Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red is celebrating International Women’s Day by showing off an updated depiction of the feminine version of the protagonist, V. The new art is also Cyberpunk 2077’s reversible box art.

 

CD Projekt Red shared the new look from the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account. V still looks like the hardened citizen of Night City we’ve seen in other trailers and screenshots, with a few key differences. This feminine version of V now has much brighter red hair, pierced ears, and some minor changes to her face. It appears some of the smokey eyeshadow is gone, and the lines in her face (we assume an indicator of some past bodily modification or repair) swoop a little lower on her cheeks now.

Here's an older look, for reference.

The official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account confirmed in multiple tweets that this new image (the first on this page) will be the reverse box art cover, so you can decide whether you have a masculine or feminine V gracing your game.

Character customization will be a core part of Cyberpunk 2077, unlike the more set-in-stone Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Players will be able to change their V’s body type, clothes, hairstyle, tattoos, makeup, skin tone, and more. CD Projekt Red is also allowing players to choose a body type rather than a strictly defined gender, although the studio was criticized last year for a problematic depiction of a transgender person on an in-game poster in demo footage.

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If you’re wondering what other characters you’ll meet in Cyberpunk 2077, the artist Grimes recently leaked her own character’s backstory.

Cyberpunk 2077 releases on September 17, 2020, thanks to a relatively recent delay. You can preorder the Cyberpunk special or regular editions with our helpful guide.

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Don’t forget to check out our other International Women’s Day coverage, including a guest editorial from Ubisoft’s Alice Rendell on how burning out influenced her game developer career.

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Disney-Pixar’s Onward, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt and Tom Holland, topped the box office this weekend with an estimated $40 million. This made for a good opening, but still one on the lower end of initial expectations which predicted $40-45 million. Onward's weekend is also, per Variety, on par with the debut of Disney-Pixar's The Good Dinosaur, which debuted with $39 million and wound up being the lowest-grossing Pixar film of all time. The last two Pixar films, Toy Story 4 and The Incredibles 2, both had massive opening weekends. Both were also sequels to big hits and opened in the summer, not March. IGN's review of Onward hails it as a "fun-filled fantasy adventure tale featuring a solid voice cast." [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/21/pixars-onward-review"] The Invisible Man, dropping about 49% from last weekend, pulled in an estimated $14 million to take the number two spot. Right now, it's at $52 million domestically. For third place, it was The Way Back, starring Ben Affleck as a mourning alcoholic who tries to turn his life around as the coach of a high school basketball team. It brought in an estimated $8.5 million. IGN's review of The Way Back notes that it's a "gratifying sports movie that is made better than the average by some sadness, some realism, and Ben Affleck's performance."

North American Box Office Estimates

In a close race for third, Sonic the Hedgehog will fall just behind The Way Back. Still, the well-received video game flick has, to date, earned a whopping $141 million here in North America. Meanwhile, Focus Features’ Jane Austen adaptation, Emma, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, brought in $5 million, landing in sixth place. Bad Boys for Life continues its juggernaut run, crossing the $200 million domestic mark this weekend. Here are the Top 10 North American box office estimates for the (2-day) weekend (via Box Office Mojo)

• 1. Onward $40,000,000
• 2. The Invisible Man $15,150,000
• 3. The Way Back $8,500,000
• 4. Sonic the Hedgehog $8,000,000
• 5. The Call of the Wild $7,000,000
• 6. Emma $5,000,000
• 7. Bad Boys for Life $3,050,000
• 8. Birds of Prey $2,160,000
• 9. Impractical Jokers $1,845,000
• 10 My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising $1,528,753

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After spoofing his own James Bond film, No Time to Die, earlier in the show, Saturday Night Live host Daniel Craig then helped take a playful swing at the southern accent he used, playing ace sleuth Benoit Blanc, in Rian Johnson's Knives Out. In the skit, Craig, playing himself, meets with Rian Johnson (played by Mikey Day) and introduces his accent coach, Franklin Hughes (Beck Bennett). From there, Craig and his coach launch into outrageous and cartoonish Southern caricatures, all of whom are complaining about their big sweaty butts. Click here to watch the sketch, or click on the image below... [caption id="attachment_231525" align="aligncenter" width="720"] Click to watch Daniel Craig in the SNL skit "Accent Coach."[/caption] Rian Johnson recently said that his idea for a Knives Out sequel involves a "whole new cast." Knives Out was a huge success for Lionsgate, earning close to $300 million at the worldwide box office. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-movies-of-the-decade-2010-2019&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Daniel Craig hosted this week's Saturday Night Live, which was originally intended to lead into an April release for No Time to Die. Unfortunately, Craig's final Bond film was pushed to November due to global health concerns. That didn't stop Craig from "sharing a scene" from the film, however. Craig used his monologue to praise the work Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge did on the No Time to Die script - even making a Bond/Fleabag joke...

Give it up for Craig. Daniel Craig.#SNL pic.twitter.com/RvvNyoNgpf

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) March 8, 2020

Then Craig offered up a special "sneak peek" of No Time to Die, featuring a James Bond in a casino (with SNL's Chloe Fineman as a character who resembles Ana de Armas' upcoming character) becoming increasingly giddy and rowdy due to his luck at the craps table. Check it out...

