Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker is reportedly preparing to step out of the TARDIS for good at the end of the forthcoming series of the iconic BBC show. According to a report from The Mirror, Whittaker has allegedly shared her intentions to step down from the lead role on the show after three years, with one anonymous source claiming that the team is now "gearing up for a regeneration," which will need to be filmed "at some point over the coming months" in order to set the stage for the 14th Doctor. The BBC has refused to comment on the rumours regarding Whittaker, who became the 13th actor and first-ever female to portray the Time Lord after she signed up to take on the beloved role in 2017. In response to the report, a BBC spokesperson told Variety that they would not be commenting on "any speculation around Jodie's future on the show." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/28/doctor-who-cast-respond-to-ign-comments"] Whittaker's co-stars Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole made their final appearances in the long-running series during the New Year's Day special, Revolution of the Daleks, which also saw the return of John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness, who was first introduced as a recurring guest character in Season 1 of the Doctor Who revival before fronting the show's spin-off series Torchwood. In our review of the episode, we praised Walsh and Cole's final scene for offering "a somewhat satisfying symmetry," though we also recognised that it included "a note that some might consider overly manipulative in the way that a Hallmark Christmas movie would avoid for seeming too over-the-top," which partly contributed to "a disappointing return for Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and her Fam." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=doctor-who-revolution-of-the-daleks-photos&captions=true"] If you would like to get acquainted with all of the Doctors, both past and present, read Whittaker's essay about her time as the Time Lord, check out our beginner's guide to Doctor Who, then take a look through our extensive guide to all of the Doctors. After you've learned everything that you need to know, watch IGN's historic Q&A with Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, and David Tennant. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

Doctor Who's Jodie Whittaker is reportedly preparing to step out of the TARDIS for good at the end of the forthcoming series of the iconic BBC show. According to a report from The Mirror, Whittaker has allegedly shared her intentions to step down from the lead role on the show after three years, with one anonymous source claiming that the team is now "gearing up for a regeneration," which will need to be filmed "at some point over the coming months" in order to set the stage for the 14th Doctor. The BBC has refused to comment on the rumours regarding Whittaker, who became the 13th actor and first-ever female to portray the Time Lord after she signed up to take on the beloved role in 2017. In response to the report, a BBC spokesperson told Variety that they would not be commenting on "any speculation around Jodie's future on the show." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/12/28/doctor-who-cast-respond-to-ign-comments"] Whittaker's co-stars Bradley Walsh and Tosin Cole made their final appearances in the long-running series during the New Year's Day special, Revolution of the Daleks, which also saw the return of John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness, who was first introduced as a recurring guest character in Season 1 of the Doctor Who revival before fronting the show's spin-off series Torchwood. In our review of the episode, we praised Walsh and Cole's final scene for offering "a somewhat satisfying symmetry," though we also recognised that it included "a note that some might consider overly manipulative in the way that a Hallmark Christmas movie would avoid for seeming too over-the-top," which partly contributed to "a disappointing return for Jodie Whittaker's Doctor and her Fam." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=doctor-who-revolution-of-the-daleks-photos&captions=true"] If you would like to get acquainted with all of the Doctors, both past and present, read Whittaker's essay about her time as the Time Lord, check out our beginner's guide to Doctor Who, then take a look through our extensive guide to all of the Doctors. After you've learned everything that you need to know, watch IGN's historic Q&A with Jodie Whittaker, Matt Smith, and David Tennant. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Adele Ankers is a Freelance Entertainment Journalist. You can reach her on Twitter.

