CD Projekt Purple loremaster Patrick Mills has revealed the precise 12 months Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 takes place, amid hypothesis from followers about what it means for the ending of Cyberpunk 2077.
Based on Mills, Season 2 takes place not lengthy after you chunk the bullet and eventually meet Hanako at Embers in Cyberpunk 2077.
“Okay so the factor is that I’m seeing lots of people assuming S2 takes place earlier than 2077 nevertheless it does not, it takes place in 2078,” Mills confirmed in a submit on Bluesky. “Transferring issues ahead, time does not cease in Cyberpunk.”
Mills beforehand posted a few misunderstanding he had seen in early critiques of the collection, however wished to attend till it was out earlier than dropping a reality nuke.
In Edgerunners Season 2, highly effective company Arasaka doesn’t fairly have the identical pull it did through the occasions of Cyberpunk 2077, which is a touch that the anime takes place after the occasions of the sport. There are additionally another smaller and greater particulars, however just like the loremaster, I don’t need to spoil issues for you.
Now they know Edgerunners 2 is ready only a 12 months after the occasions of Cyberpunk 2077, fans are trying to work out what it means for the plot of the game. Some consider it suggests sure endings are canon. Or, maybe it might be higher to say, some consider it suggests sure endings are not canon. In reality, Edgerunners 2 does not power CD Projekt into making a call about canon — a bit like Bethesda’s place on Fallout canon within the context of the Amazon TV present, which takes place after all of the video video games.
The world of Cyberpunk is ready to increase additional, in fact, with the in-development Cyberpunk 2 (the place and when the sport takes place is but to be introduced). There’s additionally a live-action movie within the works, though in line with CD Projekt, the Cyberpunk 2077 film will not retrace the sport’s steps.
Earlier than all that, Cyberpunk 2077 is ready for a shock Edgerunners 2-themed replace this week. CD Projekt has confirmed it options cyberware customization and a brand new dual-wielding playstyle. CDPR launched an analogous replace to tie into the primary season. The Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners replace added a brief questline that allow gamers monitor down the cool yellow jacket the protagonist of Season 1 wore. There’s probability the brand new replace will include some comparable surprises when it drops on October 22.
Extra particulars concerning the Edgerunners 2 replace will likely be revealed in the present day, October 21, 2026, throughout a particular episode of REDstreams.