At this point, fans might as well give up hoping that Cyberpunk 2077 will ever reach the heights once promised by CD Projekt Red. But, that doesn't mean CDPR should just leave Cyberpunk 2077 as it is. Even though the controversial action role-playing game didn't quite measure up to expectations after years of hype, it's a fairly solid game that could still pave the way for a new franchise for CDPR.
Thankfully, the Polish studio hasn't completely forgotten about Cyberpunk 2077, as evidenced in their recent announcement.
CDPR already fulfilled its promise from last year that it would be releasing the next-gen update and patch 1.5 for Cyberpunk 2077. However, this isn't the big DLC that most fans were hoping to get for Cyberpunk 2077, more than a year into the game's release. Some took this lack of update as a sign that CDPR had dropped its initial plans for major Cyberpunk 2077 DLC, which is not the case.
While confirming that The Witcher 4 is in development using Unreal Engine 5, CD Projekt RED mentioned that it is still using the in-house REDengine to work on the "upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 expansion."