Cyberpunk 2077 sequel will feature a new "Chicago gone wrong" city alongside Night City

Forward-looking: We might be several years away from the release of Cyberpunk 2077's sequel, but thanks to Mike Pondsmith, creator of the original Cyberpunk tabletop game, we now know some details. Pondsmith, who consulted with CD Projekt during the development of Cyberpunk 2077, was asked about his involvement with the sequel, codenamed Project Orion, at the Digital Dragons 2025 conference. Pondsmith said that while he wasn't as directly involved with the game this time around, he does review Orion's scripts and has been to CD Projekt to take a look at the development. "Last week I was wandering around talking to different departments, and seeing what they had, 'Oh look, this is the new cyberware, what do you think?' 'Oh yeah, that's pretty good, that works here'," he said. Pondsmith added that he had spent a lot of time talking to the game's environmental designers, who told him that while the original Night City will still be part of Orion, there will also be another city player ... Read full article.