Cyberpunk 2077 canīt come soon enough. After years of waiting, the highly-anticipated first-person action-RPG`s release date was confirmed for April 16, 2020, at E3 2019. While that`s still a little while away, we`re fortunate in that he fine people at R. Talsorian Games have released the jump start kit for Cyberpunk Red--the latest edition of the tabletop RPG franchise that Cyberpunk 2077 is based on called Cyberpunk 2020.Cyberpunk Red acts as a sequel to Cyberpunk 2020. It`s set in-between the events of the tabletop original and the upcoming game. If you do the math that`s 57 years unaccounted for, so that`s a lot of new details about the Cyberpunk universe being revealed here.Below you can find all the biggest new lore, history, and character tidbits. You`re welcome to watch the video version above.Table of Contents [hide]Story BackgroundThe 4th Corporate WarWelcome to the Time of the RedThe NETLiving in RedThe People of RedStory BackgroundBefore we really dig into Red, let`s dive into a bit of background from the Cyberpunk 2020 creator himself, Mike Pondsmith. In a previous interview we conducted with the famed creator, he described Cyberpunk`s world as such:Cyberpunk 2077 is based in the world of tabletop RPG, Cyberpunk 2020.`The 2020 world is a fusion of many types and elements of the overall genre. And itīs about a combination of technology gone wrong but being used by people in novel ways up against large megacorporations, powerful people, and powerful forces, governments, etc that are all conspiring to keep people oppressed and stomped on.`While you can create any sort of Cyberpunk city or setting youīd like in the tabletop RPG, the books and the upcoming game focus on Night City, an urban sprawl between Los Angeles and San Francisco.As Pondsmith said, corporations (are mostly) calling all the shots and doing what they can to keep the people oppressed. While governments still exist, they rarely pose much of a threat to the corporate overlords.The lack o ...
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