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All the latest Cyberpunk 2077 news for 2026: updates, patches, DLC, discounts and events. Fresh game news every day on VGTimes.
DLSS-NR-on-AMD Brings DLSS 4.5 and Ray Reconstruction to Radeon GPUs
Mod developer danielblnc released version 0.8.0 of DLSS-NR-on-AMD on GitHub, adding Multi Frame Generation for up to four frames alongside the latest neural-rendering features for Radeon users. The update includes DLSS Super Resolution 4.5 and Ray Reconstruction for AMD GPUs based on RDNA 3 and RDNA 4.
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October 18, 2026
Dying Light Games Get Personalized Spatial Audio From Techland and Embody
Techland and Embody are adding personalized spatial audio to Dying Light 2 Stay Human and Dying Light: The Beast through Embody's optional Immerse Gamepack. The feature is designed to tune each game's soundscape to a player's hearing and headphones, with the goal of making the series' horror atmosphere more intense.
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October 16, 2026
Live-Action Cyberpunk 2077 Movie to Feature an Original Story Without V or Johnny Silverhand
The live-action Cyberpunk 2077 movie from Paramount Pictures and CD Projekt RED will not be a direct adaptation of the game, opting instead to tell a completely standalone story. While the project is set in Night City, iconic characters like V and Johnny Silverhand will not appear.
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October 15, 2026
NVIDIA RTX Spark Excels at Local AI but Struggles in Gaming Tests
Early tests of NVIDIA RTX Spark show strong local AI performance but mixed results in games, including high latency in Gears of War: E-Day and a Vulkan crash in Red Dead Redemption 2. The first performance tests focused on the platform's speed, while battery life, temperatures, displays, and individual laptop designs are being left for later coverage.
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October 15, 2026
Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 Reviews: A Costly Upgrade With Little Performance Gain
Early testing suggests the Asus ROG Xbox Ally X20 is more of a premium refresh than a breakthrough: PC Gamer says the handheld matches the Xbox Ally X in gaming performance while adding an OLED panel and lower operating temperatures. The review also points to the device's familiar internals, making the X20 look like a costly refinement rather than a generational upgrade.
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October 15, 2026
Stray, Cyberpunk 2077, Ghostrunner 2, and More Are Available at Discounted Prices
We found some great deals on popular games through our discount aggregator, including the cyberpunk action RPG Cyberpunk 2077, the adventure game Stray, and the fast-paced Ghostrunner series. Here's how much you can save on each title.
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October 12, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Co-op Mod Gets Gameplay Trailer Ahead of October Beta
MDRevoice's unofficial Cyberpunk 2077 co-op mod will let players share a world, invite friends, or jump into existing sessions, with open beta testing set to begin on October 19, 2026. Open beta testing is scheduled to begin on October 19, 2026, and the mod will let players explore the game together.
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October 12, 2026
“That’s Going to Be a Conversation for Take-Two and Rockstar”: Nintendo Responds to Question About GTA 6 on Switch 2
Switch 2 already runs Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3 remaster, but Nintendo fans’ biggest question remains unanswered.
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October 10, 2026
Paramount Is Developing a Live-Action Cyberpunk 2077 Film
Paramount Pictures has greenlit production on a live-action feature film based on Cyberpunk 2077.
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October 9, 2026
Nvidia is releasing laptops on chips like the MacBook's: hundreds of games will run right away, while Call of Duty only in 2027
Nvidia and Microsoft have finally shown the laptops that Windows is seriously moving to a new architecture for. With games they're almost in good shape, almost.
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October 8, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Beats Gears of War: E-Day in Steam's Global Chart
A 70% discount has pushed Cyberpunk 2077 to about $18 on Steam, helping it climb to third in the store's global top-grossing chart during the autumn sale and leaving Gears of War: E-Day in tenth; its Steam page is available to view.
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October 5, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Quest Director Says Phantom Liberty Can't Erase the Game's Troubled Launch
In an anniversary post about Phantom Liberty, Cyberpunk 2077 quest director Paweł Sasko said the expansion reached more than 15 million copies sold, but he would not want the studio's story to be told as if the game's launch problems never happened.
Cyberpunk 2077 launched with problems that remain part of its history, Sasko said. "I do not think Phantom Liberty erases the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, and I would never want to tell our story that way."
Cyberpunk 2077 launched with problems that remain part of its history, Sasko said. "I do not think Phantom Liberty erases the launch of Cyberpunk 2077, and I would never want to tell our story that way."