And now...a sneak peek of No time to Die. #SNL pic.twitter.com/EQuxdIvX6P

— Saturday Night Live - SNL (@nbcsnl) March 8, 2020

In other TV news, Gina Carano posted a behind-the-scenes photo as she wrapped Season 2 of The Mandalorian, the Game of Thrones showrunners will make a cameo in Westworld: Season 3, and Disney has announced a Beauty and the Beast prequel series. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-next-james-bonds-who-never-played-007&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

With Marvel's Black Widow release date currently unchanged, the next Phase 4 project afterwards is the first-ever Disney+/MCU series, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier - starring Anthony Mackie and Sebastian Stan as Sam Wilson and James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes. Mackie recently spoke to THR about how the MCU movies, in general, differ from Marvel's new Disney+ shows, and what fans can expect from The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. "They're going to feel different in and of themselves, because they're shot in a completely different way than the movies," he said. "I think people are going to be surprised by how in-depth and evolved the characters become by having six to eight hours to them, instead of just two hours." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=how-sam-wilsonfalcon-became-captain-america&captions=true"] Scheduled for an August release, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier also features the return of Daniel Bruhl's Zemo and Emily Van Camp's Sharon Carter, as well as Wyatt Russell as John Walker - aka U.S. Agent. "When you're on a team, you play your role," Mackie said, of his six MCU movie appearances as Sam Wilson/Falcon. "But with this [series], you really get to see who the characters are in their lives between the movies." Click here for a quick rundown of how Sam Wilson became Captain America in the comics, which seems to be what this series is angling to do given how Avengers: Endgame concluded. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/22/altered-carbon-season-2-review-in-1-minute"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Doom Eternal fans have been ready to rip and tear since the game was announced at E3 2018. There’s just one last question for those of us who prefer to slay our demons on PC: What are the PC system requirements? Bethesda has finally revealed what minimum and recommended settings you’ll need to play Doom Eternal at its best.

Doom Eternal can conceivably hit 1,000 frames per second. That comes with a pretty steep cost in terms of GPU power.

Minimum PC Specs for Doom Eternal

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

• OS: 64-bit Windows 7/64-Bit Windows 10

• Processor: Intel Core i5 @ 3.3 GHz or better, or AMD Ryzen 3 @ 3.1 GHz or better

• Memory: 8 GB RAM

• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 (4GB), GTX 1060 (6GB), GTX 1650 (4GB) or AMD Radeon R9 290 (4GB)/RX 470 (4GB)

• Storage: 50 GB available space

• Additional Notes: (1080p / 60 FPS / Low Quality Settings)

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Recommended PC Specs for Doom Eternal

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

• OS: 64-bit Windows 10

• Processor: Intel Core i7-6700K or better, or AMD Ryzen 7 1800X or better

• Memory: 16 GB RAM

• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8GB), RTX 2060 (8GB) or AMD Radeon RX Vega56 (8GB)

• Storage: 50 GB available space

• Additional Notes: (1440p / 60 FPS / High Quality Settings)

Most notably, Doom Eternal’s minimum GPU settings are what Doom 2016 had for a recommended spec list. If you’re going with the minimum settings, you should still be able to get 1080p and 60 frames per second on the game’s lowest settings. If you’re shooting for a higher FPS rate and sharper graphics, the recommended settings will let you play at 1440p and 60 FPS. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/24/doom-eternal-the-final-preview"] You’ll surely need all the PC power you can get while you’re shotgunning demons in the face. Remember that you’ll be doing it while listening to composer Mick Gordon’s heavy metal choir, featuring the harsh vocal talents of numerous artists, including the late Nature Ganganbaigal (Tengger Cavalary), James Dorton (Black Crown Initiate), Sven de Caluwe (Aborted), Tony Campos (Static X and Ministry), Linzy Rae (The Anchor) and more. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/05/doom-eternal-soundtrack-behind-the-scenes-video"]

If you can’t wait until Doom Eternal releases on March 2020, check out our final preview.

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The Fortnite Week 3 Deadpool challenges will task players with destroying toilets - here's some help.

Ahead of Westworld's long-awaited return to HBO, on March 15, it's being reported that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will make an appearance in Season 3. According to The Wrap, the duo, who were scheduled to helm a new Star Wars trilogy until a few months back, will make a cameo in Westworld's new season, in the second episode - titled “The Absence of Field,” airing March 29. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=midseason-tv-2020-34-shows-we-cant-wait-to-watch&captions=true"] Weiss and Benioff will play technicians at Delos, the corporation that bought out Dr. Ford and Weber's Argos Initiative during the early days of Westworld and expanded the operation into several theme parks that secretly scan the brains of guests (via hats) to steal their information. Delos has also been working for year, in secret, to uncover a method of immortality by successfully transferring a human mind into the body of a Host, allowing that person to live on after death. The series, from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, also recently released new character posters, along with some hidden "alternate" trailers (which fans discovered). [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2019/07/20/westworld-season-3-trailer-comic-con-2019"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

