{"id":86705,"date":"2026-07-28T12:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T16:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86705"},"modified":"2026-07-28T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:36:28","slug":"a-cyberpunk-spin-off-brawler-might-be-happening-at-wayforward-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/?p=86705","title":{"rendered":"A Cyberpunk Spin-Off Brawler Might Be Happening At WayForward \u2013 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As CD Projekt Red continues working on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/cyberpunk-2077-sequel-release-date-trailer-story\/1100-6526333\/\">Cyberpunk 2<\/a>, the company could have a spin-off title to tide over fans in the meantime. <a href=\"https:\/\/mp1st.com\/news\/report-cd-projekt-red-partnered-with-shantae-devs-on-a-2-5d-cyberpunk-edgerunners-brawler\">MP1st<\/a> reports that a former <a href=\"https:\/\/nintendo.fandom.com\/wiki\/WayForward\">WayForward<\/a> employee&#8217;s portfolio revealed information on a game project codenamed Gemini that relates to the Netflix series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/reviews\/cyberpunk-edgerunners-review-a-hugely-successful-netflix-anime\/1900-6417956\/\">Cyberpunk: Edgerunners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The status of the Cyberpunk spin-off game at WayForward is unclear, though the report claims research and development was underway from 2025 into this year. Project Gemini was apparently planned to be &#8220;a rollback-driven&#8221; 2.5D beat-&#8217;em-up. Other details included by the former developer include &#8220;rollback-safe architecture&#8221; and &#8220;online transport integration,&#8221; per MP1st&#8211;strongly implying online multiplayer as a feature.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-ref-id=\"1833874\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.core.image.showLightbox\" style=\"cursor: zoom-in\" height=\"576\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/wfwlogo.jpg?w=636\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1833874\" \/>MP1st reports this was an &#8220;internal project logo&#8221; at WayForward, found from a former employee&#8217;s portfolio for the Cyberpunk spin-off game.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report also notes that WayForward had an unannounced Unreal Engine 5 title in the works on a licensed franchise last year. However, development on that project was supposedly halted in September 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WayForward has a history with licensed games and brawlers, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/videos\/river-city-girls-shouldnt-be-skipped\/2300-6450926\/\">River City Girls<\/a>. The developer is probably best known for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/shantae-5-is-now-shantae-and-the-seven-sirens-here\/1100-6469135\/\">the Shantae series<\/a> and was also<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As CD Projekt Red continues working on Cyberpunk 2, the company could have a spin-off title to tide over fans in the meantime. MP1st reports that a former WayForward employee&#8217;s portfolio revealed information on a game project codenamed Gemini that relates to the Netflix series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners. The status of the Cyberpunk spin-off game at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":86707,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-external"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86705"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86708,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86705\/revisions\/86708"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vgvote.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}