Cyberpunk 2077's Night City infiltrated by Balatro's giggling joker in 2.2 update secret

The2.2 updateincludes various new features and quality of life improvements, as well as "secrets". Now we know that includes a questline to follow some Joker graffiti throughout Night City to find... well that would be telling.

"Hey @CyberpunkGame, what the hell is this?" quipped the Balatro X account with a screenshot of some hidden joker graffiti.

CD Projekt Red's global PR director Radek Grabowski shared the post, adding: "Some time ago, I asked the Quest Design team at CDPR: 'You liked the Cyberpunk cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro cards in Cyberpunk 2077?' Thanks to the talented Quest Designer Maria Mazur, we now have the Balatro quest in Update 2.2. Amazing work, Maria!"

Some time ago, I asked the Quest Design team at CDPR: “You liked the Cyberpunk cards in Balatro? What if we had Balatro cards in Cyberpunk 2077?” Thanks to the talented Quest Designer Maria Mazur, we now have the Balatro quest in Update 2.2. 🃏 Amazing work, Maria! 👏https://t.co/unjw4XzYyT

What's more, there'scrossover merch too, available to pre-order from the CD Projekt Red store.

This isn't the first time these two games have collaborated. Back in October, Balatro developer LocalThunk added asecond Friends of Jimbo Packfeaturing joker cameos from popular games:Stardew Valley,The Binding of Isaac,Slay the Spire, and of course Cyberpunk 2077.

It's a timely addition too, considering Balatro's huge spike in popularity ahead of tonight's The Game Awards. It was alsonominated in next year's BAFTA longlist.

LocalThunk also revealed yesterday Balatro has now sold 3.5m units. Last month we reported thegame had made almost $4.4m from its mobile release alone.

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