Cyberpunk 2 is one of multiple projects in the works at CD Projekt Red, and now some new information about the game has come to light. Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith has revealed that the sequel will feature a brand-new city that he described as “like Chicago gone wrong.”
Appearing in a REDstreams broadcast, Pondsmith said he recently visited the developers and said he spoke with the environment team to see how the new city was coming together. Whatever this place is, it will be on top of the next iteration of Night City from Cyberpunk 2077.
“There’s another city we visit–I’m not telling you any more than that but there’s another city we visit. And Night City is still there. But I remember looking at it and going, yeah I understand the feel you’re going for this, and this really does work. And it doesn’t feel like Blade Runner, it feels more like Chicago gone wrong. I said, ‘Yeah, I can see this working,'” he said, as reported by IGN.
Could Keanu Reeves come back?
Also during the interview, Pondsmith broached the subject of whether or not Keanu Reeves (Johnny Silverhand) could return in Cyberpunk 2. Pondsmith said he saw the headlines where Reeves himself said he would be keen to come back and called on Reeves to pick up the phone.
“I saw that Keanu would like to find a way to come back from the dead and play Johnny again. I have ways to do that, Keanu. Contact me,” Pondsmith said.
Silverhand is a former rockstar who appears in the game in the form of a digital engram long after his physical body dies. The character’s fate at the end of Cyberpunk 2077 can depend on the ending that players receive. Given that, it appears possible that he could return in Cyberpunk 2, but that’s far from a guarantee that it would happen, as that would depend on a countless combination of factors.
As for CD Projekt’s other upcoming games, the company is making The Witcher 4 and is co-producing a remake of the original Witcher game with developer Fool’s Theory.