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September 27, 2026
DLSS-NR-on-AMD Reports Nearly 74% Performance Boost for Radeon GPUs in One Day
An unofficial tool for running DLSS 5 Neural Rendering on AMD Radeon graphics cards, DLSS-NR-on-AMD supports Radeon RX 9000 GPUs and reportedly works on some RX 7000 cards, though compatibility and performance are still changing in Alpha. In one day, the project rolled out two updates that pushed its benchmark results much higher.
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September 27, 2026
Qualcomm Is Preparing DirectX 12 Drivers for Android PC Games
Qualcomm's work could reduce Android users' dependence on community-made Mesa Turnip drivers when running Windows games through translation layers. The effort is aimed at more direct DirectX 12 support on Android, and it comes after Geekerwan showed Cyberpunk 2077 and Black Myth: Wukong running on a reference device with Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6.
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September 24, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 runs locally on iPhone 17 Pro Max
A compatibility-layer experiment has Cyberpunk 2077 running natively on an iPhone 17 Pro Max, with the macOS version launched on iOS rather than streamed from a PC or cloud service. The demo was posted on Reddit by Thisisyouracc0un-t and showed CD Projekt's RPG running on Apple's smartphone at medium-high graphics settings.
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September 24, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Chose First-Person View to Enhance Immersion
Early in development, Cyberpunk 2077 could have been released with a third-person camera, but CD Projekt RED ultimately settled on a first-person perspective. This was revealed by Kacper Niepokólczycki, the game's environment art director.
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September 21, 2026
CD Projekt Says Night City Was Built as a Sandbox for Alternate Life in Cyberpunk 2077
CD Projekt RED said Cyberpunk 2077's Night City was built to invite players to linger, not just complete missions. The studio said most of the city was assembled by hand, with procedural tools used only in limited cases.
The team said procedural tools were used only in limited cases, mainly as starting points. Most of the city was assembled manually, from buildings and signs to the small details that make the world feel lived-in.
The team said procedural tools were used only in limited cases, mainly as starting points. Most of the city was assembled manually, from buildings and signs to the small details that make the world feel lived-in.
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September 20, 2026
CD Projekt Co-CEO Calls Cyberpunk 2077 Launch Week the Worst of His Life
CD Projekt Joint CEO Michał Nowakowski has described the launch week of Cyberpunk 2077 as the worst week of his life. He recalled a 1:00 AM phone call from Sony that fully drove home just how disastrous the game's release had become for the studio.
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September 19, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077, The Witcher 3, Oblivion Remastered and More Are Available at Reduced Prices
Our discount aggregator has several deals on popular games. The selection includes Blasphemous 2, The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim, The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077.
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September 16, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Is Coming to Battle.net Along With Its Expansion — Release Date to Be Announced Later
Blizzard's launcher keeps filling up with other companies' games while its own titles barely make it to Steam. The latest addition is a CD Projekt Red project.
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September 14, 2026
DLSS 5 processing moved to a second RTX 5060 Ti and regains lost performance
A video demonstration by Marcelo Guibout shows DLSS 5 Neural Rendering being offloaded to a second GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, with the setup almost fully recovering the frame rate lost on the primary card. The trick uses the MGPU Bridge add-on for ReShade. In this configuration, one GPU renders the game first, then sends the finished frame to the second GPU, which handles DLSS 5 processing before the image reaches the monitor.
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September 7, 2026
Exodus Confirms Salt the Octopus Cannot Be Romanced
Salt, the octopus companion in Exodus, is still part of the game's romance conversation — but not as a possible love interest. Archetype Entertainment says the character will not be romanceable, even though the game will include relationships with other party members when it launches on April 7, 2027, for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
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September 6, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 mod adds third-person view with custom animations and camera switching
CybrDrake's new Cyberpunk 2077 mod, Immersive Third Person — Best Of Both Worlds, centers on automatic camera switching: it lets players use a third-person view on foot, then snaps back to first person in combat, while driving, during cutscenes, at terminals, and in other situations where first person is required. The mod is distributed for free through Nexus Mods, and its page also lists Phantom Liberty as a DLC requirement.
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September 5, 2026
Modders unlock DLSS Multi Frame Generation on RTX 40, then restore it after NVIDIA's update
A modding workaround has given GeForce RTX 40 series GPUs access to DLSS Multi Frame Generation, a feature NVIDIA still reserves for the RTX 50 series. NVIDIA's 310.9 update briefly shut the door, but the community patch was updated again almost immediately. ASUS ROG Strix RTX 40 with Cyberpunk 2077 logoASUS ROG Strix RTX 40 with Cyberpunk 2077 logo
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September 5, 2026
RTX 5090 DLSS 5 Tests Show a Power Delivery Bottleneck
Tom's Hardware has tested early DLSS 5 on the RTX 5090 and found that the flagship GPU's behavior changes sharply depending on power delivery. NVIDIA announced the technology's paper on September 4, and the publication's early checks suggest the single-connector RTX 5090 can run into a hardware limit before it runs out of compute headroom.
