Cyberpunk 2077 getting free DLC in early 2022 — what you need to know

Cyberpunk 2077 getting free DLC in early on 2021 — what you lot need to know

(Image credit: CD Projekt Ruddy)

If you lot jump on over to Cyberpunk 2077'south website, there's a folio that states DLC will be dropping early 2021. But given the fiasco surrounding it's buggy launch, the game being pulled from the PlayStation shop, refunds being given to buyers, and an impending investor lawsuit, that timeline might accept shifted. Here's what we know so far.

As Engadget'southward Richard Lawler pointed out, the page linked above actually went live the same day as the game itself, before the controversy around the game began. Since the game'due south launch, a lot has happened. And right now, programmer CD Projekt Red is working difficult on getting two major patches sent to players earlier information technology can likely focus on anything else.

Cyberpunk 2077 DLC Screengrab — (Image credit: CD Projekt Red)

Per an investor telephone call, CD Projekt Blood-red president and co-CEO Adam Kicińksi said information technology was "too early to judge" when DLC might become live.

"At the moment please let us handle the situation, and delight allow usa make some more assessments –that'due south still ahead of us; we don't know yet, and nosotros're now focused on improving Cyberpunk," said Kiciński during an investor phone call.

As for multiplayer, which was initially planned for 2020 but moved to 2021, it will likely accept some time to arrive. According to Kiciński, Cyberpunk 2077'southward multiplayer is huge, and is beingness treated as its own product, much like Grand Theft Auto Online has taken on a life of its own.

"So, first, we don't call information technology modes," said Kiciński on an investor call in Nov (translated by Seeking Blastoff). "It'south a divide defended product, a large product. Nosotros think well-nigh it as a standalone product."

Given everything that'due south occurred since the game's launch, we doubtable that CD Projekt Blood-red wants to get the multiplayer correct. Meaning that the evolution squad volition want to launch multiplayer in a state that won't set the net on fire.

Equally for when DLC might launch, CD Projekt Ruddy has stated the rollout would exist similar to The Witcher 3's. For that game, 16 gratuitous DLC updates rolled out after soon following the game's launch. It included a few cosmetic upgrades and smaller quests. This suggests that the free DLC was likely largely done before the launch of The Witcher iii, and that CD Projekt Red piecemealed it out as a fashion to keep fans engaged earlier the launch of much larger paid DLC's which added hours of new content.

So, if the aforementioned is true for Cyberpunk 2077, then the gratis rounds of DLC are most likely complete, and once the game is stable across all consoles, then fans should start seeing drops.

Imad Khan is news editor at Tom's Guide, helping direct the 24-hour interval'south breaking coverage. Prior to working at the site, Imad was a full-fourth dimension freelancer, with bylines at the New York Times, the Washington Post and ESPN. Outside of piece of work, you can observe him sitting blankly in front end of a Word certificate trying desperately to write the outset pages of a new book.