Keanu Reeves has never touched the set of CD Projekt

CD Projekt RED always said it while promoting the game: Keanu Reeves played Cyberpunk 2077 and he loves the title. Only the truth is completely different. The actor confirmed in a recent interview that he never got his hands on an RPG in the Polish studio.

Cyberpunk 2077 had many arguments for its sale during the promotion phase: the prestigious past of game developers the magician, disproportionate ambition, graphics, ambiance to die for, unprecedented freedom of action and, above all, The central character embodied by one of Hollywood’s most bankable actors: Keanu Reeves.

As you know, the result was far from satisfactory, but the torrent of errors and problems did not spoil Popular Johnny Silverhand, the character that Keanu Reeves played with the players. It must be said that the presence of the actor in the casting of the game was a A large part of the promotion and marketing operations within the game. It begins when the actor took the stage at E3 2019 to announce the game’s release date.

In the following months, CD Projekt RED has continued to grow in this prestigious partnership. Adam Kishinsky, CEO of the studio, has emphasized this time and time again Keanu Reeves played the game and absolutely loved it, something to reassure gamers about the quality of the upcoming blockbuster movie.

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No Projekt CD, Keanu Reeves Never Touched Cyberpunk 2077

Only, the actor offered a completely different version of the facts early in an interview with our colleagues from The Verge on the occasion of the 2021 Game Awards. The translator of Neo in The Matrix Resurrections, the next authorship of the saga Come to the Movies, told the media He has never laid his hands on Cyberpunk 2077, Content to watch some clips of the game from the title.

Fans were quickly spotted This contradicts the words of the president of CD Projekt, who always announced loud and clear that the actor had played the game on multiple occasions. Of course, the situation is not dangerous in itself, but it proves once again how the studio was, let’s say it in moderation, She clumsily handled her communications around Cyberpunk 2077. Fortunately, successive patches have begun to pay off, with the game returning to the top 10 sales on Steam.