We bought to sit down down and discuss with Cyberpunk 2077 director Gabe Abatangelo about working with Idris Elba within the sport’s upcoming enlargement, Phantom Liberty. Cyberpunk 2077 is likely one of the greatest video games of the final decade for lots of various causes. It was fairly notorious for having a nasty, damaged launch that plagued the sport for a lot of months after launch, sparking mass refunds from retailers. However, it was a sport that many nonetheless loved as soon as the smoke cleared. One of the largest parts of the sport is acclaimed actor Keanu Reeves has a starring position within the sport and is with you for the overwhelming majority of the story and he’ll be part of you within the upcoming enlargement as nicely.
The information that Cyberpunk 2077 secured an enormous A-list actor for its forged was fairly huge, however that forged is increasing with one other famend actor. The Suicide Squad star Idris Elba was confirmed to be in Phantom Liberty final yr and CD Projekt Red is admittedly leaning on that within the advertising for the DLC. ComicBook.com bought to talk with director Gabe Abatangelo and requested him if it was thrilling to work with him and what led to his casting.
“It has, it has,” stated Abatangelo. “And so when we think about the Cyberpunk universe and we think about the potential stories when we’re in the kind of ideation phase, there are certain actors out there that we’re like, ‘This person would be cool, they would fit in.’ And so you kind of always have that in mind.
“We approached him and, as I perceive it, Idris was like, ‘Yeah, hell yeah, let’s do that.’ And then after we bought him within the sales space, it was type of like, ‘Okay, so that is what Solomon Reed’s about.’ And clearly, we fleshed him out extra understanding that Idris was on this position. It was like a collaboration offline. And then after we bought him within the sales space, it was a collaboration on-line, so to talk. He simply jumped proper into it. He’s so professional. And it grew as he was within the periods within the sales space and it is excellent. It’s excellent.”
ComicBook also got to go hands-on with Phantom Liberty, but was ultimately left feeling a bit let down by the experience: “I’ve solely seen a small glimpse of what Phantom Liberty will likely be comprised of in Cyberpunk 2077, nevertheless it does not seem to be that is going to be a game-changing enlargement by any means. Instead, CDPR merely seems to be to be giving gamers extra Cyberpunk content material to chew on till the eventual sequel releases a few years down the highway. In some methods, that is about all you could ask for and absolutely will not result in disappointment from those that already love the bottom sport. As somebody who’s nonetheless been looking for a purpose to play the whole thing of Cyberpunk 2077, although, what I’ve seen of Phantom Liberty has but to persuade me to lastly make the leap.”
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will release on September 26th. Are you excited for the DLC? Let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @Cade_Onder.
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