{"id":789608,"date":"2026-07-28T16:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789608\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T16:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:20:10","slug":"cyberpunk-edgerunners-was-reportedly-being-turned-into-a-2-5d-brawler-by-cd-projekt-red-and-shantae-studio-wayforward-but-its-fate-is-uncertain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/789608\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberpunk: Edgerunners was reportedly being turned into a 2.5D brawler by CD Projekt Red and Shantae studio WayForward, but its fate is uncertain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-2077-sales-total-cd-projekt-red\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberpunk 2077 continues to perform exceptionally well<\/a> for CD Projekt Red, but as we wait for news on its (still faraway) sequel, it&#8217;s been reported the studio had a smaller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/cyberpunk-2077\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberpunk 2077<\/a> game in the works at one time too.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/report-cd-projekt-red-partnered-with-shantae-devs-on-a-2-5d-cyberpunk-edgerunners-brawler\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MP1st<\/a>, CD Projekt and Shantae developer WayForward were, at one point, collaborating on a &#8220;smaller side game&#8221; based on Cyberpunk 2077 anime spin-off Edgerunners. Details of the unannounced R&amp;D project &#8211; codenamed Gemini and believed to be &#8220;very early&#8221; in development &#8211; were found in the portfolio of a former WayForward developer, whose identity the publication withheld for privacy reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Wuthering Waves x Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners &#8211; Official Release Date Trailer | IGN Summer of Gaming<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Lz6FoBT6Fdo\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While information is limited, Gemini was reportedly conceptualised as a &#8220;rollback-driven 2.5D brawler&#8221; in line with the Double Dragon Neon and River City Girls studio&#8217;s expertise, and it&#8217;s easy to see how the show&#8217;s heavily stylised anime aesthetic is perfect for such a retro-inspired beat &#8217;em up. There&#8217;s also talk of &#8220;rollback-safe architecture&#8221; and &#8220;online transport integration&#8221;, indicating the game was being built with online multiplayer in mind.<\/p>\n<p>Gemini is said to have been in the works at WayForward between 2025 and 2026, and while MP1st wasn&#8217;t able to confirm the current status of the game, it highlighted &#8220;separate findings&#8221;, revealing WayForward was working on an Unreal Engine 5-powered project last year. Funding delays for this latter project reportedly led to a halt in development and a round of layoffs at the studio after the delivery of a vertical slice.<\/p>\n<p>This latest report comes at a busy time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cd-projekt-rebrands-as-cd-projekt-red\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently rebranded CD Projekt Red<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-season-2-first-reactions\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edgerunners Season 2<\/a> and the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberpunktcg.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cyberpunk trading card game<\/a> are keeping the series on the move while we wait for more news on that Cyberpunk 2077 sequel. Additionally, the studio has announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/witcher-3-expansion-songs-past-team-size\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Songs of the Past expansion<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 3<\/a> over a decade after the game&#8217;s original release, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/the-witcher-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 4<\/a> is also on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cyberpunk 2077 continues to perform exceptionally well for CD Projekt Red, but as we wait for news on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-789608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}