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Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty releases September, pre-orders live

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Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty official screenshot showing Idris Elba's character sitting across from a bar looking at the female bartender in a hazy brown room.
Image credit: CD Projekt RED.
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Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty DLC, which stars Luther's Idris Elba as FIA Agent Solomon Reed, will be released on 26th September.

The breathtaking Keanu Reeves, who is reprising his role as Johnny Silverhand for the DLC, introduced the new trailer for Phantom Liberty, saying it was an honour to share the screen with Elba.

In Phantom Liberty, players will be travel to Dog Town, an "all new district" of Night City, where they have to rescue the president of the New United Stated of America. CDPR describes Phantom Liberty as a "spy-thriller", with Reeves telling us to expect "twists, secrets and plenty of stuff to do". Here is the official trailer for Cyberpunk 2077's expansion.

Cover image for YouTube videoCyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Official Trailer
Return as cyber-enhanced mercenary V and embark on a high-stakes mission of espionage and intrigue to save the NUSA President.Watch on YouTube

Additionally, pre-orders for Phantom Liberty are now live.

This DLC will set you back £24.99. Here are the links for Xbox X/S, PlayStation 5 and Steam, if you are interested in pre-ordering as soon as possible.

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If you are planning on plumping for the PC version, CDPR has now detailed the updated system requirements for Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty. These are as follows:

Non ray tracing requirements:

Minimum: In-game graphics preset low. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 30. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-6700 or Ryzen 5 1600. Graphics card: Geforce GTX 1060 6GB or Radeon RX 580 8GB or Arc A380. Vram: 6 GB. Ram: 12GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Recommended: In-game graphics preset: high. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 60. OS 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 7 7800. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 2060 Super or Radeon RX 5700 XT or Arc A770. Vram: 8 GB. Ram: 16 GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Ultra: In-game graphics preset: ultra. Resolution: 2160p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 3080 or Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Vram: 12 GB. Ram: 20 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Ray tracing requirements:

Ray tracing minimum: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing low. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 30. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i7-9700 or Ryzen 5 5600. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 2060 or Radeon RX 6800 XT or Arc A750. Vram: 8 GB. Ram: 16 GB. Storage: 70 GB SSD.

Ray tracing recommended: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing ultra. Resolution: 1080p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 3080Ti or Radeon RX 7900 XTX. Vram: 12 GB. Ram: 20 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Ray tracing Overdrive: In-game graphics preset: ray tracing overdrive. Resolution: 2160p. Expected FPS: 60. OS: 64-bit Windows 10. Processor: Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 9 7900X. Graphics card: Geforce RTX 4080. Vram: 16 GB. Ram: 24 GB. Storage: 70 GB NVME.

Additional information:

Ray tracing Overdrive was measured with DLSS Frame Generation switched on. PC Audio Solution containing Dolby Atmos required for a Dolby Atmos experience.

All that info again, but in a picture.

Our Chris recently spent some time with Phantom Liberty. You can read his thoughts about it all so far, including some insight from the developer, here.

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