Cyberpunk 2077’s Sequel Will Include New Chicago-Inspired City
The follow-up to Cyberpunk 2077 will feature an all-new city alongside Night City, this one taking inspiration from Chicago.
Wake up, babes. We got a new city to burn.
While the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel may be quite some time away, with developers CD Projekt Red putting the majority of their focus into the upcoming The Witcher 4, that hasn’t stopped a new tidbit of info about the open-world dystopian game from being dropped: there’ll be a second city for players to explore in the next mainline Cyberpunk entry.
If you enjoyed the rundown futuristic cityscape of Cyberpunk 2077, but wanted more, then this is sure to pique your interest. The new city in question will be like a “Chicago gone wrong.” So Chicago, then. This update comes via original series creator and role-playing mastermind, Mike Pondsmith.
Speaking during his recent appearance at Digital Dragons 2025, a games design conference, Pondsmith did say he’s not involved with the sequel currently in development at CDPR’s new North America branch, but is keeping an eye on the game’s progress.
While paying a visit to the studio to get a feel for the world being built by CDPR, Pondsmith elaborated, saying, “I’m not as involved directly, but I see the scripts. Last week, I was wandering around talking to different departments and seeing what they had, like, ‘this is the new Cyberware, what do you think?’”
“I spent a lot of time talking to one of the environment guys, and he was explaining how the new place… because there’s another city that we visit, and I’m not telling you anymore than that, but there’s another city that we visit. Night City is still there.
“I remember looking at it and going, ‘I understand the feel that you’re going for, and this really does work, it doesn’t feel like Blade Runner, it feels more like Chicago gone wrong’. And I said, ‘yeah, I can see this working’.” On that note, it seems that the Cyberpunk sequel will be even bigger and full of more to discover. Are you excited for its eventual release? Sound off in the comments.
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