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Sony Acquires Original ‘Halo’ Developer Bungie
Sony will acquire Bungie, the developer behind Destiny and the original creator of Halo, in a deal worth $3.6 billion USD. Bungie will become the latest addition to the Sony Interactive Entertainment team, which also includes Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla Games, Sucker Punch Productions, Bluepoint Games and several other studios. Bungie will continue to lead its franchises and develop content for various platforms outside of its deal with Sony’s PlayStation, while also pursuing multi-media entertainment opportunities outside of gaming. “We will continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games,” CEO Pete Parsons wrote in a blog post. “We will continue to drive one, unified Bungie community. Our games will continue to be where our community is, wherever ...
HHW Gaming: Sony Is Buying ‘Destiny’ Developer & Original ‘Halo’ Creator Bungie, The Gaming World Reacts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bungie / Destiny 2 Another day, another massive acquisition in the world of video games. Following Take-Two Interactive’s purchase of mobile gaming giant Zynga and Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Sony said it too could acquire a popular game studio. Monday (Jan.31), Destiny developer and original Halo creator Bungie announced that Sony is purchasing it for $3.6 billion. In a blog post, Bungie CEO Pete Parsons quickly answered the burning question stating that it will “continue to independently publish and creatively develop our games.” “In SIE, we have found a partner who unconditionally supports us in all we are and who wants to accelerate our vision to create generation-spanning entertainment, all while preserving the creative inde...
‘The Witcher’ To Release Standalone, Single-Player GWENT Game Later This Year
The Witcher‘s GWENT will receive a new, standalone, single-player game that will launch later this year, according to a new report from IGN. The game, which is codenamed Project Golden Nekker, is currently being developed by CD Projekt Red‘s GWENT team. The gameplay will not require users to own any other editions of GWENT in order to engage in the full single-player experience. GWENT first appeared as a minigame in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt before turning into a standalone multiplayer title in 2016. In 2018, GWENT then received its own spinoff dubbed The Witcher Tales: Thronebreaker. “It’s not another Witcher Tales [game] but something different,” GWENT Comms Lead Pawel Burza said in a statement to IGN. “We’re aiming to provide a captivating single-player for players who prefer it ov...
HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For Paramount+’s ‘Halo’ Series Has Arrived, React To Cortana Not Being Blue
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Paramount / Halo Master Chief is making the leap from your Xbox Series X console to the small screen in a new Halo TV series, and it looks damn good, except for this one particular item. It only took multiple attempts and an abandoned movie plan, but Halo has finally gotten the Hollywood treatment in the form of a television series. The first trailer for the highly anticipated show arrived during the NFL’s AFC Championship game, giving us our first best look at the legendary Spartan soldier John-117 aka Master Chief, and his fellow Spartans in live-action. The show will go back in time in the Halo mythos focusing on Master Chief’s (Pablo Schreiber) life and the Human/Covenant conflict. Fans of the video game franchise will also see a tweaked t...
‘Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel’ Exceeds 4 Million Downloads in First Week
After a celebrated teaser of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel from Konami, news has just been revealed that the official release has been met with tremendous success. Konami has just announced that the Yu-Gi-Oh! game has been downloaded over 4 million times just a week after being available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC. Adding to the momentum, Konami has also made the game available on Apple’s App Store and Google Play for Android in over 150 countries. In other gaming news, WWE 2K22 launches gameplay trailer ahead of Royal Rumble.
‘WWE 2K22’ Launches Gameplay Trailer Ahead of Royal Rumble
The official gameplay trailer for WWE 2K22 has officially arrived, showing fan-favorite superstars in action under the redesigned gameplay engine and graphics. This year’s cover athlete is the masked competitor Rey Mysterio, who has built a name for himself for over three decades to become one of the most respected stars on the roster. A number of game modes will be available including MyGM, MyFACTION, MyRISE, Universe Mode, Creation Suite, and 2K Showcase which runs through some of the biggest matches of Mysterio’s career. Other stars confirmed for the game include John Cena, The Rock, The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar, and more. WWE 2k22 will be available on Playstation, Xbox, and PC beginning on March 11. A special WWE 2K22 nWo 4-Life Edition will include the playable nWo superstars featurin...
