‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ Officially Returns With a New Expansion

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After returning with a new season less than a week ago, Netflix‘s 10/10 sci-fi series is trending on U.S. charts, where it immediately claimed the No. 1 spot upon its highly anticipated return. Connected to CD Projekt Red‘s popular 2020 action RPG Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is the electrifying animated series everyone is obsessed with. It premiered on Netflix on September 13, 2022, to critical and audience acclaim, while its standalone sequel, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, arrived four years later, on October 20, 2026.

Like its predecessor, the new Cyberpunk: Edgerunners entry is set in Mike Pondsmith‘s dystopian Cyberpunk universe. Taking place in 2078, around a year after the events of the game, the series primarily follows Roman Carax. As an aspiring filmmaker, Roman documents the lives of several people trying to survive and figure out who they are in dystopian Night City and, along the way, becomes entangled in their lives.

Although it took four years for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners to return, fans won’t have to wait as long for the next entry, with less than a year to go. CBR reports that the Netflix series will return next year with an official trading card game expansion featuring fan-favorite Season 1 characters. WeirdCo, the collectibles company behind the successful Cyberpunk Trading Card Game Kickstarter campaign in March, is already planning the franchise’s future ahead of the first set’s November 6, 2026, release.

As confirmed, “Edgerunners: Burn Bright,” the second set, is scheduled to launch in spring 2027, with pre-release tournaments starting one week before the full retail rollout. It will also be available in English and French at launch, with Chinese support arriving later. Announcing the exciting update, WeirdCo Co-Founder Elliot Cook shared:

“The community reception to Cyberpunk TCG has been nothing short of incredible so far, so we want to deliver something even more exciting with Set 2. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners provides us so many opportunities to evolve this game in meaningful ways, both mechanically and artistically, and we can’t wait to share that with players.”

“The community reception to Cyberpunk TCG has been nothing short of incredible so far, so we want to deliver something even more exciting with Set 2. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners provides us so many opportunities to evolve this game in meaningful ways, both mechanically and artistically, and we can’t wait to share that with players.”

Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.

You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.

• You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
• You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
• You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
• The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.

The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.

• You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
• You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
• You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
• In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.

You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.

• You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
• In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
• You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
• In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.

Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.

• Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
• You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
• Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
• In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.

The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.

• You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
• You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
• You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
• In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.

What To Expect From the ‘Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ 2027 Return

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“Edgerunners: Burn Bright,” set in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe, builds on the first set, “Welcome to Night City,” by bringing the Netflix anime into the Cyberpunk Trading Card Game. The expansion features iconic weapons and cyberware, fan-favorite characters, and truly unforgettable scenes. As WeirdCo explains, players can expand their existing crews or build entirely new ones around their favorite Cyberpunk: Edgerunners characters, unlocking powerful strategies for competitive play and taking down rivals. Casual and competitive players alike can enjoy vibrant artwork that captures the anime’s iconic style, as well as impressive foil and textured finishes.

Both Cyberpunk: Edgerunners series are streaming on Netflix, while the trading card game’s second set launches next year.

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