This text accommodates severe spoilers for the Netflix animated collection Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
Cyberpunk 2077’s 2.0 replace features a touching tribute to the fallen solid of Netflix’s Edgerunners anime, which has led some to invest {that a} character from the collection could possibly be hiding out someplace in Night time Metropolis.
The tributes have been found by gamers exploring Night time Metropolis’s Columbarium, a location on the jap aspect of the sport map that serves as a cemetery. Right here, the cremated stays of the dystopian metropolis’ deceased residents are laid to relaxation, accompanied by a neon sigil representing their character, and a brief epitaph.
Edgerunners’ 10-episode run noticed the demise of various fan-favourite characters, a few of which met their brutal ends by the hands of the cybernetic monstrosity Adam Smasher. Cyberpunk 2077’s latest 2.0 replace added various new niches to the Columbarium, honouring the useless edgerunners.
Amongst them are memorials for David and Gloria Martinez, Kiwi, Rebecca, Julio, and one other for Pilar, Dorio, and Maine. David’s epitaph is especially heartwrenching, studying: “you didn’t take me to the Moon, however you have been there with me,” in reference to the ultimate scene of the collection. For extra, take a look at IGN’s Cyberpunk 2077 Easter Eggs and References information, which absolutely particulars this Edgerunners Easter egg.
Gamers have been fast to theorise that one other Edgerunner character, Lucy Kushinada, was answerable for organising the memorials, which led some to imagine she could possibly be on the market someplace in Night time Metropolis, dwelling her digital life. “She on the market someplace girls and boys. I need to imagine,” commented Reddit consumer Gylfagi3, whereas Dadude564, agreed “Lucy in Phantom Liberty confirmed”.
Cyberpunk 2077’s first and solely main DLC Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty drops subsequent week, following the now-released replace 2.0, which introduced a major vary of enhancements and adjustments to the bottom sport. In our 9/10 evaluation IGN stated that “Phantom Liberty marks a brand new chapter for Cyberpunk 2077, and is lastly near what I’d hoped it might be”.
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