With the cancellation of E3 2020 due to the coronavirus, both in its face-to-face and digital versions, companies are beginning to look for alternative events.
After uninterrupted decades of E3, Los Angeles will not witness the 2021 edition; nor will it be done through streaming, as initially studied. The coronavirus crisis has changed the roadmap of many companies, so they have had to find new ways to advertise their products. IGN Summer of Gaming will be one of the online events that the witness of the Angelina fair will pick up, and CD Projekt RED will not miss the opportunity to present Cyberpunk 2077, as has been officially announced.
“Preparations for IGN's Summer of Gaming are continuing rapidly, but we think we are going to take a quick pause in all these planning tasks to confirm an exciting addition in our line-up: CD Projekt RED will bring Cyberpunk 2077 to the June show” , announces the North American medium through a statement on Twitter.
Cyberpunk 2077 is the game most anticipated by the IGN audience right now. In our polls, you have voted Cyberpunk as the most anticipated game at E3 2019, as well as Gamescom 2019. Even from 2020 as a whole, beating titles like The Last of Us 2 or Halo Infinite with 46% of the votes ” .
Cyberpunk 2077 has joined the IGN Summer of Gaming event line-up! https://t.co/UREdQzzLm1 pic.twitter.com/sHqoANlByT
– IGN (@IGN) April 27, 2020
No delays despite COVID-19
The creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt also do not contemplate a new delay. According to the developers, the company maintains the scheduled date for its launch, next September 17. At first it was established that it would be in April when the product was ready, but the study argued that it needed a little more time, in order to reach the ambitious levels of quality that have been set.
Cyberpunk 2077 will go on sale for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PC and Stadia. It is also confirmed that there will be versions intended for the new generation, although the product will not be ready for the launch of PlayStation 4 and Xbox Series X. The Poles have also announced an expansion plan that will follow the path of The Witcher 3, that is , great content to be released later.
Source | IGN