PC players can now enjoy Cyberpunk 2077 in third-person, thanks to a savvy modder. As reported by PC Gamer, a third-person perspective mod for Cyberpunk 2077 was uploaded to Nexus Mods over the weekend. The JB - TPP MOD WIP Third Person mod is very much a work in progress - in our own brief test, the player model looks... odd in motion, with legs and arms moving unnaturally to account for the intended first-person view. You can probably expect some more general bugs, too. [caption id="attachment_245784" align="aligncenter" width="720"] A screenshot of the mod in action, courtesy of user Sarunama[/caption] The mod offers four different camera views when installed, swapped between by pressing B. It's handy if you were looking to get a wider lens on Night City, or just wanted to look at the character you've been building (and rebuilding). You'll need the performance optimization mod Cyber Engine Tweaks to install the TPP mod, and you must extract the contents of the perspective mod into your Cyberpunk 2077binx64 folder once downloaded to get it working. If you're just kicking off your Cyberpunk journey, check out our tips and tricks for getting started. We scored Cyberpunk 2077 on PC a 9 at launch, noting its "beautiful, dense cityscape." It's been a different story on consoles, however, with the game suffering huge performance issues, and subsequently seeing a removal from the PS Store. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

PC players can now enjoy Cyberpunk 2077 in third-person, thanks to a savvy modder. As reported by PC Gamer, a third-person perspective mod for Cyberpunk 2077 was uploaded to Nexus Mods over the weekend. The JB - TPP MOD WIP Third Person mod is very much a work in progress - in our own brief test, the player model looks... odd in motion, with legs and arms moving unnaturally to account for the intended first-person view. You can probably expect some more general bugs, too. [caption id="attachment_245784" align="aligncenter" width="720"] A screenshot of the mod in action, courtesy of user Sarunama[/caption] The mod offers four different camera views when installed, swapped between by pressing B. It's handy if you were looking to get a wider lens on Night City, or just wanted to look at the character you've been building (and rebuilding). You'll need the performance optimization mod Cyber Engine Tweaks to install the TPP mod, and you must extract the contents of the perspective mod into your Cyberpunk 2077binx64 folder once downloaded to get it working. If you're just kicking off your Cyberpunk journey, check out our tips and tricks for getting started. We scored Cyberpunk 2077 on PC a 9 at launch, noting its "beautiful, dense cityscape." It's been a different story on consoles, however, with the game suffering huge performance issues, and subsequently seeing a removal from the PS Store. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Jordan Oloman is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Twitter.

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Endeavor Content are teaming up for a feature film based on the iconic toy known as the Rubik's Cube. As reported by Deadline, Hyde Park Entertainment is also partnering with Glassman Media (The Wall) to create a game show based on the global brand of Rubik's Cube. The Rubik's Cube was invented by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in 1974. In 1980, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik and sold by Ideal Toy Corp. Since then, the Rubik's Cube has sold over 450 million units worldwide. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/03/18/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-exclusive-miles-morales-rubiks-cube-art-video"] As of 2018, amateur and professional "speedcubers" from all over the world have competed for puzzle-based glory in the Rubik's Cube World Championship Finals in Boston, MA. “I’ve had a personal and nostalgic connection to the Rubik’s Cube from my early days in India,” Ashok Amritraj said. “I am thrilled to partner with Endeavor Content and Rubik’s/Smiley and look forward to creating a wonderful and complex Rubik’s universe.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2009/08/10/brutal-legend-x360-rubiks-cubesoundtrack-challenge"] For more on Rubik's Cubes, check out a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube - the largest in the world in 2015 - being solved in 7.5 hours. Image Credit: Marco Secchi/Getty Images. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Endeavor Content are teaming up for a feature film based on the iconic toy known as the Rubik's Cube. As reported by Deadline, Hyde Park Entertainment is also partnering with Glassman Media (The Wall) to create a game show based on the global brand of Rubik's Cube. The Rubik's Cube was invented by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in 1974. In 1980, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik and sold by Ideal Toy Corp. Since then, the Rubik's Cube has sold over 450 million units worldwide. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/03/18/spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-exclusive-miles-morales-rubiks-cube-art-video"] As of 2018, amateur and professional "speedcubers" from all over the world have competed for puzzle-based glory in the Rubik's Cube World Championship Finals in Boston, MA. “I’ve had a personal and nostalgic connection to the Rubik’s Cube from my early days in India,” Ashok Amritraj said. “I am thrilled to partner with Endeavor Content and Rubik’s/Smiley and look forward to creating a wonderful and complex Rubik’s universe.” [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2009/08/10/brutal-legend-x360-rubiks-cubesoundtrack-challenge"] For more on Rubik's Cubes, check out a 17x17x17 Rubik's Cube - the largest in the world in 2015 - being solved in 7.5 hours. Image Credit: Marco Secchi/Getty Images. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

