New Cyberpunk 2077 trailer shows prologue missions and key characters

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From humble, extremely dangerous beginnings

The new Cyberpunk 2077 trailer revealed at today's Night City Wire event gave us a fairly in-depth look at the game's prologue, including some key characters and intro quests. 

Appropriately titled The Gig, the trailer opens with a meeting between protagonist V and Jackie Welles, our partner in underground dealings. Jackie recruits V for a new heist targeting Arasaka, one of the most powerful corporations in Night City. Arasaka's got a biochip which, through digitization, can grant virtual immortality. Naturally, everyone wants it, which is where you come in. 

In the early stages of the game, you'll team up with Jackie and his crew - including Dexter DeShawn, a kingpin featured in previous trailers - to infiltrate Arasaka and nab the chip. From the looks of it, things quickly wind up pear-shaped and the once-quiet heist turns into a bloody shootout. V gets away, but he's betrayed by Dexter, and that seems to be where the prologue ends and the main game begins.

As always, there are tons of small but important details and shots buried in almost every scene. We get another look at the Badlands surrounding Night City, we're introduced to several corporate antagonists - including an all-cyborg villain named Adam Smasher - and what looks to be a laser-wielding boss pops up around 1:20. And again, most of this is all coming in the opening hours of the game

It wouldn't be a Cyberpunk 2077 trailer without an appearance from Keanu Reeves' character Johnny Silverhand, and Johnny does get a small part after V is betrayed. He's got one word of dialogue in this trailer, and it's exactly what you'd expect. 

Get your Cyberpunk 2077 pre-order done here, and take an early look at the Cyberpunk 2077 map while you plan your journey as V.

Austin Wood
Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.