CD Projekt Red’s tech dystopia FPS Cyberpunk 2077 is predicted out later this 12 months. Ye olde advertising and marketing machine appears to be getting its gears turning once more and CDPR have at present posted about one of many gangs that you just’ll discover in Night City. The Mox are a bunch that CDPR say “protect working girls and guys from violence and abuse,” particularly intercourse staff like their in-game inspiration Elizabeth Borden.
CDPR’s tweet provides only a fast blurb about The Mox and their targets:
“Formed in 2076 after the death of Elizabeth “Lizzie” Borden, a strip membership proprietor & ex-prostitute who handled her staff pretty and defended them from violent shoppers, The Mox confer with themselves as ‘those who protect working girls and guys’ from violence and abuse.”
Sounds like an attention-grabbing premise, to make sure. The concept of a grassroots motion that defends people who most want it from the massive dangerous system appears fairly punk to me. I solely surprise if CDPR can really deal with the subject material in a manner that does extra good than hurt.
Of course, a single tweet can’t expose all of the nuance of CDPR’s intentions for The Mox, nor I’m positive would any of us need the complete plot specified by marketing-speak some a number of months earlier than the game is out. (One factor that’s attention-grabbing is that the character of Lizzie Borden is presumably named after the true particular person suspected though ultimately acquitted of double murder.)
But nonetheless, attention-grabbing although the Mox could also be, CDPR don’t precisely have a observe file that evokes belief the place problems with illustration are involved. We’ve had quite a lot of causes to be skeptical, between Cyberpunk 2077’s seemingly transphobic in-game marketing, and a tasteless transphobic joke on CDPR’s Twitter account.
That’s to not say that CDPR imply hurt, or that they’ll’t do higher. They can and should. For starters, CDPR have, since final 12 months’s E3, indicated that they plan to have their character creator permit gamers to mash up their voice, face, and bodily traits for gender illustration that isn’t strictly binary. The Mox could also be a beautiful addition to the game. I hope so.
We’ll probably be listening to extra about Cyberpunk 2077 and Night City’s different gangs as we head into the summer time season. It’s at present deliberate for a September 16th launch date (which CDPR still plan to hit) and you’ll find it on Steam till then.
