Cyberpunk genre makes comeback as studio trigger readies Edgerunners sequel

Good morning, Night City! Four years since David Martinez and his chromed-out cohort gave Arasaka a run for its eddies, cyberpunk is back on the streets.

Cyberpunk 2077 has undergone a miraculous rehabilitation, courtesy of enough patch updates and a sprawling Phantom Liberty expansion to make its launch-day catastrophe one of gaming’s great redemption stories.

Meanwhile, Ghost in the Shell has returned through Science SARU, Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 is touching down next month, and William Gibson’s Neuromancer is finally getting its Apple TV moment in January.

The future, daresay the present, is looking absolutely dystopian, and the entertainment industry has never been more bleak.

For the handful of cyberpunk devotees who were impressed by the iconic radio jockey intro from Cyberpunk 2077, the genre has been having something of a moment lately, thanks in no small part to the real world making steady attempts to outdo it.

But the crown jewel that has had fans mainlining copium in anticipation all year is Studio Trigger’s long-awaited follow-up to its Anime of the Year-winning Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.