Cyberpunk 2077's new update secretly added a Balatro-based sidequest, among other unlisted changes

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Robert is a freelance writer and chronic game tinkerer who spends many hours modding games then not playing them, and hiding behind doors with a shotgun in Hunt: Showdown. Wishes to spend his dying moments on Earth scrolling through his games library on a TV-friendly frontend that unifies all PC game launchers.

out of nowhere. The 2.2 update came with an improved photo mode, a bunch of new cars to buy from Autofixer, the ability to save and apply your custom car coatings to other vehicles, and ol' Keanu Reeves zapping himself into the passenger seat as you cruise around the city, commenting on your surroundings and flipping off passers-by like the bad boy he is.The quest begins with you getting a message from one 'Jim B', who tells you about a gang of rogue jokers scattered around the city.

Some time ago, I asked the Quest Design team at CDPR: “You liked the Cyberpunk cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro cards in Cyberpunk 2077?” Thanks to the talented Quest Designer Maria Mazur, we now have the Balatro quest in Update 2.2. 🃏 Amazing work, Maria! 👏 https://t.co/unjw4XzYyTJudging by Balatro's tweet to Cyberpunk asking about why their Joker cards were suddenly plastered around Night City, the devs were clearly involved in this crossover.

The update comes as an unexpected Christmas surprise for Cyberpunk players, though considering CDPR said almost exactly a year ago that theI'm now stumped about whether to finally give the game another pop. Had I completed Cyberpunk before this update only to find that I'd missed out on having Johnny Silverhand ride shotgun with me, I'd probably never have recovered from the FOMO. Who's to say that they won't release hoverboards in patch 2.3, or wall-running in patch 2.

Well, that's a new twist: save a town by turning it into a giant pinball game in open world adventure Pinbleton Park Cyberpunk 2077 update promises 'up to 33%' higher frame rates on Arrow Lake and at the very least we gained 8% in the benchmark

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