CD Projekt has introduced a shock replace to Cyberpunk 2077, due out this week.
The Cyberpunk 2077 Edgerunners 2 Replace (2.5) launches Thursday, October 22, and whereas CD Projekt saved the small print quiet, it has confirmed it can function content material “impressed” by the anime. Edgerunners 2 hits Netflix right now, 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.”
“Replace 2.5 can be dropping on October 22, 2026, marking yet one more alternative to dive again into Night time Metropolis or expertise it for the very first time,” the developer continued.
What does new “options” imply? In yet one more social media submit, this time from the Cyberpunk 2077 account, CD Projekt teased, “New Edgerunners, new chrome, new playstyle,” including: “We’re speaking cyberware customization, a brand new dual-wielding playstyle, and extra!”
The point out of a brand new dual-wielding playstyle has actually obtained followers excited. “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 Replace can 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 “observe 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 mild of the announcement of the Songs of the Previous enlargement for the 11-year-old The Witcher 3.
In Might, CD Projekt insisted it had “no plans” for additional Cyberpunk 2077 DLCs or expansions, disappointing followers. The remark advised that followers must anticipate Cyberpunk 2 for extra from CD Projekt’s much-loved dystopian universe. And the wait seems like it may be vital; Cyberpunk 2 is additional behind The Witcher 4, and CD Projekt co-CEO Michał Nowakowski has advised Cyberpunk 2 received’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 Might, and has already obtained followers both dusting off their obtain, or redownloading the sport in anticipation of what is to come back.
In July, CD Projekt confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 had bought an unimaginable 40 million copies since its December 2020 launch, up 5 million from November 2025. It is obtained one enlargement to date, 2023’s Phantom Liberty starring Idris Elba.
When you wait to search out out what’s on this new Cyberpunk 2077 replace, try IGN’s assessment of Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.