Cyberpunk 2077 it was published in less than perfect conditions and with various elements not present in the launch package, then added via update. Additionally, an expansion was released that expanded the story and added new areas. However, it seems that there is an area that the team initially thought of including and which has been removed: the moon.
The information, reported by Insider Gamingare linked to game assets that were allegedly stolen from CD Projekt with the 2021 hack and which are now circulating on 4chan.
What Cyberpunk 2077 assets would show
The initial post presents these images as coming from a DLC cancelled which was supposed to take place during a new “corporate war” and compares its scope to the Blood and Wine expansion of The Witcher 3. This interpretation, as well as the provenance of the images, should be taken with a pinch of salt: it is not at all certain that it is of correct information.
However, the impression is that what is indicated may be real. The thread includes screenshot of file directories: The main file is “02_moon” and contains folders like “arisaka_lab”, “cosmodrome” and “bomb_crater_set”. A mock up of the map indicates that the lunar area was planned to be six square kilometers, or about a quarter of the base game’s map, with areas called “NC Base (Night City?)”, “HR Settlement” and “Drug Laboratory “.
The most interesting feature of the map is linked to the bomb_crater_set file: an “Exterior Movie Set” that seems like the perfect terrain for a sidequest focused on Sinnerman-style content from the base game. The file also includes some prototypes of buildings and areas.
In any case, even assuming that what emerged is real, it is cut content that will never see the light of day in the video game, given that after 3 and a half years from launch, development is finally concluded.
