Keanu Reeves isn’t the only Hollywood star in Night City now. At the Game Awards 2022, Polish developer CD PROJEKT RED presented a brand new teaser trailer for Phantom Liberty, the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 spy-thriller expansion. The teaser features all new in-game and gameplay footage and the reveal of a new cast member: Idris Elba.
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The teaser shown at the annual awards gala gives players an all-new look at Night City’s Dogtown, where the expansion will be primarily set, as well as flashes of gameplay and brand-new additions. The teaser also reveals new characters, chief among them Solomon Reed. Played by actor Idris Elba (Luther, Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, The Suicide Squad), who’s joining the cast of Phantom Liberty alongside Keanu Reeves (John Wick, The Matrix) as Johnny Silverhand. Elba’s character, Reed, is a veteran New United States of America agent and, apparently, the only person players can trust to help them fulfill an impossible mission of espionage and survival. Or can you? Following the teaser’s climax, the actor appeared in a special video message directed at the audience and gamers worldwide, commenting on the character of Reed and his role in Phantom Liberty’s story.
If you can’t wait for the new DLC, go into Night City with Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, which is available to stream exclusively on Netflix right now.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty will release for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2023, with an exact release date and pricing to be revealed.
