Cyberpunk 2077 News
In the latest Cyberpunk 2077 News, several new images were revealed including another look at the Moxes and corpo Kooru Fujiaka. If you are wondering why the ladies skin looks unusual, she has synthskin. The image of V at a bar contained a binary code that translated into love from CD PROJEKT RED.
Quite a ruckus was caused when Level Designer, Max Pears disclosed that Wall running will no longer appear in 2077. A few features that were on display in the 2018 demo, or may have been mentioned in interviews from two years ago, were always subject to change.
No need to be alarmed, this has always been standard practice in the gaming industry. There were some intriguing lore updates on the Watson area of Night City Watson was described as once having it all. Nightclubs, skyscrapers, corporate offices, a top-end medcenter, even the biggest black market in Night City.
Japanese corporations competing with Arasaka invested billions of eurodollars in the district, intending to make it self-sufficient and prosperous. Everything changed when Arasaka returned to the city after the Unification War. It bled other corporations dry and changed Watson forever.
Without a stable financial sector, Watson's glory days ended: the Northside Industrial District, once a cutting-edge technology park, could no longer provide jobs, leaving people out on the street. This economic vacuum allowed Arasaka to take over and make Watson its own.
In the end, Arasaka got what it wanted, port-access in the Waterfront. In Cyberpunk 2077, Watson is a sad and desperate place. It's one of Night City's poorest districts and it's a battleground between Maelstrom and Tyger Claws. The Maelstrom settled in the Northside Industrial District .
It's filled with factories, most of which are abandoned, and working-class apartment blocks. You can also find the well-known Totentanz bar here. Tyger Claws operate from Little China and Kabuki. Little China used to be an extension of Downtown; it's a high-density urban region with skyscrapers, overpopulated with Asian immigrants during the late 2040s.
You can find the old Med Centre here. It used to be the best place in Night City to legally spend some money on your body, but now it’s overrun by the Kabuki Market. Kabuki is a maze of narrow alleyways located right next to Little China. At night, they turn into a bazaar for implants, organs, steroids, and much more.
Legend is that you can find anything you’re looking for in Kabuki Market. This makes Watson a prime target for Scavs, a ruthless group of people who harvest peoples’ organs and implants for resale on the black market. The rest of Watson is the Arasaka Waterfront.
An area off limits for non-employees. From recent gameplay, during the braindance segment, when the two punks are discussing the upcoming robbery, one can find Russian graffiti on the wall. Translated it means Kisa and Osya were here. This is a reference to a comedy novel, “12 chairs” by soviet satirists Ilya and Petrov, published in 1928, where the characters attempt to obtain jewellery hidden in a chair.
It is going to be interesting to see whether cyberware will be able to translate such graffiti in game, as that opens up a myriad of potential references from different languages and cultures. It was confirmed that Cyberware will have different tiers.
Legendary, epic, rare, uncommon and common. The higher the tier the more slots required to install. Furthermore, armour and weapons can be upgraded. Referring to Evelyn Parker, who tries to cut Dexter DeShawn out of a deal, Pawel Sasko implied that there will be many clues in the audio and dialogue to assist in interpreting characters you meet.
For instance, the way the character moves, or their actions during a conversation might provide a hint they have omitted, forgot or altered something. Thus, paying close attention to small details will reward players. Finally CDPR revealed that Judy Alvarez is Night City’s premier braindance technician, heavily respected for her skills, innovation and creativity.
