Cyberpunk Edgerunners shows CD Projekt's Cyberpunk is still worth fighting for

Cyberpunk Edgerunners is fantastic, the latest in a recent line of impressive anime adaptations of video games. I’ve enjoyed the low-level shenanigans of its eclectic cast of sci-fi punks as they navigate the never-ending dystopia that is Night City. It presents a story more heartfelt than Cyberpunk 2077’s, with more likeable characters (not hard, when you consider the relentless – and inescapable – dickheadishness of Keanu Reeves’ Johnny Silverhand). Edgerunners, though, offers a slither of hope, and not just for its fictional characters. It shows CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk is still worth fighting for, despite .

CYBERPUNK 2077 SPOILERS ARE AHEAD.

I thought it impossible at first. Cyberpunk 2077’s launch was a car crash as catastrophic as any of the viral glitches the game spat out from some overloaded Night City crossroads. I had thought CD Projekt would fulfil its legal obligations and move on, like a cruel corpo washing their hands of a shady business deal gone wrong. Remember Witcher? Please, remember Witcher!

But no. CD Projekt has issued update after update, announced an expansion (there’s only going to be one, mind) and now released Cyberpunk Edgerunners, which, as I’ve said, is fantastic. Player numbers have exploded. Remarkably, Cyberpunk 2077 is the most-played single-player game on Steam. Take that, Game of the Year in-waiting, Elden Ring.