The game's development began around the time of Grand Theft Auto IV 's release and was shared between many of Rockstar's studios worldwide. Grand Theft Auto Online, the game's online multiplayer mode, lets up to 30 players engage in a variety of different cooperative and competitive game modes.
A "wanted" system governs the aggression of law enforcement response to players who commit crimes. The story is centred on the heist sequences, and many missions involve shooting and driving gameplay. Players control the three lead protagonists throughout single-player and switch among them, both during and outside missions. The game is played from either a third-person or first-person perspective, and its world is navigated on foot and by vehicle. The open world design lets players freely roam San Andreas' open countryside and the fictional city of Los Santos, based on Los Angeles. Set within the fictional state of San Andreas, based on Southern California, the single-player story follows three protagonists-retired bank robber Michael De Santa, street gangster Franklin Clinton, and drug dealer and gunrunner Trevor Philips-and their attempts to commit heists while under pressure from a corrupt government agency and powerful criminals. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto series, following 2008's Grand Theft Auto IV, and the fifteenth instalment overall.
The Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 versions are scheduled for the first quarter of 2022.Grand Theft Auto V is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. ‘There are provisions that significantly hinder hostile takeovers,’ he said.Ĭyberpunk 2077 is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC, and Stadia. He also shot down the possibility of a hostile takeover, explaining that there are measures in place to prevent such a thing. We are also not looking for a strategic investor’. However, Kiciński insists this will not happen: ‘We have been saying for years that we plan to remain independent and do not plan to become part of a larger entity. In January, analysts suggested CD Projekt could even end up being bought out. The game is currently enjoying a slew of positive user reviews on Steam (no doubt thanks to it being discounted for Black Friday), but the damage its launch caused was not just short term.ĬD Projekt is still facing a class action lawsuit filed by its own investors because of the money they lost as a result of the company’s stock dropping in the wake of Cyberpunk 2077’s release. Things have certainly improved for Cyberpunk 2077 since last December. Deciding to push back the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions suggests CD Projekt is eager to avoid a similar incident happening again.Ĭyberpunk 2077 should never be forgiven as games companies have learnt nothing from it The game’s launch date was pushed back multiple times throughout 2020 before finally releasing in December, despite clearly needing more development time.
‘We need the extra time to fine-tune the visuals and performance of the game to be as high quality as possible throughout the game.’ĭelays are hardly new for Cyberpunk 2077. ‘The decision to postpone the next gen version of Cyberpunk was a difficult one, but we are confident that it was the right one, especially since it was clearly recommended by our development team,’ said Kiciński. They were supposed to release by the end of 2021 but have been postponed a decision that apparently was recommended by the development team. ‘We believe that in the long run Cyberpunk 2077 will be perceived as a very good game, and like our other titles, it will sell for years – especially as the hardware gets more powerful over time and we improve the game.’Ĭurrently, there are no further updates planned for this year, but 2022 will see the release of the dedicated PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions.
Nevertheless, the brand awareness of Cyberpunk that we’ve managed to build is huge, and the game universe, its characters and details have fans all over the world. ‘We’re proud of many aspects of the game, but as we know, not everything went our way.