There's a new wristwatch based on Cyberpunk 2077 that you can preorder right now. CD Projeckt Red is partnering up with Blonie Watches to release the T-2077, a limited edition wristwatch born out of the dystopian setting of Cyberpunk 2077.

The watch's case and bracelet are made out of pure grade 2 titanium, with the latter having a butterfly clasp, and its mechanism is quartz with a digital LED-type yellow display. The glass is a darkened mineral with an additional sapphire coating. The watch is water-resistant to up to 5 atmospheres, or 50 meters.

#CDPRgear and @Blonie_Watches proudly present the T-2077 — a limited edition wristwatch born from a love for the craft and the dystopian setting of #Cyberpunk2077. Even the odds and make sure time’s always on your side ⌚

Pre-order yours today at https://t.co/PiyijbkPNC pic.twitter.com/a830TS3WjV

— CD PROJEKT RED (@CDPROJEKTRED) December 1, 2021

For the battery, it uses a model CR2032, with lithium manganese dioxide/organic electrolyte. It's 3V with a capacity of 220mAh. The watch also has both 12-hour and 24-hour options, as well as three adjustable sizes, and comes with supplemental links, although it's recommended to use a professional tailoring service to fit the watch.

Those who purchase the watch will receive a two-year warranty and it is estimated to arrive in June 2022. It costs a total of $499 to order with additional shipping. Also, owners of the T-2077 watch will have a digital certification of authenticity using blockchain technology administered by the specialist firm, Arianee. This decision was to mitigate the risk of counterfeiting. Owners can transfer ownership by using the Arianee app.

In other news, CD Projekt Red is working on Cyberpunk 2077's expansion as it has been scaling back support on the main game for the past year. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of the game are slated to launch in Q1 2022.

George Yang is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @yinyangfooey

The Matrix Resurrections star Jessica Henwick faced a tough choice when she was cast in the sci-fi sequel – Marvel or The Matrix.

During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the actress revealed she was forced to choose between The Matrix Resurrections and a role in Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The latter would have marked her return to the MCU, possibly as Colleen Wing, who she portrayed in Iron Fist.

“It was a red-pill/blue-pill moment for me,” she explained.

Both Disney and Warner Bros. knew about each other’s plans for Henwick, with both studios giving her an ultimatum – she could only audition for each of their movies if she gave up the chance to audition for the other.

The real kicker – neither role was guaranteed, and much like Neo in The Matrix, it required a leap of faith.

Henwick ultimately chose The Matrix Resurrections and landed the role of Bugs – a character she sees as “the audience’s eyes” into the movie. And during an interview with Den of Geek, she offered up more details about her character.

“All they told me was a very short description of her being a captain, and a leader, and a true believer in the legend of Neo,” she said. “Yeah, that was it. It was pretty minimal.”

She also described her character’s fighting style as being “pretty fluid”.

“This was a beautiful fusion… just going, ‘Okay. I now know what my body can do and what my body can’t do, and what looks good and what doesn’t’.”

Just last month, Henwick suggested that The Matrix Resurrections would revolutionize the film industry with some impressive new camera tricks.

“There are definitely moments on set where Yahya [Abdul-Mateen II] and I look at each other… those pinch me moments,” said Henwick. “Yeah. Lana [Wachowski] is doing some really interesting things on a technical level in the same way that you know, she created a style back then. I think she’s going to change the industry again with this film. There’s some camera rigs that I’ve never seen before that we’re using. That’s probably all I can say for that.”

Although both Henwick and Abdul-Mateen II are new to the cast, it looks as though the latter will be playing a familiar face – cast as a younger version of Morpheus.

Matrix Resurrections heads to theatres and HBO Max on December 22, 2021.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Actor Danny DeVito says he wants to play the iconic Batman villain Penguin once again. Speaking to Forbes, DeVito said playing Oswald Cobblebot in 1992's Batman Returns was "one of the highlights my career" and that he'd love to team up with Batman Returns director Tim Burton to reprise his role.

“I feel like it’s not out of the question that The Penguin will return someday, but this is all up to Tim, whether or not Tim wants to do this," DeVito said. "I would say that could be in the cards because we ain’t dead yet (laughs). We could do a continuation of what we had in the past because that was truly a brilliant movie. They afforded me that opportunity and I feel very grateful and would I like to revisit it? Why not! It was a really great moment in time for me.”

Batman Returns saw Michael Keaton's Batman face off against the Penguin, who devised a plot to kill all of Gotham City's firstborn sons as revenge for his parents abandoning him. The movie cracked the top five in our ranking of every Batman movie, thanks in part to the terrifying Penguin.

