{"id":72139,"date":"2025-09-09T12:33:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2132651"},"modified":"2025-09-09T12:33:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T12:33:43","slug":"new-report-details-cyberpunk-2077s-development-troubles-crunch-and-almost-entirely-fake-e3-demo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/new-report-details-cyberpunk-2077s-development-troubles-crunch-and-almost-entirely-fake-e3-demo\/","title":{"rendered":"New report details Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s development troubles, crunch and &#8220;almost entirely fake&#8221; E3 demo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/new-report-details-cyberpunk-2077s-development-troubles-crunch-and-almost-entirely-fake-e3-demo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new report has shed fresh light on Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s troubled development.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-16\/cyberpunk-2077-what-caused-the-video-game-s-disastrous-rollout?srnd=premium-europe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>&#8216;s development sources (paywall), Cyberpunk 2077 suffered from a raft of technical problems and unrealistic deadlines set by CD Projekt management.<\/p>\n<p>Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s disastrous December 2020 launch, which revealed serious technical issues with the game on consoles, and glitches, bugs and cut content across all platforms, resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-18-sony-pulls-cyberpunk-2077-from-the-playstation-store\">its removal from the PlayStation Store<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-12-19-performance-issues-warning-added-to-cyberpunk-2077-on-microsoft-store\">a warning label on the Microsoft Store<\/a> about the performance of the game on Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-16-new-report-details-cyberpunk-2077s-development-troubles-almost-entirely-fake-e3-demo-and-cut-content\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-01-16-new-report-details-cyberpunk-2077s-development-troubles-almost-entirely-fake-e3-demo-and-cut-content\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report has shed fresh light on Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s troubled development. According to Bloomberg&#8216;s development sources (paywall), Cyberpunk 2077 suffered from a raft of technical problems and unrealistic deadlines set by CD Projekt management. Cyberpunk 2077&#8217;s disastrous December 2020 launch, which revealed serious technical issues with the game on consoles, and glitches, bugs and cut content across all platforms, resulted in its removal from the PlayStation Store and a warning label on the Microsoft Store about the performance of the game on Xbox One. 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