great price of free, according to developer CD Projekt Red.
Phantom Liberty, the Cyberpunk 2077 DLC that adds Idris Elba and some kind of rocket ship (I think? I haven't actually gotten to it yet), has done quite well for itself. That's according to a recent CD Projekt Red earnings call as well as the company's Twitter account, which was out yesterday boasting about 4.3 million copies of the DLC sold since launch.
Since launching in late September, the first and only DLC for Cyberpunk 2077 has sold 4.3 million copies in just two months, according to CD Projekt Red's latest earnings report.
CD Projekt has announced that Phantom Liberty, the first and only expansion for its sci-fi RPG Cyberpunk 2077, has sold 4.3m copies since launching this September — and that over 330 developers at the company are now working on the next Witcher game.
One in five players who own the base game have Phantom Liberty.
CD Projekt Group revealed its selected Q3 2023 financial results and announced that Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty has sold 4.3 million copies. The expansion launched on September 26th for Xbox Series X/S, PS5 and PC, selling three million copies in its first week.
Cyberpunk 2077's Idris Elba-starring expansion Phantom Liberty has sold 4.3 million copies since it launched, developer CD Projekt Red has confirmed.
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CD Projekt Red has announced the release of Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on December 5. This edition bundles the base game, all DLC, as well as this year’s Phantom Liberty expansion.
If you were hopeful of picking up Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition on disc, you might want to check what version you’re picking up. Not every platform will feature a disc version that includes the Phantom Liberty DLC expansion. Instead, if you want everything compiled on a disc, then you’re going to be forced into purchasing an Xbox Series X copy of the game. Those of you on PlayStation 5 will instead have to download the DLC online. It might be frustrating for some players to deal with, and recently, a spokesperson for CD Projekt Red confirmed what’s going on with the Ultimate Edition.
CD Projekt Red is releasing a physical and digital Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition that features the new and improved Cyberpunk 2077 and its expansion Phantom Liberty.
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition, a collection bundling in Phantom Liberty and every update, launches next month on December 5.