GAME · 2020 · POLAND
Cyberpunk 2077
- Developer
- CD Projekt RED
- Publisher
- CD Projekt, Spike Chunsoft, Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Platforms
- Microsoft Windows, Xbox Series X and Series S
39 archived facts 5 topics 2 sources Last reviewed Nov 2026
39 Interesting Facts About Cyberpunk 2077
Interesting Facts (5)
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CD Projekt Red sent a free copy of Cyberpunk 2077 Collector's Edition to the guy who shouted "You're breathtaking!" to Keanu Reeves during Microsoft's E3 2019 media briefing. He, however, declined to accept it and called on CD Projekt to donate a gaming system to charity instead.
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The memory of the 2023 Arasaka Tower attack that V experiences through Johnny Silverhand's engram is an unreliable recollection of events that, according to Cyberpunk RPG lore, actually happened. Although he does not appear in the memories, Morgan Blackhand was in fact part of the attack team, and Johnny was killed in the Soulkiller laboratories, cut in half by Adam Smasher's automatic shotgun after he mocked the large cyborg. The memories of the rooftop evacuation are also told unreliably. By the time this event took place, Johnny was already dead, and the one fighting Adam Smasher atop Arasaka Tower was Morgan Blackhand, though the outcome of that fight was never determined.
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Production Story (11)
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Inspired by the writings of Sci-Fi author William Gibson, who coined the terms "Cyberpunk" and "Cyberspace" in his iconic novel "Neuromancer". "Night City" is a fictional city referred to in several of Gibson's books. "Night City" was also the name of a Computer BBS (Bulletin Board System) operating in Queensland, Australia in the late 80s/early 90s, prior to the availability of the Internet as we now know it. It took its name from the novel Neuromancer. Gibson also wrote "Johnny Mnemonic", the movie version of which also starred Keanu Reeves. The "Matrix" trilogy (also starring Keanu Reeves) was inspired by Gibson's writings, with the term "Matrix" first being used to describe"cyberspace" in the novel Neuromancer. These are the larger influences of the Cyberpunk universe, but it should be mentioned that the videogame is more directly a reimagining of the Cyberpunk board game - a tabletop role playing game from the late 80s that's still popular today.
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Game director Adam Badowski said in 2018 that in the final game, his team intends to have full uncensored nudity because it supports one of the most important themes in the cyberpunk genre: transhumanism, the belief that humanity can transcend its current mental and physical form with the help of technology. But when the team at CD Projekt Red showed a demo of the game at E3 that year, which included nude male and female characters, their genitals were covered with pixelated white boxes of digital noise. Those boxes were a tactical decision because Badowski didn't want to be accused of using nudity for shock value, or to have its time with the international press sidetracked by conversations about male or female nudity in video games. The team also wanted to keep the reaction in the room to a giggle, rather than outright laughter from any "prudish" or "immature" members of the audience. He said, "Nudity makes it more believable; that's why we want to have it. There's nothing special in it."
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Behind the Scenes (2)
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The opening cinematic to the game (the one you sit through or skip to get to the main game menu) contains a scene of a woman getting knocked out during a robbery from a first person view. In game, the entire robbery is shown (again from the robber's POV) as part of the Braindance tutorial.
Characters & Cast (6)
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According to the creator of the original Cyberpunk RPG, Mike Pondsmith, Johnny Silverhand and Rogue Amendiares' relationship was modeled after a couple he knew in college. He remarked in a 2021 Reddit AMA "I really wanted her to dump the guy so that I was no longer tempted to break his leg when he mistreated her."
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The NPC character that parodies Bozo, Ozob, first appeared in the Brazilian Cyberpunk RPG podcast Nerdcast. The character was originally created in 1993 by Deive Pazos, who also made his voice in the Brazilian portuguese version of the game. The book Ozob: Molotov Protocol reveals the character origin.
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Easter Eggs & References (15)
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Another reference to the Matrix movies! During the "Blistering Love" mission, when V takes Rogue to the drive-in theater, they watch a movie called "Bushido X". During V's interaction with Rogue, you can look at the movie screen and see a looping clip of "Bushido X". The clip is almost an exact replication, shot-for-shot, of a segment of the fight between Morpheus and an Agent from Matrix Reloaded. The characters are similar: Morpheus is represented by a guy wearing sunglasses, the Agent is represented by a large combat cyborg. The camera angles are similar. The fighting moves they use on each other are similar. The moving vehicle is similar: here it's a train, in Matrix Reloaded it's a semi truck.
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When players are at a 1% relationship/affinity rating with Johnny Silverhand, the affinity title reads "Play it Again." This is a reference to the song "Johnny Guitar" by Peggy Lee. The lyrics include the lines "Play it Again, Johnny Guitar" and claim that Johnny Guitar can be cold and cruel. These are behaviors often associated with Johnny Silverhand, particularly early on in his and V's relationship.
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There is an NPC named "Mr. Blue Eyes" who is seen in missions including "Dream On" and "Path of Glory" as well as in Phantom Liberty's "The Killing Moon." He is mentioned by passersby in Night City as well as being a topic of discussion with Songbird and Viktor Vektor. He's even seen in Cyberpunk 2077's 2018 trailer, though without his trademark blue eyes. Strangely, within the game's files, Mr. Blue Eyes' hair is labeled as "Morgan Blackhand," a legendary mercenary in the Cyberpunk universe whom Jackie Welles mentions on more than one occasion. Blackhand's status after the Arasaka Towers bombing is unknown, but his lack of a drink named after him at The Afterlife suggests that he may still be alive. A World News Service report claims that several Lazarus agents were killed by a man with a black cyberarm - Morgan's namesake - and other fans have speculated that Mr. Blue Eyes' hair name may suggest that he is Morgan Blackhand in the flesh.
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During the quest "Disasterpiece", V has to obtain a Braindance branded with the Death's Head Moth in order to learn where it was recorded. In Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines (2004), the player must find a VHS branded with the Death's Head Moth in order to learn where it was recorded. Both recordings are of brutal murders that actually happened (within the universe of the games).
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During the mission Knockin' on Heaven's Door, you will see a cat on a staircase landing, and then an exact duplicate of that cat: a reference to Johnny actor Keanu Reeves' character Neo encountering duplicate cats as a glitch in The Matrix.
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In Delemain's 'Epistrophy' side quest chain, the vehicle you need to rescue in Coastview talks just like GLaDOS in Portal 2. It even makes references to 'testing' and 'cake' and tries to ambush you. In this role, we hear (in a manner of speaking) Ellen McLain, the original voice of GLaDOS.
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Related pages
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Cyberpunk 2077 comes up in the facts on that page