HHW Gaming: 2K Drops New “Booyaka” ‘WWE 2K22’ Trailer Ahead of Royal Rumble
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / WWE 2K22 To get ahead of leaks, 2K decided to give us our best look at its revigorated WWE 2K franchise. Saturday (Jan.29), 2K unleashed WWE 2K22’s new booyaka gameplay trailer ahead of the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event following leaks surrounding the WWE 2K22’s campaign mode. The trailer is a mix of gameplay and some cinematics and features your favorite WWE superstars past and present doing their thing in the ring, and honestly, they never looked better. Thanks to a redesigned gameplay engine, WWE 2K22 features stunning visuals, crisp animations on top of new game modes like MyGM, and more. Related Stories It looks like 2K’s decision not to release WWE 2K21 has paid off based on what is shown in the trailer because it does look ...
HHW Gaming: We Can’t Wait To Pick Up The Sticks For These Video Games In 2022
Source: Guerrilla Games / Horizon Forbidden West 2021 was a solid year for gaming, 2022 could possibly go down as one of the biggest years ever thanks to these video games dropping. Last year was our first full one with Sony and Microsoft’s next-gen consoles, the PS5 and Xbox Series X. We didn’t get a lot of games, BUT we got enough to carry us through 2021. But the ball has dropped, and we are in 2022, and this year could shape up to be fantastic for gamers. Just in February alone were getting FOUR big games, and with a sprinkle of potential greatness throughout the year, that could make this year a significant one in the next-gen era. Hip-Hop Wired decided to comprise a list of the games WE (keyword WE) are excited to play on our PS5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch. So if you have an...
HHW Gaming: Dwayne Johnson Reportedly Working On ‘Call of Duty’ Movie
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Mazur / Getty Is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson helping bring Call of Duty to the big screen? According to one report, he most certainly is. The former WWE champion turned big-time action movie star isn’t afraid of the dreaded video game curse. He told us that much while speaking to him about his film Rampage, based on the iconic arcade video game of the same name. He also starred in 2005’s Doom, loosely based on the popular first-person shooter that was critically panned and a box office flop. Related Stories Speaking with Men’s Journal, Johnson had video game Twitter buzzing after he revealed he was working on another video game movie. “I can’t tell you which game, in particular, we’re doing, but there will be an announcement this year,” he said. ...
Grid Studio Strips Handheld Game Consoles into Wall Art
Looking to provide decorative art that marvels at technological brilliance and gaming history, Grid Studio offers wall art made from stripped handheld game consoles. Highlighting the internals of beloved devices, the art studio utilizes its deconstructive approach on the original Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Pocket, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, DS, Sony PSP and Sega Game Gear. Each game console is disassembled with its parts then mounted on a board marked with labels explaining the components. From circuit boards, inputs, buttons, speakers and more, each “GRID” places reverence on the individual pieces that make up each console. Priced between $180 and $200 USD, the stripped-down game console “GRID” wall art creations are available now on Grid Studio’s website. For more gaming news, th...
Atari Is Now Selling NFT Loot Boxes
Atari has become the latest gaming company to join in on the NFT craze. Working in partnership with metaverse developer Republic Realm, the classic game brand has now launched a series of NFT loot boxes it calls “GFT” (for Gifts). Each of the boxes will contain one of 10 images inspired by its retro titles, but unlike regular video game loot boxes, the Atari GFTs will open and unveil their contents on a later, specified date instead of upon purchase. “The Atari brand is synonymous with video games, and video gaming is the backbone of the metaverse,” said Atari CEO Wade Rosen. “What better way to commemorate Atari’s 50th anniversary than by ushering in a new era of technological innovation while also honoring the brand that launched the modern video game industry?” For those interested, the...
Clip From Canceled ‘Star Wars’ Game Showcases Boba Fett Bounty Hunting
A clip has now surfaced showcasing Boba Fett bounty hunting in a canceled Star Wars video game from LucasArts. Featured above, the three-minute clip features the galaxy’s most infamous bounty hunter venturing through the dark and grimy underbelly of Coruscant, tracking down his targets while maneuvering in a parkour-like manner. While the clip itself has just come into the limelight, it turns out that similar video footage was released a few years ago by then LucasArts animation director James Zachary, who worked on the canceled title Star Wars 1313. The game itself was developed by LucasArts back in the early 2010s, and the studio subsequently dropped a trailer during E3 of 2012. Unfortunately, when Disney acquired LucasFilm and all its subsidiaries, the media giant decided to shut d...