Keaton is set to reprise his role as the Caped Crusader in the upcoming Flash solo film, so who's to say DeVito's Penguin couldn't make a comeback at some point? For now, DeVito is already returning to the character in comic book form, writing a story to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary in DC's Gotham City Villains Anniversary one-shot comic.

Meanwhile, a different Penguin will oppose Robert Pattinson's Bruce Wayne in The Batman next Spring. Colin Farrell will give his take on the character, and it's a casting choice DeVito approves of, saying, “I love Colin Farrell. He’s one of my favorite actors. I can’t wait!”

And, it seems there's even more Penguin to come, as a Penguin spinoff of The Batman is reportedly in development. The show will apparently revolve around Farrell's Penguin and his rise in the criminal underworld.

For more on the happenings in Gotham City, check out our breakdown of The Batman's most recent trailer.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Black Widow star Scarlett Johansson says its important to ‘stand up for yourself’ after suing Disney over the release of Black Widow’s solo film.

During an interview with The Associated Press, the 37-year-old Black Widow star commented on her recent lawsuit against Disney.

“I think it's important in general to know your own worth and stand up for yourself,” she said. “And I think in this industry, I've been working for such a long time, it's been almost 30 years, and so I've seen – I think there's so much that has shifted over those 30 years, and I think sometime before, maybe, you would feel, 'Oh gosh, if I stand up for myself, I might never work again, or I might be blacklisted in some way’.”

Johansson sued Disney earlier this year for breach of contract after Black Widow, her long-awaited Avengers solo movie, was given a hybrid release – premiering both in cinemas and on Disney+ Premier Access. Her salary, which was largely based on box office returns from the films release, was said to have been affected.

She eventually settled with Disney after reportedly asking for $100 million in damages. However, this doesn’t seem to have affected their working relationship – the actress has since gone on to sign up for ‘top secret’ Marvel project that’s unrelated to her Black Widow character.

And any concerns about being blacklisted are over.

“Thankfully that's changing in the zeitgeist,” she added. “And honestly I think that happening in an industry that's as huge and universal as the entertainment industry, it’s really important to lead that charge.”

Additionally, Scarlett Johansson is still attached to Disney’s upcoming Tower of Terror movie, laying to rest any notions of bad blood between actress and studio.

Although Johansson’s Black Widow made a dramatic exit from the MCU during the events of Avengers: Endgame, it looks as though she’s far from done with both Disney and Marvel.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

Airbnb is offering an overnight stay at the iconic McAllister house from the Home Alone series, promising a night of booby traps, 90's food, and hosted by older brother Buzz, played by original actor Devin Ratray.

Thankfully, it seems that a break-in by Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern isn't on offer. Check out the gallery below for a look at what the Home Alone Airbnb house will look like.

As reported by Complex, four fans will be able to stay at the Chicago area house later this month. Airbnb says that visitors can expect plenty of Christmas decorations, a trimmed tree, the chance to set booby traps, eat Chicago pizza, and a candlelit dinner of microwave Kraft mac n' cheese. Buzz's tarantula will also be around to hang out while you watch Home Sweet Home Alone, the latest film in the series starring Jojo Rabbit's Archie Yates. When it's time to checkout, visitors will also get a Home Alone LEGO set for the road. Airbnb is also making a donation to Chicago-area La Rabida Children's Hospital.

“You may not remember me as particularly accommodating,” a statement attributed to Buzz reads on Airbnb's blog, “but I’ve grown up, and I’d be happy to share my family home – my pizza, even – with you this holiday season. Just try not to let my tarantula, Axl, loose this time.”

You can take your shot at booking Kevin McAllister's family fortress/McMansion starting on December 7 at 1 PM CST on Airbnb's site. The actual stay will take place on December 12. Thankfully, it'll cost you a mere $25 (plus fees), which is a steal for a house rental on Chicago's upper north suburbs. The real McAllister house is located in Winnetka, Illinois, a mere walk from Lake Michigan.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/filthy animal for IGN.

After seven years, Respawn is finally ending all new sales of the first Titanfall game starting today. Titanfall will also be removed from subscription-based services on March 1, 2022. However, any players who've already purchased Titanfall will still have access to live servers.

Despite the removal, Respawn insisted that Titanfall is part of the company's DNA and that the universe will continue.