NieR: Automata's "final secret" has been discovered after nearly four years, and it allows you to skip the entire game. As reported by Kotaku, modder and dataminer Lance McDonald discovered this cheat code that allows players to go straight to the end of NieR: Automata after only defeating the first boss. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/03/06/nier-automata-review"] NieR: Automata, which was released in 2017, has multiple endings that require players to replay the game numerous times to truly complete the story. This cheat code, however, allows you to simply go right to the last ending. Spoilers ahead for NieR: Automata. Once you have unlocked Ending E, players must make it through a challenging arcade shooter that has you attempting to destroy the game's credits. Once finished, you are given the option to sacrifice you save data to assist others in that task. If accepted, you will actually lose your save file. This cheat code, however, lets you get to that ending to help others without completing the game and having to give up your hard earned save data. McDonald discovered that this is not a glitch, but an actual cheat code that is programmed into NieR: Automata. According to him, it took "hundreds of hours of reverse engineering" to figure this out.

I found a cheat code in NieR Automata that allows you to skip to the last ending immediately after killing the first boss and unlock the bonus modes. I'll do a full video soon. It's not a glitch, it's an actual cheat code hard-coded into the engine. @yokotaro pic.twitter.com/FtuNPovq6F

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 3, 2021

As of this writing, McDonald hasn't fully revealed what the inputs are to activate the cheat code, but the video above shows him doing so near some barrels after defeating the aforementioned first boss. The screen fades to black, and he is then able to sacrifice his save data. Following this discovery, NieR: Automata's director Yoko Taro Quote Tweeted McDonald's video and appeared to confirm the discovery by saying "3 years 10 months.（◎血◎）" The Japanese NieR Twitter also acknowledged the find, saying (via Google Translate), "It seems that the last secret has been discovered." McDonald has said he will be releasing a full video of the game-skipping cheat code soon, but be sure to let us know if you figure it out before then! [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/10/nier-replicant-ver-122474487139-world-premiere-trailer"] This "final secret" arrives just a few months before Nier Replicant Ver. 1.22474487139 will be released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 23, 2021. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

NieR: Automata's "final secret" has been discovered after nearly four years, and it allows you to skip the entire game. As reported by Kotaku, modder and dataminer Lance McDonald discovered this cheat code that allows players to go straight to the end of NieR: Automata after only defeating the first boss. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2017/03/06/nier-automata-review"] NieR: Automata, which was released in 2017, has multiple endings that require players to replay the game numerous times to truly complete the story. This cheat code, however, allows you to simply go right to the last ending. Spoilers ahead for NieR: Automata. Once you have unlocked Ending E, players must make it through a challenging arcade shooter that has you attempting to destroy the game's credits. Once finished, you are given the option to sacrifice you save data to assist others in that task. If accepted, you will actually lose your save file. This cheat code, however, lets you get to that ending to help others without completing the game and having to give up your hard earned save data. McDonald discovered that this is not a glitch, but an actual cheat code that is programmed into NieR: Automata. According to him, it took "hundreds of hours of reverse engineering" to figure this out.

