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Players have already expressed their disappointment at ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, perhaps the most anticipated video game of the year. Now it is the turn of the investors.
An investor in CD Projekt, the studio behind ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, sued the company and its executives in Los Angeles federal court Thursday, claiming they promoted the game with false and misleading statements and cost him and others money. investors.
The game suffers from “an enormous amount of bugs,” the lawsuit says, echoing complaints from players.
Eight million people reserved copies of ‘Cyberpunk 2077’, a sci-fi game set in a futuristic fantasy city with movie star Keanu Reeves as the basis for a character. But many gamers quickly became bitter about the game after its release this month, noting a number of glitches and calling for sloppy development.
Sony and Microsoft offered refunds to players who purchased the game through their PlayStation and Xbox online stores. Sony went so far as to remove the game from its store, which surprised industry analysts.
The lawsuit filed by investor Andrew Trampe alleges that CD Projekt promoted the game and its share price for months with a series of overly positive statements, such as one in January that said ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ was “full and playable” at that time. moment.
“The defendants’ statements about their business, operations and prospects were materially false and misleading and / or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times,” the lawsuit says. Ask the court to recognize the lawsuit as a class action on behalf of all like investors.
CD Projekt, which is based in Warsaw, Poland, did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside of normal business hours.
Shares of CD Projekt are down 38 percent since early December, before the company launched the game.
The company said it has sold more than 13 million copies of “Cyberpunk 2077” as of December 20, falling short of analysts’ forecasts, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
