'Cyberpunk 2077' hacks into Microsoft E3 game brief

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After making the award-winning video game Witcher 3 in 2015, the Polish studio CD Projekt Red (CDPR) has been mostly unheard. It's working on a new title called "Cyberpunk 2077," which has attracted huge attention from gamers.

But little information had been released about the game.

However, at the Microsoft E3 event on Sunday, the trailer for the game was released in a very special manner.

After introducing more than 50 games for the company's XBOX console, the event was interrupted by apparent hackers playing the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer video.

The ending of Microsoft's E3 event, appearing to be hacked for the introduction of video game Cyberpunk 2077 /Screenshot from Microsoft

Following the sudden appearance at E3, the game was seen on CD Projekt's official website, which is optimized for the Chinese audience.

The translation is thorough covering title arts and voice dubbing, which is seen by many fans in China as sincere.

"I can see they really want me to play that game. I'm glad to see CDPR is still that 'dumb Polish donkey' that provide top-quality content at a very compatible price," a fan said on Chinese gaming forum NGA.

Witcher 3 was priced lower than average games of the same amount of content, driving gamers to buy legit copies instead of pirating.

"But wake up, there's not much content shown in the video," another NGA user commented.

It's still unclear what game genre Cyberpunk 2077 belongs to.

Rest of the XBOX brief: More exclusives needed

A lack of exclusive games is still troubling Microsoft's console.

At E3, Microsoft showcased "18 exclusive and 15 world premieres," according to the head of XBOX developers, Phil Spenser.

But some of the games are "console exclusive," meaning that they're also available to PC players.

Even the iconic XBOX game Halo has been on the PC. /Screenshot from Microsoft‍

"Don't get excited about XBOX too fast. CDPR just handed to Microsoft an exclusive video, not the game," a player said on Weibo.

With that said, players who already own an XBOX can expect lots of new games coming to the console.

Microsoft, which also owns the Windows PC operating system, is trying hard to merge the two groups of gamers: PC and console.

But at least millions of gamers prefer third-party PC gaming platforms like Steam to the software giant's own Microsoft Store on Windows 10.

At last, here's a list of games Microsoft promised to come on XBOX:

- Old games coming to XBOX: Fallout 4, Nier: Automata, Black Desert;

- New installation of previously famous titles: Halo Infinite, a new Ori game, Captain Spirit (sister game of Life is Strange), Fallout 76, Crackdown 3, Kingdom Hearts 3, Froza Horizon 4, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Devil May Cry 5, Cuphead DLC, Dying Light 2, Just Cause 4, Gears 5;

- New titles: Sekiro (samurai-style action game), Metro, Session (skating), Tunic, Jump Force (anime characters fighting with each other).

XBOX's archenemy, Sony's PlayStation department, is also holding a press release on Tuesday. Stay tuned at CGTN to find what the Japanese are going to deliver.