Your PS4 copy of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ will be playable on PS5 at launch

• CD Projekt Red revealed on Friday that Cyberpunk 2077 will be backwards compatible with PS5 and Xbox Series X on launch day, whether you buy a physical or digital copy.
• An upgraded version of Cyberpunk 2077 that takes advantage of the next-gen hardware will be released at a later date, but won't be ready this fall.
• CD Projekt Red also announced that Cyberpunk 2077 has been delayed to November 19th, 2022.

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Cyberpunk 2077 is, without a doubt, one of the most anticipated games of 2020. The game's developer, CD Projekt Red, put itself firmly on the map with the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015, which just so happened to be our favorite game of 2015, and gamers have been waiting for a new release from the studio ever since.

Unfortunately, the wait keeps getting longer, as CD Projekt Red has delayed the game twice. Originally, Cyberpunk 2077 was going to launch on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 16th, 2020, but at the beginning of this year, the team delayed it to September 17th in order to "make the game perfect." Then, this week, the studio returned with another update, announcing that the release date was being moved back again, this time to November 19th.

Making games is very, very, very difficult, and the team should take as much time as it needs, especially if more time means less crunch for the programmers and artists and writers working their tails off. On the other hand, we can still be bummed that Cyberpunk 2077 is five months away, but there is some good news as well.

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