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Cyberpunk 2077<\/a><\/em>\u2019s surprise Update 2.2<\/a> contains a few surprises not explicitly mentioned in the patch notes, like a crossover quest<\/a> with Balatro<\/a><\/em>, that roguelike poker game everyone\u2019s been obsessed with all year.<\/p>\n

Upon starting the game post-update, Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> players will receive texts from someone named Jim B asking them to locate graffiti<\/a> of the Balatro<\/em> logo throughout Night City. After tracking down several of these clown marks based solely on vague photos from Jim B, you\u2019ll be rewarded with a new t-shirt emblazoned with a Cyberpunk-style Joker and a Balatro<\/em> decoration for your apartment.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome time ago, I asked the quest design team at CD Projekt Red: \u2018You liked the Cyberpunk cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro cards in Cyberpunk 2077?\u2019\u201d CD Projekt Red global PR director Radek Grabowski wrote on X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. \u201cThanks to the talented quest designer Maria Mazur, we now have the Balatro quest in Update 2.2. Amazing work, Maria!\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> and Balatro<\/em> teams previously collaborated on a special set of cards<\/a> designed for the latter\u2019s second Friends of Jimbo update, which added custom art of Jackie Welles, Rogue Amendiares, and Johnny Silverhand to the Jack, Queen, and King of Spades respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like The Witcher and Cyberpunk cards in Balatro<\/em>, the \u2018Cyberpunk Joker\u2019 you can now discover in Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> as part of the Update 2.2 has been created in-house by Olgierd Ciszak – one of CD Project Red\u2019s talented artists,\u201d Grabowski wrote in a follow-up post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And if you like the in-game items so much you want to match your in-game character, CD Projekt Red is also selling actual clothing<\/a> based on the Cyberpunk 2077<\/em> x Balatro<\/em> crossover. <\/p>\n

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Cyberpunk 2077\u2019s surprise Update 2.2 contains a few surprises not explicitly mentioned in the patch notes, like a crossover quest with Balatro, that roguelike poker game everyone\u2019s been obsessed with all year. Upon starting the game post-update, Cyberpunk 2077 players will receive texts from someone named Jim B asking them to locate graffiti of the Balatro logo throughout Night City. After tracking down several of these clown marks based solely on vague photos from Jim B, you\u2019ll be rewarded with a new t-shirt emblazoned with a Cyberpunk-style Joker and a Balatro decoration for your apartment. \u201cSome time ago, I asked the quest design team at CD Projekt Red: \u2018You liked the Cyberpunk cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro cards in Cyberpunk 2077?\u2019\u201d CD…<\/p>\n

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