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CD Projekt pops the cork on Cyberpunk's big numbers as it revels in the post-expansion victory lap
https://www.pcgamer.com/cd-projekt-pops-the-cork-on-cyberpunks-big-numbers-as-it-revels-in-the-post-expansion-victory-lap/
CD Projekt is taking a victory lap in the release afterglow of Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty DLC, and the newest stage of it means showing off every big number the company can find. With the CDP Investor Day behind us, CDP has thrown together a bunch of different graphics to brag about the number of people that have bought Cyberpunk and its expansion, including a breakdown by platform and region.
The deliciously round headline number is 25 million, which CDP says is the sum total number of people that have bought Cyberpunk—the base game, that is—-since it careened onto consoles and PC in 2020. That's a big number (and yes, insightful journalism like that statement is why they pay me the big bucks), and means ol' Cyberpunk has sold exactly half the number of copies that The Witcher 3 has despite only having been out for less than half the time. In fact, it took The Witcher 3 four and a half years to sell as many copies as Cyberpunk has sold in two years and 10 months, CDP CEO Adam Kiciński told investors.
Phantom Liberty, meanwhile, has sold 3 million copies in the time it's been available for pre-order and purchase, which the company must be pretty chuffed with. While I want to attribute that to the three original Idris Elba tracks it features, I imagine it probably has more to do with the DLC's quality (it really is quite good) and the 'Cyberpunk is finally properly good now' narrative that's developed around it and the game's 2.0 patch. I mean, that's certainly why I was so keen to dive in.
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Oh, also, there's another boggling number: CDP says it's sold 100,000,000 games—that's everything it's made, Witcher stuff included—across its lifetime.

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GAMING NEWS

The next Commandos game is called Commandos: Origins and it’s coming to PC in 2024
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/commandos-origins-is-coming-to-pc-in-2024/
Back in 2019, we informed you about a new Commandos game. And today, Kalypso Media has revealed that this new Commandos game is called Commandos: Origins, and that it will be released on PC in 2024.
>> There's even a trailer, with some tidbits of gameplay.

Teyon is looking into fixing the shader compilation stutters in RoboCop: Rogue City
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/teyon-is-looking-into-fixing-the-shader-compilation-stutters-in-robocop-rogue-city/
A couple of days ago, NACON released the PC demo for RoboCop: Rogue City. Developed by Teyon, the team behind Terminator: Resistance, this new RoboCop game has a lot of potential. However, the demo suffered from major shader compilation stutters. And, thankfully, the developers are looking into resolving them.

Forza Motorsport has been fully cracked even though it hasn’t been “released” yet
https://www.dsogaming.com/pc-performance-analyses/forza-motorsport-has-been-fully-cracked-even-though-it-hasnt-been-released-yet/
Microsoft released Forza Motorsport in Early Access a couple of days ago. And, although the game will be officially fully released on October 10th, it has been fully cracked, allowing pirates to play it before those who have purchased it.
>> It started with the MSoft Store version, but now it's also the Steam one as well.

Baldur’s Gate 3 Hotfix #9 released and detailed
https://www.dsogaming.com/patches/baldurs-gate-3-hotfix-9-released-and-detailed/
Larian Studios has released the ninth hotfix update for its latest role-playing game, Baldur’s Gate 3. According to the changelog, this latest patch brings a number of changes and tweaks to the game.