Cyberpunk 2077 E3 trailer, gameplay expectations, easter eggs, secret website password and everything we know

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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay details - can you create your own character, is there Cyberpunk DLC and what else do we know?

Before we dive into the lengthy teasers that explain how we got this info, here's a quick round up of what we (almost) definitely know:

Here's a public transport map of Night City, maybe a tease of what we can expect from the in-game map itself?
You can create your own character - this is pretty massive news for RPG fans, and that hidden message just about confirms it. Rad!

There will be DLC - we can expect the same sort of thing - paid story expansions and free smaller DLC - as with the Witcher 3, according to that hidden statement.

There are no microtransactions - "Are you nuts?" in the words of CD Project Red.

We're "much much closer" to a release date - still no actual release date but hey, at least we're close.

It's set in Night City - the same west-coast, neon-tinged setting as the pen-and-paper game.

The woman from the first trailer probably isn't in it - she's actually something the production company dreampt up from a simple prompt they were given by CD Project (they created it with almost no actual info on the game itself).

Still, it looks cool!

Cyberpunk 2077 - secret website password, easter eggs and gameplay details
Okay so, you know how we said we got a CG trailer and not much else? Well, turns out CD Project Red snuck in some extra little details to their trailer after all...

Free codes for the Witcher 3 easter egg:
Firstly the fun thing: right at the start - in the conference live stream, not the trailer itself - there's a moment where a load of red writing rapidly scrolls up the page.

That's actually a big list of Xbox codes for free copies of The Witcher 3 and its expansion pass!

Hidden statement from CD Project Red:
That first easter egg's nothing: the real stuff is hidden in some other, background red text that very briefly flickers into the trailer when the logo appears.

Thankfully, someone managed to find it and someone else managed to transcribe it.

Classic internet. Here's the image and below is what it says (credit to Resetera users The Deep End and Heid for finding and trascribing respectively, as well as our own guy Paul Watson for enhance it to make it a little clearer):
"It's been over 2077 days since we announced our plan to develop Cyberpunk 2077.

We released a CGI trailer, gave some interviews and... went dark. Normal procedure for these kinds of things - you announce a game and then shut up, roll up your sleeves, and go to work.

wanted to give you The Witcher 3 and both expansions first, which is why this period of staying silent was longer than we planned. Sorry for that.

"As soon as we concluded work on Blood and Wine, we were able to go on full speed ahead with CP2077's pre-production. But we chose to remain silent.

Why? At some point, we made a decision to resume talking about the game only when we have something to show.

Something meaningful and substantial. This is because we do realise you've been (im)patiently waiting for a very long time, and we wouldn't like anyone to feel that we're taking this for granted.

On the contrary - it gives us a lot of extra motivation. The hype is real, so the sweat and tears need to be real too :).
"But to the point.

Today is the day. If you're seeing this, it means you saw the trailer our vision of Cyberpunk, an alternative version of the future where America is in pieces.

Megacorporations [unreadable] civilised life, and gangs rule the rest.

And, while this world is full of adrenaline, don't let the car chases and guns mislead you.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a true single-player story adventure RPG. You'll be able to create your own character and... well, you'll get to know the rest from what we show at our booth at E3. Be on the lookout for the previews!

"Before we finish, you probably have some questions. [Unreadable]?

"1. When? When we told you we would only release the game when it's ready, we meant it. We're definitely much, much closer to a release date than when we were back then :), but it's still not the time to confirm anything, so patience is still required. Quality is the only thing that drives us - it's the beauty of being an independent studio and your own publisher.

"2. How big? Seriously big, but... to be honest, we have no bloody clue [unreadable] you can expect. And we promise we'll do this before we start talking about any pre-orders or ask anything of you.

"3. Free DLC/Expansions/DRM? Expect nothing less than you got with The Witcher 3. As for DRM, CP2077 will be 100% DRM-free on PC.

"4. Microtransactions? In a single-player role-playing game? Are you nuts?
"Once again, thank you for your patience.
"Yours,
"CD Projekt Red Team."
Secret website and password easter egg:
Yep, there's more. There's also a secret website, which you can access by entering 212.91.11.20 into your web browser,

What's the password? "NC20 CP77" - but the problem is, there's a limit on the number of people who can visit, and they've already managed it. Thankfully some kind souls took some screenshots of the page it reveals and... it's another tease, this time of the CD Project logo: