Cyberpunk 2077 “full-blown next-gen version” coming to Xbox Series X after console launch

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CD Projekt Red has confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 will be getting a proper next-gen upgrade on the Xbox Series X (opens in new tab), and it’ll be free to anyone who owns the game on Xbox One.

Update: In a statement given to VGC (opens in new tab), CD Projekt Red clarified that the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is the same as the one it previously discussed: an Xbox Series X Smart Delivery update for owners of the Xbox One version that will let the game take advantage of the new system’s improved power.

Original story continues

The PS5 and Xbox Series X are both backwards compatible, meaning you’ll be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 on next-gen consoles when they launch, but the “full-blown next-gen version” is coming at a later, unspecified date. It isn’t clear whether the next-gen Cyberpunk 2077 port will be available on PS5 (opens in new tab).

“In terms of Microsoft’s console, like I said, we have officially confirmed both the update and the cross-gen availability, meaning that you’ll be able to play the game from the get-go on the next-gen,” said CD Projekt SVP of business development Michal Nowakowski, according to Video Games Chronicle (opens in new tab). “However, when it comes to a proper, full-blown next-gen version, that’s going to come later, we haven’t announced when and I don’t have a new comment here on that.”

Nowakowski specifies that the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 is only confirmed for Xbox Series X at the moment, pointing to Microsoft’s Smart Delivery program, which makes select next-gen versions of current-gen games free to anyone who bought the current-gen version. Cyberpunk 2077 will work with Microsoft’s Smart Delivery program, but Sony has yet to announce a comparable system to support cross-gen releases.

To be as clear as possible, you should be able to pop your PS4 or Xbox One version of Cyberpunk 2077 into the PS5 or Xbox Series X and play without issue. Nowakowski was talking about a fully-fledged next-gen upgrade, which as of now, is only confirmed for Xbox Series X as a free download coming some time after the next-gen console launches.

Here’s every upcoming Xbox Series X game (opens in new tab) and every upcoming PS5 game (opens in new tab) we know about.