A new leak reveals where a canceled expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 would have taken place and makes fans sad.
What is this leak about? In 2021, there was a cyber attack on CDPR, where data from the company was stolen by hackers. At that time, it was said that the attackers were in possession of complete copies of the performance servers of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3, and they wanted to release the source code of the games if CDPR did not respond to certain demands.
Years later, on June 14, 2024, some files were leaked on 4chan, which are said to come from this hack.
What does the leak show? The leak contains several files and concept art for a DLC that Cyberpunk 2077 was supposed to get but was ultimately canceled. Instead, CDPR decided to fundamentally rework the role-playing game after the much-criticized release state and only release a single expansion: Phantom Liberty.
The files from the leak suggest that the canceled second expansion would have taken place on the Moon. With the release of the DLC, players would have received a map expansion.
Warning, Spoiler: In the following paragraphs, we will discuss specific content from the anime “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.” If you haven’t seen the anime yet and don’t want to be spoiled, you should stop reading now.
Why are players sad now? Of course, as a fan of a game, one is never happy when a DLC is canceled. However, players are particularly sad in this case because the Moon is important in the lore of Cyberpunk and also plays a central role in the anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Players believe they could have met Lucy from Cyberpunk: Edgerunners in the DLC on the Moon. User IcePopsicleDragon writes on Reddit: “I have to cry,” user redstar46 adds: “Damn, uncancel it [the DLC], please, for heaven’s sake.”
Why should Lucy be on the Moon? In Edgerunners, we follow the protagonist David Martinez and witness his development from an ordinary teenager to a dangerous cyberpsycho. Very early in the story, David meets the netrunner Lucy, who shortly thereafter shows him a braindance from the Moon. A few episodes later, the two become a couple.
Lucy’s big dream is to leave Night City someday and live on the Moon. After David is killed in a fight with Adam Smasher and Lucy is taken away by Falco with 2.5 million eddies, she fulfills this dream. Lucy travels to the Moon, visits the places they looked at together in the braindance, and the anime ends.
Cyberpunk 2077 takes place after the events of the anime, so it is quite possible that Lucy could have been encountered on the Moon – if the DLC had been released. However, since Update 2.0, you can find other hints about the anime in the game: Cyberpunk 2077: After Update 2.0 you can find a sad Easter egg related to the Edgerunners anime
