The highly anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a companion card game, which will be made by the creator of the Bloodborne card game.
One of the biggest tabletop games shows of the year, Gen Con, is gathering steam for its opening day in Indianapolis, Indiana. CD Project Red and Cmon Games have announced a partnership to create a Cyberpunk 2077 card game. CD Project Red is probably best known for The Witcher series, while Cmon games, specifically Designer Eric M. Lang, is best known for adapting Bloodborne into a multiplayer card game. Lang will be working on the new card game, which is called Cyberpunk 2077 – Afterlife: The Card Game.
Since it was announced in 2012, CD Project Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 has become more and more popular with each new trailer. The game is set in the same universe as the Cyberpunk tabletop RPG and attempts to adapt the gameplay into a triple-A video game.
In Afterlife, players take on the role of Fixers. In the Cyberpunk universe, Fixers act as masterminds and quest givers for each character (the Cyberpunks). So, in Afterlife, players will be able to step back from the action and take on a more strategic role by carefully managing resources.
In contrast to Afterlife, Cmon Game’s Bloodborne card game is a more direct adaptation of the video game. Players take on the role of a Hunter, just like the player’s character in the original, and must make their way through a dungeon by defeating monsters. Bloodborne: The Card Game also captures some of the ambiguity of multiplayer action.
In the original Bloodborne, players can summon fellow hunters for help. However, when they do this, they can be invaded by aggressive players. Meanwhile, in Bloodborne: The Card Game, players need to cooperate to take down tougher monsters while they compete for resources.
Cyberpunk 2077 – Afterlife: The Card Game will be released in 2020.
