CDPR Teases New Cyberpunk Content With a Cryptic NUSA Recruitment Drive
Just when you thought they were done, CD Projekt is hinting at more trouble in Night City. Or maybe they're just hiring. It's anyone's guess at this point.
CD Projekt RED just did that thing they do best: drop a completely unprompted, cryptic message on the internet and then sit back and watch the entire fanbase lose its collective mind. Posted just a few hours ago, the official @CyberpunkGame account released an in-universe transmission from none other than NUSA President Rosalind Myers, the hard-as-nails leader from the Phantom Liberty expansion.
The message is a classic piece of patriotic propaganda. Myers is calling for "brave netrunners" to help defend the nation against a "growing cybersecurity threat" from some shadowy cowards who want to "tear down our flag". It ends with a recruitment pitch: "Prove yourself. Serve the N.U.S.A." and a date: September 4, 2025.
President Myers Wants YOU (For Something)
This kind of tease is particularly cruel because CDPR has a history of lying about being finished with this game. They said no more content was coming, then dropped update 2.2. They did it again, and we got update 2.3. They're like a band on their fifth farewell tour, and it makes every new hint feel like it could actually be something substantial.
The message is clearly setting the stage for some kind of new conflict, but what that conflict will be is now the subject of a frantic, galaxy-brained debate across the entire community.
The Community Is High on Copium
The fan theories are already flying, ranging from the plausible to the utterly deranged. The biggest hope, fueled by a dangerous amount of pure copium, is for another surprise, Phantom Liberty-sized expansion. It's the dream, but probably just that.
A more grounded and likely possibility is an trailer for the second season of the fantastic Netflix anime, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The timing feels about right, and it would be a huge win for fans.
Then you have the truly unhinged: a first teaser for the sequel, Project Orion. Given that the game is barely in pre-production and CDPR's last marketing cycle for 2077 started roughly around the time the pyramids were built, this is a beautiful, stupid dream that will almost certainly not come true.
The Hilariously Boring Possibility
Of course, there's another theory, and it’s my personal favorite because of how cynical and soul-crushingly corporate it would be. What if this whole thing is just a glorified job ad?
As several delightfully jaded Redditors pointed out, the "recruitment drive" for "cybersecurity" experts could just be a painfully clever way for CDPR to announce they're hiring for their IT security department. Given the brutal state of the current tech job market, you've even got people in the comments genuinely hoping this is the case. Imagine the whiplash.
So What the Hell Is It?
CDPR has tossed a lore-heavy breadcrumb to a fan base that's starving for content, and the speculation is running wild. The truth is likely to be less exciting than a full expansion and less boring than a job posting. Our money is on Edgerunners 2.
Whatever the reality is, we don't have long to wait. We'll get our answers this Thursday, September 4th. Until then, the community will continue to mainline a lethal dose of hopium, and honestly, watching the chaos is half the fun.