CD Projekt Red today announced an interesting partnership today with small studio Digital Scapes, with initial plans for them to work on upcoming mega-budget immersive sim Cyberpunk 2077. Digital Scapes recently made some waves through their work on Dying Light‘s surprisingly entertaining asymmetrical PvP mode while Techland focused on the single-player side of the game.
Tempting as that sounds, the announcement says that Digital Scapes will “closely cooperate with CD Projekt Red on creating and optimising technological solutions for use in the development of Cyberpunk 2077”. Delightfully vague – that doesn’t mean a possible multiplayer bonus mode is entirely off the cards, but don’t go getting your hopes up – it’s interesting to speculate on, though.
Can you kick it? Yes, you can. Can you punt a ram? Yes, you can. Can you listen to the RPS podcast, aka the Electronic Wireless Show, as they talk about the best kicks in videogames? Yes, I already told you, of course you can. From the powerful hoof of Kassandra in the new Assassin s Creed Odyssey to the zombie-launching boot of Dying Light, we are chatting about some of the most forceful feet in recent history. Come listen, and kick up the volume.
The sound of an explosion and a huge burst of flame sends me sprinting for cover. The attack wasn t directed at me, it turns out. One of my fellow survivors had walked into a hive of zombies and he was chargrilling them. I stay hidden behind a van and watch him duke it out. We re both after the same thing: blood samples that will allow us to level up. He takes out the boss and, exhausted and bruised, proceeds to collect his samples. That s when I throw my own molotov cocktail and leap in with my electrified axe. I m so sneaky and also handsome, I think to myself as I pick his corpse clean and grab the samples for myself. I m still feeling pretty smug when I leave the hive. Unfortunately I don t notice the molotov cocktail hurtling towards me>.