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Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty Coming Out on September 26

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The world of Cyberpunk 2077 is set to expand dramatically with the introduction of a new expansion, Phantom Liberty, announced to launch on September 26th on Xbox Series X|S. This expansion will invite players back into the heart of the dystopian megapolis Night City, offering an intriguing twist on the familiar setting.

Phantom Liberty features the return of the cyber-enhanced mercenary, V, tasked with a high-stakes mission unlike any seen before saving the NUSA President. The narrative thrusts players into a whirlwind of espionage and intrigue that requires more than firepower to navigate successfully.

This new expansion takes place in the dangerous district of Dogtown, a previously unexplored area in the expansive cityscape. Here, players must forge new alliances and make difficult decisions to survive. It’s a web of shattered loyalties, sinister political machinations, and sharp-edged tension – the classic ingredients of a potent spy thriller.

Given the reputation of Cyberpunk 2077, we expect an immersive experience, blending the high-intensity combat that players have come to expect with a more strategic, shadowy side of Night City. The expansion promises a unique combination of stealth, strategy, and digital warfare and the moral ambiguity inherent in any espionage operation.

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Have you tried… hacking under house arrest in cyberpunk mystery Song of Farca?

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In Song of Farca, you have to experience everything through a computer screen, which is something that feels very familiar in the age of working from home and endless Zoom calls. Sadly, unlike hero Isabella Song, my days involved more spreadsheets, less catching serial killers and spying on goat-obsessed heiresses. She’s a hacker under house arrest, called on by various people to help investigate their gruesome and ghastly cases. 

Straight away the UI of the game will catch your eye. It splits the screen in two, with Izzy and her dog Scooter pottering around her apartment in the top half, and Izzy’s computer on the bottom. You can only control what happens through her computer, but there’s just something humanizing about seeing her grab a snack or looking out of her window before she wanders over to her desk. It helps to see her that way too, because you’re going to be doing a lot of shady stuff while you’re investigating. Invading people’s privacy by hacking security cameras, stalking their online presence, and operating in the greyest of moral areas. 

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But then the people she’s investigating aren’t exactly angels. There are the people stealing robots for eTerrier dogfights, blackmailers using someone’s previous sex work as collateral, cybernetically enhanced killers, and a family that makes Succession’s Roys look like the Brady Bunch. It’s these stories that make the game absolutely addictive, even when you’re hacking what feels like your sixteenth security camera or struggling to present the right evidence to someone in one of the game’s many video calls with persons of interest. The whole thing plays out against a backdrop of a near-future where technology companies, and those that know how to take advantage of their wares, wield all the power. 

Song of Farca

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Izzy knows how to make the most of the loopholes that this world presents, and as well as using security cameras to give her access to people’s private spaces – each one a little logic puzzle where people might need to be distracted by a malfunctioning coffee machine or robot vacuum – to hack their laptops and phones, she can use her AI, Maurice, to analyze the evidence she finds. Photos…

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Cyberpunk 2077’s next big patch delayed to second half of March after studio hack

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Cyberpunk 2077’s next big patch has been delayed following developer CD Projekt Red’s disclosure that it fell victim to a ransomware attack earlier this month. The next big patch, 1.2, is now scheduled for a release sometime in the second half of March.



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© Image: CD Projekt Red


“While we dearly wanted to deliver Patch 1.2 for Cyberpunk 2077 in the timespan we detailed previously, the recent cyber attack on the studio’s IT infrastructure and extensive scope of the update mean this unfortunately will not happen — we’ll need some additional time,” CD Projekt Red said via the Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account.

The ransomware attack has been a source of considerable disruption for CDPR, as it included both source code and personal details of employees and other sensitive information that was allegedly later sold on the internet. According to a new report from Bloomberg on Wednesday, the hack has made it nearly impossible for some CDPR employees to effectively perform their jobs.

Here’s Jason Schreier for Bloomberg reporting the level of disarray the hack has left the studio in:

CD Projekt has said it refused to pay a ransom to the hackers. As a result, employees remain unable to log onto the company’s virtual private network, making it impossible to access the systems and tools needed to do most of their jobs, said the people, requesting anonymity because they weren’t authorized to talk publicly.

And here’s more information on how the leaking of personal identification data in the hack has caused havoc on the personal lives of employees:

Despite the unplanned vacation, the hack has been a nightmare for employees. The invaders had access to their personal information including Polish identification numbers and passport details, leading the company to tell staff to freeze their accounts and report the security…

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That mobile version of CyberPunk 2077 is almost definitely malware

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Ransomware masquerading as a mobile version of the highly anticipated open-world videogame CyberPunk 2077 has been discovered by security researchers at Kaspersky. A Windows version of the malware has also been discovered.

Kaspersky malware analyst Tatyana Shishkova revealed that a fake website disguised to look like Google’s Play Store was offering a mobile version of the CyberPunk 2077 game but which actually installed ransomware on the unsuspecting victim’s device.

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