Night City —
We’re betting it’ll rake in a few eddies.
Samuel Axon
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This won’t be the first time either Cyberpunk 2077 or CD Projekt Red has ventured outside of video games, though. In 2022, Netflix released an anime titled Cyberpunk: Edgerunners that drew widespread critical acclaim and was a smash hit. It also led to substantial renewed interest in the game, which suffered a maligned launch in late 2020. Netflix also released a live-action TV series based on The Witcher, though it’s worth noting that it was a series of books before it was a video game franchise or a TV series.
The Cyberpunk franchise wasn’t initially a video game, either; it originated as a tabletop role-playing game.
Still, Hollywood studios and streaming platforms have been on a tear with video game adaptations these past few years. There have been successful theatrical releases of Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokémon, and Mario movies, acclaimed streaming TV adaptations of The Last of Us and The Witcher, and a whole bunch more, like TV shows or films based on franchises like Twisted Metal, Uncharted, and Gran Turismo.
…. to be continued
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