As Cyberpunk reboots, can unloved games win an extra life?


Copies of the Cyberpunk 2077 computer game, produced by CD Projekt SA, for the PlayStation 4 (PS4) console in a video games store in Paris, France, on Thursday, June 17, 2021. — Bloomberg

BRUSSELS: Retro-futurist video game Cyberpunk 2077 will be back in the PlayStation store on June 21 after a disastrous launch marred by bugs forced a 184-day time-out.

But can a blockbuster game recover from the reputational hit of a failed roll-out? Sometimes, as other titles have shown, one can.

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