It's official: CD Projekt RED is releasing Cyberpunk 2077: Ultimate Edition on December 5. As confirmed by earlier leaks (including the one about its cover art), the re-release of Cyberpunk 2077 is similar to a Game of the Year Edition. It has all the goodies that has been added to Cyberpunk 2077 since its release, from the base game to its subsequent updates and, most important of all, its lone premium-priced expansion, Phantom Liberty. The official reveal confirms that it will be exclusive to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X and PC.
This marks the first time that CDPR will physically release Cyberpunk 2077 on current-gen consoles, which is excellent news for those who prefer to own physical copies of their favorite games.
Now that's out of the way, it's time we talk about the elephant in the room - Cyberpunk 2077 and how it (and others in the future) deserves to get its flowers.
Make no mistake. CDPR earned all the backlash when Cyberpunk 2077 came out. Whether it was because the QA team lied (studios shouldn't outsource QA to third-party companies anyway) or the higher ups forced Cyberpunk 2077 out of the gates before it was ready or the executives wanted to capitalize on a multi-generational role - technically, it worked as Cyberpunk 2077 sold really well, it's just that many of those copies were refunded and sales stagnated for a while - CDPR needed to get its head straight (and wallets flushed) to fix Cyberpunk 2077. Three years later, it's now in a state where you could argue that it deserves to be nominated for Game of the Year.