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September 3, 2026
The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 Top 100 Million Sales at CD Projekt RED
CD Projekt RED's latest half-year report shows The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Cyberpunk 2077 still drawing players years after launch, with both franchises now well past 100 million combined sales.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has now sold more than 65 million copies worldwide, while Cyberpunk 2077 has crossed 40 million. CD Projekt RED said The Witcher 3 is still attracting new players more than ten years after release, helped by major updates and mechanic changes.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has now sold more than 65 million copies worldwide, while Cyberpunk 2077 has crossed 40 million. CD Projekt RED said The Witcher 3 is still attracting new players more than ten years after release, helped by major updates and mechanic changes.
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September 3, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 Surpasses 40 Million Copies Sold as Phantom Liberty Hits 15 Million
CD Projekt RED has announced that the Phantom Liberty expansion for Cyberpunk 2077 has crossed 15 million copies sold. Concurrently, lifetime sales for the base game have officially surpassed the 40 million mark.
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September 3, 2026
CD Projekt RED chief says Cyberpunk 2077 launch was a mistake, not investor pressure
Speaking in a recent interview, Michał Nowakowski, joint CEO of CD Projekt RED, said the studio's push to ship Cyberpunk 2077 in late 2020 came from internal and external pressure, not from investors.
Nowakowski said the situation was more complicated than a simple push from the outside. In his words, the team was exhausted and wanted to get the game out the door, while fans and other voices were also asking for a launch. He added that the release period was unusual because it happened in the middle of COVID-19.
Nowakowski said the situation was more complicated than a simple push from the outside. In his words, the team was exhausted and wanted to get the game out the door, while fans and other voices were also asking for a launch. He added that the release period was unusual because it happened in the middle of COVID-19.
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September 2, 2026
Cyberpunk 2077 leaves Xbox Game Pass in September after about six months
Microsoft announced the first wave of September 2026 Game Pass updates, and Cyberpunk 2077 is among the games set to leave the service on September 15. The game will be removed from the Cloud and Console libraries, ending a run of about six months after it was added in March 2026.
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September 2, 2026
CD Projekt RED Delighted with Cyberpunk 2077 Sales on Nintendo Switch 2
CD Projekt RED has announced that the Nintendo Switch 2 version of Cyberpunk 2077 has turned out to be a massive success. The port quickly recouped its development costs and comfortably held the crown as the console's best-selling third-party title for a notable period.
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September 2, 2026
Leaked DLSS 5 Slows GeForce RTX 20 and 30 Cards to 1-4 FPS
Enthusiasts have managed to run a leaked DLSS 5 library on GeForce RTX 20 and GeForce RTX 30 cards, and the results are brutal. In some games, performance collapses to 1-4 FPS instead of speeding things up, turning the tech into a near-unplayable slideshow.
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August 31, 2026
Skyrim Shows Off DLSS 5 and Massive 400 GB Mod Packs
Skyrim modders are pushing the game into extreme territory, pairing heavy graphics overhauls with an early look at DLSS 5. One showcased setup reportedly reaches 400 GB, underscoring just how far these experiments have gone before NVIDIA's technology has reached a final release.
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August 31, 2026
Geralt cosplay rolls into Gamescom 2026 in a steaming wooden bath
Cologne showgoers ran into an odd scene at the entrance to Koelnmesse: a wooden tub full of steaming hot water was being wheeled around in front of the building, with Geralt of Rivia sitting inside it, utterly unbothered. The witcher was played by cosplayer Maul, known for his takes on the character — he posted the clip on his page.
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August 29, 2026
Apple unveils M6, M5 Ultra, and refreshed Mac mini and Mac Studio
Apple is expanding its desktop lineup on August 26, 2026, with the new M6 and M5 Ultra chips alongside refreshed Mac mini and Mac Studio models. The headline feature is the M6: Apple says it is the first chip in its lineup made on a 2nm process, and the company is using Cyberpunk 2077 as the gaming showcase for it. Apple M6 logo over futuristic cityApple M6 logo over futuristic city
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August 26, 2026
MxBenchmarkPC Says DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction Improves Cyberpunk 2077
MxBenchmarkPC's latest DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction test in Cyberpunk 2077 shows how the feature behaves in a real game ahead of NVIDIA's August 25 GeForce On Community Update. The benchmarker's findings land amid growing expectations that the new ray-reconstruction model will be one of the event's bigger talking points.
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August 24, 2026