Hi, everyone. Haven't made a new thread in a while.
I was browsing through the Cyberpunk website the other day, and I was sad to see that a lot of the game's older materials, including concept art and blog posts, are completely gone. I understand this, as CD Projekt Red does not wish to give players an incorrect view of what their game is about.
However, for those of us who have been around a while, and for new folks who may have enjoyed taking a walk down memory lane, I thought it may be fun to dig into the old Cyberpunk.net website using the Wayback Machine. In this thread, I just wanted to include a collection of various screenshots/blog posts/etc. that I found from years ago. I got the OK from Rawls to post this, so hopefully, we will operate without any trouble.
Just move forward knowing that this stuff is years old, and is not representative of the game's current or future state.
First, the old homepage!
Simple, to the point. Classy. Remember when the forums were called Afterlife?
And the old forums, of course!
Trivia: there was actually another version of the forums between the current one and the image below. We had that for several years before it was redesigned again, but I'm afraid I can't find any snapshots of it. Sad times.
Early wallpapers!
Concept art!
Remember when we thought giant mechs were going to be a thing (hell, maybe they still are)? There is more concept art than this, but due to age gate issues, I couldn't dig all of it up.
Early announcement videos:
Unfortunately, at some point, CDPR added an age gate, which breaks the Wayback Machine somewhat (can't check the home page's media section anymore). However, we then have lots of neat blog posts to browse.
Welcome to our new Cyberpunk blog! -- The first ever blog post.
Making of the Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer -- Great peek into how that beloved first teaser trailer was put together! This just links to the blog post snippet, but for the full "making of" stuff, check this out instead: http://web.archive.org/web/20140727050935/https://www.behance.net/gallery/Cyberpunk-2077/6573211
Implementing Pen & Paper mechanisms into a computer game -- Some early insight into how CDPR approached adapting Cyberpunk 2077 from Cyberpunk 2020.
Cyberpunk 2077 – Mike Pondsmith About the Cyberpunk World -- This one's self explanatory! But it has a video that goes with it (included below) for anyone who hasn't seen it. Essentially, it's Mike Pondsmith walking around in the rain, talking about Cyberpunk. What else could you ask for?
MIKE PONDSMITH ABOUT THE CYBERPUNK WORLD VIDEO LINK (Original video has gone ker-put)
Not only the Cyberchef has his taste: More about inspiration -- Self explanatory again. More info about CDPR's inspirations.
Mike pondsmith's introduction: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 -- Insight into who Mike is, and why he went with CDPR instead of any other game dev studio out there.
Hope some of you have fun digging around.
I was browsing through the Cyberpunk website the other day, and I was sad to see that a lot of the game's older materials, including concept art and blog posts, are completely gone. I understand this, as CD Projekt Red does not wish to give players an incorrect view of what their game is about.
However, for those of us who have been around a while, and for new folks who may have enjoyed taking a walk down memory lane, I thought it may be fun to dig into the old Cyberpunk.net website using the Wayback Machine. In this thread, I just wanted to include a collection of various screenshots/blog posts/etc. that I found from years ago. I got the OK from Rawls to post this, so hopefully, we will operate without any trouble.
Just move forward knowing that this stuff is years old, and is not representative of the game's current or future state.
First, the old homepage!
Simple, to the point. Classy. Remember when the forums were called Afterlife?
And the old forums, of course!
Trivia: there was actually another version of the forums between the current one and the image below. We had that for several years before it was redesigned again, but I'm afraid I can't find any snapshots of it. Sad times.
Early wallpapers!
Concept art!
Remember when we thought giant mechs were going to be a thing (hell, maybe they still are)? There is more concept art than this, but due to age gate issues, I couldn't dig all of it up.
Early announcement videos:
CD Projekt RED reveals Cyberpunk 2077 (/w Mike Pondsmith on stage):
CD Projekt RED announces Cyberpunk:
Cyberpunk 2077 title reveal:
CD Projekt RED announces Cyberpunk:
Cyberpunk 2077 title reveal:
Unfortunately, at some point, CDPR added an age gate, which breaks the Wayback Machine somewhat (can't check the home page's media section anymore). However, we then have lots of neat blog posts to browse.
Welcome to our new Cyberpunk blog! -- The first ever blog post.
Making of the Cyberpunk 2077 Teaser Trailer -- Great peek into how that beloved first teaser trailer was put together! This just links to the blog post snippet, but for the full "making of" stuff, check this out instead: http://web.archive.org/web/20140727050935/https://www.behance.net/gallery/Cyberpunk-2077/6573211
Implementing Pen & Paper mechanisms into a computer game -- Some early insight into how CDPR approached adapting Cyberpunk 2077 from Cyberpunk 2020.
Cyberpunk 2077 – Mike Pondsmith About the Cyberpunk World -- This one's self explanatory! But it has a video that goes with it (included below) for anyone who hasn't seen it. Essentially, it's Mike Pondsmith walking around in the rain, talking about Cyberpunk. What else could you ask for?
MIKE PONDSMITH ABOUT THE CYBERPUNK WORLD VIDEO LINK (Original video has gone ker-put)
Not only the Cyberchef has his taste: More about inspiration -- Self explanatory again. More info about CDPR's inspirations.
Mike pondsmith's introduction: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 -- Insight into who Mike is, and why he went with CDPR instead of any other game dev studio out there.
Hope some of you have fun digging around.
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