CD Projekt has introduced a shock replace to Cyberpunk 2077, due out this week.
The Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners 2 Update (2.5) launches Thursday, October 22, and whereas CD Projekt saved the main points quiet, it has confirmed it is going to function content material “impressed” by the anime. Edgerunners 2 hits Netflix right this moment, so this replace is well-timed to capitalize on heightened curiosity in all issues Cyberpunk 2077.
However what, precisely, is within the replace itself? CD Projekt took to social media to substantiate that Cyberpunk 2077 will get “new objects and options,” which incorporates the content material impressed by Edgerunners 2.”
“Update 2.5 will probably be dropping on October 22, 2026, marking one more alternative to dive again into Evening Metropolis or expertise it for the very first time,” the developer continued.
What does new “options” imply? Followers are hoping for greater than minor Edgerunners cosmetics. Somewhat, they’re hoping for substantial DLC that features new content material. Possibly even a brand new official, CD Projekt-made quest.
“So f***ing hyped about what we cooked for you,” teased Paweł Sasko, affiliate sport director on the in-development Cyberpunk 2. Maybe followers ought to get their hopes up, then.
Extra particulars concerning the Edgerunners 2 Update will probably be revealed on October 21, 2026, throughout a particular episode of REDstreams, CD Projekt stated. Patch notes are scheduled for publication on the identical day. The free replace itself launches throughout PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X and S, with the Nintendo Change 2 launch to “comply with shortly.”
Cyberpunk 2077 followers have been calling on CD Projekt to launch significant DLC for a while now. Some even maintain out hope for an enlargement for the close to six-year-old sport, particularly in gentle of the announcement of the Songs of the Previous enlargement for the 11-year-old The Witcher 3.
In Could, CD Projekt insisted it had “no plans” for additional Cyberpunk 2077 DLCs or expansions, disappointing followers. The remark urged that followers must wait for Cyberpunk 2 for extra from CD Projekt’s much-loved dystopian universe. And the wait appears like it may be vital; Cyberpunk 2 is additional behind The Witcher 4, and CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has urged Cyberpunk 2 gained’t be out till a minimum of 2030.
However this information of a 2.5 replace for Cyberpunk 2077 runs counter considerably to CD Projekt’s assertion in Could, and has already bought followers both dusting off their obtain, or redownloading the sport in anticipation of what is to return.
In July, CD Projekt confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 had bought an unbelievable 40 million copies since its December 2020 launch, up 5 million from November 2025. It is obtained one enlargement up to now, 2023’s Phantom Liberty starring Idris Elba.
When you wait to search out out what’s on this new Cyberpunk 2077 replace, take a look at IGN’s evaluation of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.