Video video games maker CD Projekt has no plans to shelve Cyberpunk 2077 and is dedicated to fixing glitches to make its flagship sport a long-term success after a troubled rollout, joint chief government Adam Kicinski informed Reuters.
Kicinski stated CD Projekt was in contact with Sony, which pulled Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store solely per week after its debut in December amid complaints of glitches within the online game.
The role-playing sport, billed as an “open-world, action-adventure story set in … a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification” and that includes Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, was delayed 3 times earlier than its debut.
“I don’t see an option to shelve Cyberpunk 2077. We are convinced that we can bring the game to such a state that we can be proud of it and therefore successfully sell it for years to come,” Kicinski stated.
CD Projekt launched a patch for Cyberpunk 2077 final month, and Kicinski stated the brand new 1.2 patch was a step in the direction of the sport’s return to the PlayStation retailer and that the Polish video games maker had “friendly relations” with Sony.
Cyberpunk 2077 had been CD Projekt’s most-anticipated sport since 2015’s The Witcher: Wild Hunt.
Last month the corporate additionally unexpectedly cancelled plans to develop a standalone multi-player model of Cyberpunk 2077.
Kicinski stated that the format is extra dangerous for the corporate, which has to date targeted on single-player video games.
In one other setback, CD Projekt was hit by a cyber assault in February. Kicinski stated the corporate didn’t lose any information within the assault, which was brought on by a gap in an exterior software program, and it led to solely a 2-3 week delay to its improvement work.
Kicinski, who has labored at CD Projekt because it was based almost three a long time in the past, stated the corporate is searching for acquisition alternatives because it embarks on a “fundamental” change to have the opportunity to develop two high-budget video games in parallel from subsequent yr. Acquisitions wouldn’t be aimed toward boosting monetary outcomes and wouldn’t be restricted to any geographical areas, he stated.
He additionally stated that since hostile takeovers can’t be totally dominated out within the gaming trade, the corporate took steps just a few years in the past to cut back the danger of changing into a takeover goal, together with capping a shareholder’s voting rights to 20 %.
CD Projekt faces class motion lawsuits within the United States following the troubled Cyberpunk debut, and Kicinski stated the corporate is represented by Cooley LLP regulation agency.
In a kind of circumstances, CD Projekt stated on Friday that authorized claims towards the corporate within the United States relating to the phrases of distribution offers with Valve Corp. had now been withdrawn. Video video games maker CD Projekt has no plans to shelve Cyberpunk 2077 and is dedicated to fixing glitches to make its flagship sport a long-term success after a troubled rollout, joint chief government Adam Kicinski informed Reuters.
Kicinski stated CD Projekt was in contact with Sony, which pulled Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store solely per week after its debut in December amid complaints of glitches within the online game.
The role-playing sport, billed as an “open-world, action-adventure story set in … a megalopolis obsessed with power, glamour and body modification” and that includes Hollywood star Keanu Reeves, was delayed 3 times earlier than its debut.
“I don’t see an option to shelve Cyberpunk 2077. We are convinced that we can bring the game to such a state that we can be proud of it and therefore successfully sell it for years to come,” Kicinski stated.
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