A note about Titanfall. pic.twitter.com/Ew232HkUIo

— Respawn (@Respawn) December 1, 2021

Respawn announced its decision Wednesday morning, adding that Titanfall is a central part of the studio's identity.

"Rest assured, Titanfall is core to Respawn's DNA and this incredible universe will continue," Respawn wrote. "Today in Titanfall 2 and Apex Legends, and in the future. This franchise is a north star for the caliber of experiences we will continue to create here at Respawn."

Beyond merely the age of Titanfall, Respawn's original multiplayer FPS has been plagued throughout the last couple of years by a series of hacking attacks that rendered the game mostly unplayable. That led to an outcry from the remaining fan base still playing the 2014 shooter, and even Apex Legends was briefly impacted by what appeared to be a retaliatory hack by unknown perpetrators.

Respawn eventually fixed Apex Legends' technical issues, but could only devote "one or two" developers to the aging Titanfall, a community coordinator for Respawn said in July.

For now, Respawn is focused on Apex Legends, currently in its 11th season and serving as one of EA's main focal points for its next financial year, and a Jedi: Fallen Order sequel is likely as EA said it's the start of a new franchise.

A Titanfall 3 likely won't happen anytime soon, though, since Respawn's community coordinator Jason Garza said the studio is working on "too many other games" at the moment. Though it's still plagued by similar DDoS attacks, Titanfall 2 is still available and has one heck of a single-player campaign, and even received a framerate boost as part of a past Xbox Series X update.

Joseph Knoop is a writer/producer/pilot for IGN.

PlayStation has announced the PS Plus lineup for December 2021, and the games included are Mortal Shell and LEGO DC Super-Villains for PS4, as well as Godfall for players on PS4 and PS5. The games will be available from next Tuesday, December 7, until Monday, January 3.

Godfall was one of the launch titles for PlayStation 5 last year. It's a multiplayer, gear-based action game that showed off some of the graphical capabilities of PS5. It was later announced that it would be coming to PS4 after launch.

We called the game "okay" in our Godfall review, saying, "the repetition of its missions wears thin before the end of its campaign, and even thinner in the endgame afterward."

Mortal Shell is a brutal indie game clearly inspired by FromSoft's Soulsbourne games. It's not a straight copy, though, as Mortal Shell introduces new ideas to set it apart from Dark Souls. We called the game great in our Mortal Shell review.

And, LEGO DC Super-Villains lets players romp around the DC universe as Joker, Harley Quinn, and more classic baddies from the Injustice League. The game is "both stylish and jam-packed full of fun action", making it another solid entry in the long-running LEGO franchise.

In addition to these new titles, PS Plus subscribers also still have access to three PS VR titles until January 3. The games are The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, The Persistence, and Until You Fall. Sony is giving away the free PS VR games to celebrate the platform's 5th anniversary.

Even if you don't have a PS VR yet, it's still worth grabbing these games, because we know Sony is working on a PS VR 2, which would hopefully support current PS VR games, in addition to the rumored 4K display, eye tracking, haptic feedback, and more.

And, if you've forgotten, it's not too late to redeem November's PS Plus titles. Knockout City, First Class Trouble and Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning are still available on PS Plus until Monday, December 6.

Logan Plant is a freelance writer for IGN. You can find him on Twitter @LoganJPlant.

Scientists who created the first living robots have revealed that the organisms, known as xenobots, can now reproduce, according to their study.

Created using stem cells from the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis), xenobots are less than one millimetre wide and can move, work together as a group and even self-heal.

But now, the scientists who developed them have found they can reproduce in an entirely new way – completely different from the biological reproduction of any living plant or animal.

“I was astounded by it,” professor of biology and director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, Michael Levin said, as reported by CNN.

This new form of reproduction sees the xenobots effectively harvest loose stem cells, gathering them together into piles which can then mature into xenobots.

“Frogs have a way of reproducing that they normally use,” Levin said. “But when you ... liberate [the cells] from the rest of the embryo and you give them a chance to figure out how to be in a new environment, not only do they figure out a new way to move, but they also figure out apparently a new way to reproduce.”

However, they soon discovered that replication happened rarely with the original, spherical-shaped xenobots. And only under specific circumstances. The bots used a process known as kinetic replication – known to occur at a molecular level but never seen on this scale, using entire cells or organisms.

After realising the xenobots shape was hindering them, researchers used AI to test a variety of new body shapes to maximise the stem cell harvesting process. The AI settled on a C-shape which resembles iconic gaming character, Pac-Man.

