'Cyperpunk 2077' Has Just Been Delayed by Months

The game featuring Keanu Reeves and Grimes will now arrive in September

BY Brock ThiessenPublished Jan 16, 2020

In what's sure to be devastating news for gamers everywhere, the highly anticipated Cyperpunk 2077 has just been delayed.

Developer CD PROJEKT RED broke the bad new this morning, explaining that the game — which features both Keanu Reeves and Grimes — is being pushed back from April 16 to September 17.

"We want the game to be our crowning achievement for this generation and postponing launch will give us the precious months we need to make the game perfect," reads the announcement from CD PROJEKT RED, the Polish developer also behind the hugely popular Witcher games.

Read the announcement below.

The announcement was no doubt a hard one to make for CD PROJEKT RED — after all, the game's release date was quickly approaching and promotional efforts for the title have been in full swing.

Just recently, Grimes shared her involvement with the project, revealing she would be an in-game character and contribute her Miss Anthropocene song "4ÆM" to the game's soundtrack.

While the Cyperpunk 2077 soundtrack had yet to be formally announced, it was already revealed that the OST would feature new songs by Refused, Run the Jewels, A$AP Rocky, Nina Kraviz, Gazelle Twin, Ilan Rubin, Richard Devine, Deadly Hunta, Rat Boy and Tina Guo.

Of course, the game also features John Wick himself Keanu Reeves.

When Cyberpunk 2077 does arrive, it will be available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC — now on September 17.

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