Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith was a consultant, and actor Keanu Reeves had a starring role. CD Projekt launched a new division in Wrocław, Poland, and partnered with Digital Scapes, Nvidia, QLOC, and Jali Research to aid the production. The game was developed by a team of around 500 people using the REDengine 4 game engine. The game's development began following the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine (2016). Set in a dystopian cyberpunk universe, the player assumes the role of 'V' (played by Gavin Drea/ Cherami Leigh), a mercenary in the fictional Californian city known as 'Night City', where they deal with the fallout from a heist gone wrong that results in an experimental cybernetic 'bio-chip' containing an engram of the legendary rock star and terrorist Johnny Silverhand (played by Keanu Reeves) threatening to slowly overwrite V's mind as the story progresses V and Johnny must work together to find a way to be separated and save V's life.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by CD Projekt Red and published by CD Projekt, based on video game designer Mike Pondsmith's game series.
