Night City just got loud again, chooms. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 is officially streaming on Netflix right now, and CD PROJEKT RED has confirmed that Cyberpunk 2077 is getting a brand-new free update to celebrate: the Edgerunners 2 Update (Update 2.5), dropping October 22, 2026. If you thought the first anime carried the game to a second life, buckle up, because history might be repeating itself in the best way possible.
The new season is a standalone 10-episode story set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077, animated once again by the legendary Studio TRIGGER. This time the cast is entirely new: a veteran edgerunner, a young cinephile, a chrome-obsessed delinquent, and a Snake Nation netrunner, tangled together in a story of vengeance and redemption that digs deeper into the violence and heart of Night City. Kai Ikarashi directs, with Kanno Ichigo as lead character designer, and returning season-one collaborators Masahiko Otsuka and Hugo Award-winning writer Bartosz Sztybor — the latter serving as showrunner, story writer, and producer. Both seasons of Edgerunners are streaming exclusively on Netflix, so you can mainline the whole saga in one weekend if your synapses can handle it.
On the game side, the Edgerunners 2 Update arrives October 22 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with the Nintendo Switch 2 version following shortly after. CD PROJEKT RED says the free patch brings anime-inspired content from the new season plus a range of other new items and gameplay features. Want the full rundown before it drops? Tune into a special REDstreams broadcast on October 21 for a first look — official patch notes go live the same day.
Here is the thing that makes this hit different: the first Edgerunners season landed back in September 2022 alongside Update 1.6, and the combo sent Cyberpunk 2077's player counts through the roof, with daily players holding above a million for weeks. Now it's 2026, the game is a certified classic comeback story, and the franchise is throwing the exact same kind of double punch. New anime to fall in love with, new game content to dive back into — this is how you do a cross-media launch, folks.
So whether you are a fresh-faced merc looking for your first trip to Night City or a street kid who's never really left, this week is your week. Binge the anime, catch the REDstream, and get your build ready. We'll see you in the city — stay safe, stay chrome, and try not to flatline.
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