Cyberpunk 2077’s ESRB Rating Mentions In-Game Purchases

The ESRB rating for CD Projekt Red’s next massive RPG, Cyberpunk 2077, is officially here. Interestingly, it references in-game purchases, which has raised some eyebrows amongst gamers.

Thankfully, it doesn’t seem as though Cyberpunk 2077 will feature any in-game goods that you can buy for real-world money, as least not according to a CDPR rep who spoke with Twinfinite.

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As reported by the publication, the rep explained that “the ‘in-game purchases’ descriptor is now required for games that may receive expansions in the future.”

We’ve already known for a while that CDPR is planning additional expansions in the future, so there you have it – those “in-game purchases” are not microtransactions. Hooray!

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Just last month, the company recently a Q&A session with investors in Poland where DLC for the game came up. As translated by VGC, it seems we can expect “no less DLC than The Witcher 3 had,” according to Adam Kiciński, CD Projekt president.

As for when we can expect to see DLC in relation to the game’s launch, Kiciński said we can expect “a similar scenario to The Witcher 3”. In case you’re not up to date with how The Witcher 3 handled DLC, we were treated to a number of free updates along with two massive paid expansions: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine.

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There’s also going to be multiplayer for Cyberpunk, which is also sounding pretty darn exciting. CD Projekt Red is treating the multiplayer aspect as an entirely separate game with a dedicated group of game devs working on it. More than likely, we will be seeing microtransactions in the multiplayer, but we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it.

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Cyberpunk 2077 is due to launch September 2020, on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

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