Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2.5 Brawler Reportedly in Development From CD Projekt and Shantae Studio WayForward

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is being turned into a 2.5D brawler by Shantae developer WayForward, it's been reported.

Edgerunners, the acclaimed anime spin-off from CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077, is acceptable to instrumentality soon for much episodes — but there's adjacent much from its satellite connected the way. That's according to a study by MP1st, which has lifted the lid connected an unannounced task codenamed "Gemini" that has been successful improvement since 2025.

Details gleaned from an unnamed erstwhile WayForward worker constituent to the task being successful the probe and plan signifier — truthful inactive immoderate mode from launching. Still, the crippled has seemingly been planned arsenic a "rollback-driven" 2.5D brawler, perchance akin to WayForward's River City Girls bid — which besides has an anime vibe.

What's unclear present is whether the task remains successful development. MP1st reports that WayForward had an unannounced crippled based connected an outer franchise cancelled past twelvemonth aft losing funding, starring to layoffs past September — but it's chartless if this task was Gemini, oregon thing else.

IGN has contacted CD Projekt for comment, and volition update if we perceive back.

And, of course, adjacent if Gemini does not yet spot a release, Cyberpunk fans tin look guardant to a 2nd play of Edgerunners — which is presently acceptable to premiere connected Netflix this fall. Fans person already been analyzing a caller trailer to effort and enactment retired wherever the caller episodes volition beryllium set. You tin besides work astir however Season 1 astir had an adjacent sadder ending than the 1 it got.

On the video crippled front, Cyberpunk 2 is successful development, with 163 radical moving connected it arsenic of the extremity of April. While we cognize small astir the sequel, Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith teased immoderate details erstwhile helium was asked astir the scope of his engagement with what was past known arsenic Project Orion, backmost astatine the Digital Dragons 2025 conference.

In September past year, speaking with IGN portion promoting his movie Good Fortune, Keanu Reeves said that helium wanted to beryllium portion of the Cyberpunk sequel. “Absolutely. I’d emotion to play Johnny Silverhand again," Reeves said erstwhile asked if he’d beryllium funny successful revisiting his legendary rockstar violent quality successful Cyberpunk 2. Pondsmith aboriginal said he'd worked retired a mode to marque it marque sense, and has told the much-loved actor: “contact me.”

It sounds similar we'll person to hold immoderate clip to find out. CD Projekt is of people focusing connected The Witcher 4, and Nowakowski has suggested Cyberpunk 2 won’t beryllium retired until astatine slightest 2030. Perhaps that's wherefore Cyberpunk 2077 fans person called connected CD Projekt to alteration its caput and merchandise much DLC for the game, arsenic it is with The Witcher 3.

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