Fans craving some Cyberpunk 2077 news won’t be getting at E3, or anytime soon after according to CD Projekt RED. CEO Marcin Iwinski told Eurogamer that the company would not have anything to say about Cyberpunk 2077 at this year’s show, and will be holding off on announcements until they have something substantial to talk about.
"It might happen that we will be at E3 and we will show something at E3, but I just want to make it clear it's not Cyberpunk,” he told Eurogamer, adding, “Right now it's the end of talking about Cyberpunk until we can go out there and show stuff and say, 'Hey, here it is,' because that's how we do games.”
Iwinski did admit that CDPR will have something to show at E3, and a November 2016 report from the studio indicated that it was developing “a new type of video game format previously unexplored by the studio."
Speculation at the time suggested the studio was getting into the VR game but I’m not so sure. While covering a panel on Witcher 3’s in-game card game Gwent at PAX East it was clear to me that fan interest in a standalone Gwent game was especially high. The panel is where CDPR announced a new faction coming to the game, Skellige, but it was a moment at the end of the panel that has me convinced we’re seeing a mobile Gwent game.
As the panel concluded, fans were given a chance to ask questions. One of the final questions was from a fan asking if there would ever be a mobile Gwent game. Panelists Damian Monnier and Rafal Jaki both laughed, and Monnier held up his cell phone to record an auditorium full of fans screaming “YES!” when he asked them if they wanted a mobile Gwent game.
Although games like Hearthstone and Clash Royale are heavy hitters in a mobile card game space that’s also full of imitators, I think a Gwent release from CDPR could find a place in the market. CDPR has long been a studio that’s rallied against things like DMR and microtransactions. A Gwent release that is cheap, works offline and is free of microtransactions would make them stand out in that crowded field. And I think there are enough Gwent junkies like myself who would flock to the game and at the very least make it worthwhile for CDPR to release it.
Bummed about the Cyberpunk 2077 announcement? Would a mobile version of Gwent make you happy? Is happiness defined as a series of temporary joys or a more intrinsic notion of spiritual peace and harmony? Let us know in the comments!
