The Daily Populous Sunday June 16th, 2024 day edition
Authored by twistedvoxel.com and submitted by YouAreNotMeLiar

Files from an alleged canceled expansion for CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077, titled The Moon, have leaked online.

A 4chan member has shared images from a work-in-progress build of an alleged expansion to Cyberpunk 2077, titled The Moon. The unannounced DLC was later canceled due to unknown reasons. They mentioned that these leaked files are part of the data that was stolen via a security breach of CD Projekt servers back in 2021.

The leaker mentioned that there were many interesting things among the stolen data that essentially got overlooked, and the focus largely remained on a third person alpha build from 2013. They pointed out that it was originally planned for Cyberpunk 2077 to receive multiple expansions, and not just Phantom Liberty. The Moon was allegedly set to be the game’s second expansion akin to The Witcher 3’s Blood and Wine, adding an entirely new location to the world map. The leaker clarified that information wasn’t data mined and was already present in the stolen files.

Cybepunk 2077 The Moon Expansion World Map & Early Screenshots

Screenshots of the world map and a work-in-progress build of Cyberpunk 2077: The Moon expansion can be seen below.

The leaker speculated that the canceled expansion would have taken place during another corporate war or a covert operation. They pointed out that there are multiple indications throughout the base game suggesting that the fictional world is on a brink of another corporate war and that relations between corps are very tense. It’s possible that the development team will explore this plot element in the game’s sequel.

Recently, in its financial report for the first quarter of the year 2024, CD Projekt Group had shared that support work on Cyberpunk 2077 ended after its most recent update. By February 29, 2024, only 17 people from the studio’s development team were involved with rolling out content updates and bug fixes. The game’s first and only expansion, Phantom Liberty, was released on September 25, 2023, after which there wasn’t much work left for a majority of the team, which by then had moved over to work on Project Polaris.

shinoff2183 on June 15th, 2024 at 20:51 UTC »

I'm going to guess they just ran out of time, they wanted to alot to the project. They spent way more time fixing the original release then they wanted to. Just my guess

Urabutbl on June 15th, 2024 at 20:43 UTC »

Considering the absolute insane quality of Phantom Liberty, the DLC we did get, and how that also had an ending that referenced the moon, this makes me very sad. Hopefully it gets a look-in in the sequel.

VarenBanx on June 15th, 2024 at 16:30 UTC »

Damn this sucks. I got the space casino ending and I really wanted to see it. Wishlist got the second dlc.