Members of the film press were able to catch an advance screening of A Quiet Place: Part II and the early reactions to hit social media hail the sequel as a worthy and terrifying successor to John Krasinski's hit 2018 original. Most critics address the unrelenting tension and suspense while others praise the soundscape and the performances of new-to-the-series Cillian Murphy and the returning Millicent Simmonds. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/03/06/a-quiet-place-part-ii-the-stranger-clip"] Here's a quick roundup of the first reactions to A Quiet Place: Part II. [poilib element="accentDivider"] IGN's Executive Editor of Movies, Jim Vejvoda, writes that A Quiet Place: Part II "can’t quite recapture all the thrilling magic that made the original such a beloved sleeper sensation" but that it overcomes sequel odds "thanks to its focus on character and the moving performances of its core cast and new addition Cillian Murphy." IndieWire's Deputy Editor of Film, Kagte Erbland, insists that crunchy snacks be banned, so that the silent chills can fully resonate.

A QUIET PLACE PART II: A worthy, world-expanding followup that builds on the original and finds its own thrills, chills, and emotions in the process. Audiences should still be banned from eating crunchy snacks during any and all screenings.

— Kate Erbland (@katerbland) March 6, 2020

Erik Davis, Managing Editor at Fandango, remarks that some sequences in the film are a "masterclass in suspense."

Damn, #AQuietPlace Part II rocks! Honestly, just as tense and terrifying as the first one. There are some sequences in this film that are a masterclass in suspense. Bravo, @johnkrasinski. So good, so emotional, too. pic.twitter.com/3uSBwvCw0R

— Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) March 6, 2020

Comicbook.com's Chris Killian claims the sequel is "riveting from top to bottom."

The use of sound in #AQuietPlace Part 2 is still so vital. In what could easily have been a retread, @johnkrasinski finds unbelievably creative ways to keep the movie’s niche from getting stale. The entire cast is fantastic and it’s riveting from top to bottom. @quietplacemovie pic.twitter.com/gZHRyJOKXU — Chris Killian (@chriskillian) March 6, 2020

Steven Weintraub, Editor-in-Chief for Collider, is here making an early plea for a Part III!

#AQuietPlacePartII is a great sequel that expands the world. Had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Movie is an hour and 45 minutes and when it ended wanted more. Is it too early to talk about #AQuietPlace3? pic.twitter.com/nj9tOTyygV — Steven Weintraub (@colliderfrosty) March 6, 2020

Uproxx's Senior Entertainment Writer, Mike Ryan, lauds the addition of Cillian Murphy while Daily Dead's Heather Wixson and horror critic Meagan Navarro both celebrate Millicent Simmonds' great performance.

A QUIET PLACE PART II is “Tension: The Movie.” I have a stomach ache now from how tense this movie is. (Also, this turned out to be a surprisingly great Cillian Murphy movie.)

— Mike Ryan (@mikeryan) March 6, 2020

So #AQuietPlacePartII was incredibly tense & builds upon the story from the first film in some unexpected/inspired ways. Cillian Murphy RULES & Millicent Simmonds really comes into her own her with a truly phenomenal performance.

— Heather Wixson (@thehorrorchick) March 6, 2020

A QUIET PLACE PART II is not at all what I expected, and that's a great thing. A very creative sequel that goes to some unexpected and satisfying places. Bravo Millicent Simmonds. #AQuietPlacePartII #AQuietPlace

— Meagan Navarro (@HauntedMeg) March 6, 2020

Rotten Tomatoes' EIC, Joel Meares, goes so far as to call Millicent Simmonds his "new Ripley."

Kudos to John Krasinski and co: #AQuietPlace Part II delivers. Millicent Simmonds is my new Ripley — owns the film. (And yes, some great scares.)

— Joel Meares (@joelmeares) March 6, 2020

CinemaBlend's Managing Director, Sean O'Connell, asserts that Krasinski has "Spielberg-level chops."

How does @johnkrasinski already have Spielberg-level chops?? #AQuietPlace 2 is fantastic, and deserves to be a MASSIVE hit. Finds exciting ways to further explore this terrifying environment, and is bigger, but still TENSE AS HELL. pic.twitter.com/kpunLPIWAN

— Sean O'Connell (@Sean_OConnell) March 6, 2020

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Gina Carano, who plays Alderaanian ex-rebel shock trooper Cara Dune on The Mandalorian, posted a warm message to all her fans on Instagram, signaling her wrap of Season 2. Seen sitting on the Razor Crest's ramp (with an unknown armored figure near her), Carano wrote "That’s a wrap on season 2.. I absolutely love this work and the people in it." Check it out... As you can see, on the bottom right of the image, WWE's Sasha Banks liked the post. There are currently strong rumors that Banks has filmed scenes for Season 2, though her series role is unknown at this point. It was also recently reported that Robert Rodriguez will direct parts of Season 2, alongside Bryce Dallas Howard, who is returning to the series after directing an episode in Season 1. The Mandalorian's second season will premiere in October on Disney+. [ignvideo url="https://www.ign.com/videos/2020/02/20/meet-the-mini-mandalorian"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.