I found a cheat code in NieR Automata that allows you to skip to the last ending immediately after killing the first boss and unlock the bonus modes. I'll do a full video soon. It's not a glitch, it's an actual cheat code hard-coded into the engine. @yokotaro pic.twitter.com/FtuNPovq6F

— Lance McDonald (@manfightdragon) January 3, 2021

As of this writing, McDonald hasn't fully revealed what the inputs are to activate the cheat code, but the video above shows him doing so near some barrels after defeating the aforementioned first boss. The screen fades to black, and he is then able to sacrifice his save data. Following this discovery, NieR: Automata's director Yoko Taro Quote Tweeted McDonald's video and appeared to confirm the discovery by saying "3 years 10 months.（◎血◎）" The Japanese NieR Twitter also acknowledged the find, saying (via Google Translate), "It seems that the last secret has been discovered." McDonald has said he will be releasing a full video of the game-skipping cheat code soon, but be sure to let us know if you figure it out before then! [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/12/10/nier-replicant-ver-122474487139-world-premiere-trailer"] This "final secret" arrives just a few months before Nier Replicant Ver. 1.22474487139 will be released on PS4, Xbox One, and PC on April 23, 2021. [poilib element="accentDivider"] Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com. Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.

A giant bubble of VLF radio frequencies - entirely created by human activities - is not only surrounding the Earth, but is creating weather-like effects in space. According to NASA, the bubble was first detected in 2017, and is the result of very low-frequency radio communications, often used for coded or long-distance messaging - such as contacting submarines deep underwater. These frequencies have been "leaking" into space, and have created a barrier of sorts around Earth. As turns out, this giant bubble is keeping charged, radioactive particles from entering Earth's atmosphere. Various nuclear blasts over the years have resulted in belts of radioactivity around Earth, which this barrier has pushed further away than they were in the 1960s. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/22/nasa-spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid"] “A number of experiments and observations have figured out that, under the right conditions, radio communications signals in the VLF frequency range can in fact affect the properties of the high-energy radiation environment around the Earth,” Phil Erickson, assistant director at the MIT Haystack Observatory, said, according to NASA. In effect, VLF frequencies are creating human-induced 'space weather'. Unfortunately, according to a new article from Science Alert, the barrier doesn't solve the problem with the radioactive particles damaging Earth's satellites. NASA says that tests are underway to see if VLF transmissions can be used to remove the excess radiation surrounding Earth. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-sci-fi-movies&captions=true"] Scientists are discovering what could be a parallel universe where time goes backward and signs of life on Venus, so a man-made barrier surrounding Earth fighting off radiation shouldn't be too surprising. There might even be a Galactic Federation that won't let humans in yet. Maybe there will be a change of heart when they see the cool Earth barrier that humans made! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.

A giant bubble of VLF radio frequencies - entirely created by human activities - is not only surrounding the Earth, but is creating weather-like effects in space. According to NASA, the bubble was first detected in 2017, and is the result of very low-frequency radio communications, often used for coded or long-distance messaging - such as contacting submarines deep underwater. These frequencies have been "leaking" into space, and have created a barrier of sorts around Earth. As turns out, this giant bubble is keeping charged, radioactive particles from entering Earth's atmosphere. Various nuclear blasts over the years have resulted in belts of radioactivity around Earth, which this barrier has pushed further away than they were in the 1960s. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/10/22/nasa-spacecraft-lands-on-an-asteroid"] “A number of experiments and observations have figured out that, under the right conditions, radio communications signals in the VLF frequency range can in fact affect the properties of the high-energy radiation environment around the Earth,” Phil Erickson, assistant director at the MIT Haystack Observatory, said, according to NASA. In effect, VLF frequencies are creating human-induced 'space weather'. Unfortunately, according to a new article from Science Alert, the barrier doesn't solve the problem with the radioactive particles damaging Earth's satellites. NASA says that tests are underway to see if VLF transmissions can be used to remove the excess radiation surrounding Earth. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-25-best-sci-fi-movies&captions=true"] Scientists are discovering what could be a parallel universe where time goes backward and signs of life on Venus, so a man-made barrier surrounding Earth fighting off radiation shouldn't be too surprising. There might even be a Galactic Federation that won't let humans in yet. Maybe there will be a change of heart when they see the cool Earth barrier that humans made! [poilib element="accentDivider"] Petey Oneto is a freelance writer for IGN.