“The AI didn't program these machines in the way we usually think about writing code. It shaped and sculpted and came up with this Pac-Man shape,” lead author of the study, Josh Bongard said – a computer science professor and robotics expert at the University of Vermont. “The shape is, in essence, the program. The shape influences how the xenobots behave to amplify this incredibly surprising process.”

Stem cells are often used in medicine to replace damaged cells or to fight certain forms of cancer and blood-related diseases. However, their use as biological robots involved merely harvesting the cells from frog embryos and leaving them to incubate.

“Most people think of robots as made of metals and ceramics,” Bongard said. “But it's not so much what a robot is made from but what it does, which is act on its own on behalf of people.”

“In that way it's a robot,” he added. “But it's also clearly an organism made from genetically unmodified frog cell.”

Although the thought of self-replicating machines is reminiscent of the likes of The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the researchers are assured that these robots are contained in a lab and are both biodegradable and are easily extinguished.

But the discovery of self-replicating robots opens up a whole new world of possibilities. A bit more useful than Elon Musk's proposed humanoid robots.

“There are many things that are possible if we take advantage of this kind of plasticity and ability of cells to solve problems,” Bongard said.

The study was originally published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal PNAS on November 20, 2021.

Main image credit: Douglas Blackiston & Sam Kriegman in the research article.

Ryan Leston is an entertainment journalist and film critic for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

IGN is pleased to exclusively debut the new trailer for Assetto Corsa Competizione, showcasing the new features coming as part of the newly upgraded PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions.

The free upgrade will bring Assetto Corsa Competizione up to 60 frames-per-second, as well as add a progressive full day cycle to races for authentic sunsets and atmospheric lighting. Randomly generated weather further contributes to the atmosphere, with cloudy skies and rain really making Silverstone feel authentic.

Weather is about more than just making the atmosphere authentic, though; rain affects the physics of the track, combining with other systems to affect gameplay. Rubber deposits on the track that build up lap after lap create enhanced grip over the course of a race, but if it begins to rain then those rubbered lines lose grip, and so drivers must properly adapt to the random weather patterns in order to succeed.

Other new generation enhancements include updated liveries from the 2021 race season, and private multiplayer lobbies.

All these features will be provided as a free upgrade for people who own the PS4 or Xbox One version of Assetto Corsa Competizione. All save data and owned DLC will carry over to the PS5 and Xbox Series X/S versions. The free upgrade will be available from February 24, 2022.

A new Day One edition of the game, available for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, will also be available. This includes the 2020 GT World Challenge Pack DLC, which comes with a number of extra elements:

• Autodromo Internazionale Enzo E Dino Ferrari - Imola
• Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020
• Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo 2020
• 60+ car liveries
• 2020 GT World Challenge drivers and team entries
• 2020 Pirelli ‘DHE’ tyre model
• 2020 GT World Challenge season BOP

For more, check out five minutes of PS5 gameplay, and our review for the last-gen version of Assetto Corsa Competizione.

Matt Purslow is IGN's UK News and Entertainment Writer.

Ghostrunner will be releasing a major new DLC expansion in early 2022, IGN can exclusively reveal. After teasing it as the "Ultimate DLC" last week, Ghostrunner's developers took the wraps off the new content today, revealing that it is a story-driven expansion featuring a major character from the core game.

Titled Project_Hel, the new DLC will you in the shoes of Hel, one of the original game's trickiest bosses. In the Project_Hel DLC, she will be a combat-oriented character designed to appeal to "new players and veterans," and will feature her own ability progression system.

Project_Hel's story will span six missions, following Hel as she descends Dharma Tower. It will also include new enemies, bosses, and six new tracks from electronic musician Daniel Deluxe. It was originally planned as a smaller piece of DLC, but eventually grew into a "full-blown Ghostrunner experience."

In addition to the new story, 505 Games is planning a free cosmetics bundle. The Holiday Pack will include several festive swords and matching gloves, and will be available December 7.

In our original Ghostrunner review, we called it a "speedrunner's dream" when it launched last year. "You may die hundreds of times, but instantaneous respawns and generous checkpointing ensure that Ghostrunner’s challenging combat and platforming never become a chore," reviewer Mitchell Saltzman opined.

Since then 505 Games has announced Ghostrunner 2, a sequel being developed for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.

When Project_Hel is released, it will be the biggest piece of Ghostrunner DLC to date. Players can sign up for an early private beta that will take place before launch, with participants being included in Project_Hel's credits.

Project_Hel will cost $14.99, and will release on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Amazon Luna, and PC on January 27.

Kat Bailey is a Senior News Editor at IGN