For the first time in months, Cyberpunk 2077 has been updated on Steam. The secret build could serve as preparation for patch 1.5
CD Projekt Red has big plans for Cyberpunk 2077 in 2022 – but more than DLCs and new content, fans are waiting for the next update. Patch 1.5 for Cyberpunk 2077 could now be close to release. At least that’s what a secret, non-public update of the Steam build suggests, which fans have discovered in the database of (Valve’s download platform).
On Reddit a user points out that the build ID 8022836 is the first update of the game since October 2021. This is taken as a sign that the official release of the new patch is imminent. Already with patch version 1.3, Cyberpunk 2077 had received several non-public updates on Steam in the days and weeks before release.
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Currently, many players are waiting for patch 1.5 to give Cyberpunk 2077 another chance or to play through the role-playing game one more time. How it feels to re-experience the work of Polish developers CD Projekt, released at the end of 2020, months later.
What we know about Patch 1.5 – and what we wish for
According to previous counting, patch 1.4 should actually be released first in 2022, but CD Projekt Red has already announced that the next update for Cyberpunk 2077 will make a version jump to 1.5 and should be released at the same time as the release on the next-gen consoles PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X in Q1 2022.
This would coincide with preparations on Steam. For patch 1.3, 21 unnamed, non-public changes to the Steam build appeared between 7 July and 18 August (the launch of 1.3). Transferred to version 1.5, this would point to a release at the end of February 2022.
There is no confirmed information on the release of patch 1.5 so far, but in view of the new clues in the Steam database, some Reddit users speculate that CD Projekt Red could release the update and the next-gen version of Cyberpunk 2077 at the same time in February 2022. This would then also be a strong signal to investors, because as a listed company, CD Projekt will disclose its current business figures at the end of February.
