Just over a year after CD Projekt Red’s reputation took a Mike Tyson-sized hit with a frankly shambolic launch of the hotly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077, the Polish company is still feeling the after-effects of that historic blunder.
The dust is starting to settle though, and so is CD Projekt Red. The company has settled a lawsuit brought against it by investors, for the rather abject state last Christmas’ tentpole game release was left in. The company might believe it got off fairly lightly too, as it will pay a modest $1.85 Million in total to the group.
In a statement by CD Projekt Red after the settlement was announced, there’s a clear message of wanting this to go away for good, at least in terms of claims from the investors and any real responsibility for the mess.
“In the framework of negotiations concerning a potential settlement agreement in a case pending before the US District Court for the Central District of California (hereinafter referred to as “the Court”), a proposal regarding key terms, which – if agreed upon – would provide the basis for a prospective written settlement agreement was officially formulated on 7 December 2021.
According to these terms, members of the class (including the plaintiffs) would relinquish all claims against the Company and members of its Management Board. Furthermore, under the agreement, a settlement in the amount of 1 850 000 (one million eight hundred and fifty thousand) USD would be paid out to the class by the Company and its insurer – Colonnade Insurance S.A.”</b>
CD Projekt Red has been beavering away on patch after patch to make Cyberpunk 2077 resemble something closer to the vision many were sold on, and even delayed the release of a PS5 and Xbox Series X/S version to do so. PC players were a little more fortunate than most with Cyberpunk’s launch, but all versions of the game were definitely released in a below-par fashion.
While there may be a small sigh of relief from the developer now this matter is out of the way, it certainly doesn’t address or fix the
broken trust of players who got stung hard by the botched launch. The charm offensive is going to have to be pretty big.
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