Years ago, Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt RED announced that it was making a multiplayer game set in the same sci-fi universe. The RPG was released a couple of years ago but there’s still no sign of multiplayer, and the developer has finally explained why, and the reason is kind of obvious when you hear it.
“The priority was that the main experience would work for people in really good shape,” Cyberpunk 2077 campaign director Phipp Weber told Eurogamer. (Opens in a new tab). “We wanted to do a lot of things at the same time, and we just needed to really focus and say, ‘Okay, what’s the important part?'” “
The developer has focused its attention on creating patches and updates for Cyberpunk 2077 and its background multiplayer mode. Like really in the back off the back burner.