Cyberpunk 2 Could Revive Multiplayer, Judging by a New CD Projekt Red Job Listing

CD Projekt Red has posted a job listing seeking someone familiar with "multiplayer network architecture," and fans are reading it as a sign that Cyberpunk 2 may include online play. The studio has not announced multiplayer for its next game, and a single job posting is not a confirmed feature. Still, the wording is specific enough to get attention, especially given the history behind it.

Cyberpunk 2077 was built with online ambitions in mind, but CD Projekt Red scrapped the feature before launch and kept the game focused on its single-player story. That decision shaped how the game was marketed and how players judged it. A studio that drops multiplayer once and then starts hiring for it again is clearly reconsidering the idea, even if the final plan is still unclear.

Adding multiplayer to a narrative RPG is a major undertaking. It means building and maintaining servers, syncing player state, handling cheating and security, and deciding how online features fit with a world designed around one player's choices. Hiring for network architecture suggests the studio is at least exploring those systems, whether for a prototype, a feature in early development, or a different project entirely.

For now, the listing is the only evidence on the table. CD Projekt Red tends to reveal little about its plans until it is close to a showing, so players should treat any talk of Cyberpunk 2 multiplayer as speculation until the studio says something official.