Latest Cyberpunk 2077 update improves audio quality in several languages, rebalances weapons, and more
A beefy Cyberpunk 2077 patch is now rolling out to players.
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What you need to know
Themassive Cyberpunk 2077 2.0 updaterelease a month ago, now, but that doesn’t mean CD Projekt RED is done updating its open-world sci-fi RPG. The redemption arc continues with the release of the2.02 patch update, which is now rolling out to all Cyberpunk 2077 players across current-gen consoles and Windows PC.
If you’re rockingCyberpunk 2077onXbox Series X|S, PS5, or a capable gaming PC, prepare for a slew of changes, fixes, and improvements.
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You can check out the full changelog at the link above, but I’ll summarize the most important parts of the new patch update. A lot of quest-related issues within the Phantom Liberty expansion are being fixes, and skipping the main game to go straight to the expansion is now more stable. Several quests and gigs in the main game are also enjoying some fixes to avoid progression blocks and issues, so it’s not all about Phantom Liberty here.
Elsewhere, several weapons have been rebalanced in accordance with community feedback, and several aspects of crafting, quick hacking, progression, and NPC behavior have been tweaked, improved, or updated to remove exploits. The PC version of CP2077 is now better at detecting mismatched or corrupted scripts (and informing you), while the console versions now wait until a save is completed and validated before deleting the old one — massively reducing the risk of save file corruption.
There are tons of minor fixes and optimizations, including for overall performance, stability, animations, and effects, but players who speak certain languages should be excited about this last change. Localization audio has been remastered for Chinese (Simplified), German, and Japanese to improve the quality. You love to see it.
Cyberpunk 2077 recently reached 25 million copies solid, while the Phantom Liberty expansion hit over 3 million, so the game is enjoying a massive resurgence thanks to the tireless work at CD Projekt RED to improve the game and tie-ins like the popular Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime on Netflix. If you’ve been waiting for a chance to play, the game has never been in a better shape. Now, it’s one of thebest games on Xboxandbest games on PC. You can read ourCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty reviewfor more info on how great the expansion is, too.
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