After its announcement last year at Anime Expo, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is returning to the convention on July 3rd at 7:30 PM PT for a first look. Director Kai Ikarashi, showrunner Bartosz Sztybor, executive producer Saya Elder, and other guests will be on hand for a behind-the-scenes discussion.
Despite following Studio Trigger’s hit first series, which debuted in September 2022 on Netflix and helped drive interest in Cyberpunk 2077, Edgerunners 2 is a new standalone story. It’s ten episodes long and set in Night City, but while there’s no date for when it will premiere on the streaming service, perhaps it will be revealed at Anime Expo.
Otherwise, very little is known about the story, aside from potentially featuring a new cast. Sztybor teased “a raw, real chronicle of redemption and revenge, something unlike what we’ve done before,” and while that’s certainly vague, he also gets a kick out of writing sad stories.
“When people are sad, I feel a bit happy,” he said at last year’s convention. Not that Night City has offered much avenue for happy endings, whether it’s in the official lore or the games, but you have to wonder how the team is upping the ante.
Is there any chance it could tie into Project Orion, aka Cyberpunk 2, especially if the sequel is set in a different city? Given that Cyberpunk 2077 features references and even a cameo from an Edgerunners character, it’s certainly not impossible, but we’ll need to wait for more details.
