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This Techno Artist Is Releasing His New Album As a Game Boy Cartridge
Fans of techno artist Remute may have to dig deep into their keepsakes for the proper modality to play his latest album. The innovative chiptune artist is set to release his upcoming Living Electronics album as a physical release exclusively playable as a cartridge on Nintendo’s iconic 8-bit Game Boy console. Remute is no stranger to porting his musical works on retro hardware systems, frequently retrofitting his sounds to work within the limitations of old technologies. His 2019 Technoptimistic album saw its physical release on the Mega Drive and The Cult Of Remute landed on the SNES a year later. “As with all systems I’ve done albums on before, it was quite challenging to compress my vision down to its pure essence,” Remute told NME. ...
HHW Gaming: LeBron James & The Tune Squad Team Up In New ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ Video Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Space Jam: A New Legacy LeBron James and the Tune Squad team up in a new video game for some classic side-scrolling beat ’em up arcade action. Ahead of the film’s simultaneous release in both theaters and on HBO Max, Space Jam: A New Legacy The Game will be launching exclusively into Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks July 1, giving members the first crack at the game starring Lebron James, Bugs Bunny and the rest of the Tune Squad. As a bonus, members will also have access to in-game add-ons, consumables, partner offers, and more before they become widely available on July 15. The game is the direct product of the coding contest announced back in December, where Xbox teamed up with the movie asking fans to come up with different concepts, and now here ...
How to Fix the “d3dx9_42.ddl Error” You Get Playing Classic Games Like EverQuest
Image sourced from Polygon. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_068.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_068.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Whenever you play a game on Windows PC or laptop, Microsoft DirectX handles most of the tasks in game programming. d3dx9_43.dll is just one of the files in DirectX. But if this file goes missing, you may end up in various errors while playing any sort of game that was published before more modern versions of the Windows OS. Examples include classics like EverQuest, Fallout New Vegas, The Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind, and so on. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_6aa.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_6aa.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Sometimes the errors may happen if you’re using an outdated version of DirectX or you had deleted the d3dx9_43.dll fil...
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Ralph Lauren Is The Newest Sponsor Of The G2 Esports Team [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FashionPPS/WENN.com / WENN The iconic Polo horseman logo is about to add some elegance to the pro gaming community. Ralph Lauren is now a sponsor of the G2 Esports gaming organization. As spotted on Hypebeast the beloved American apparel brand is staking their flag further into the sports sector. This week they announced a partnership with the world’s largest gaming organization, G2. According to the official press release, Ralph Lauren will become the “exclusive fashion outfitter” of the G2 team. The deal will also gives room for both entities to curate unique campaigns, events and digital activations throughout Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and so on. “Our partnership with G2 will further the progress we are making to bring our powerful heritage brand...
Nintendo Warns Against Co-Streaming E3 Showcase
While Microsoft encouraged co-streaming this year’s massive Twitch-hosted E3 showcase, Nintendo took a different approach in warning streamers against it. E3’s 2021 showcase took place mostly online, in light of concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Nintendo opted out of co-streaming the event from the official Twitch platform, and warned that co-streamers may receive DMCA copyright strikes for streaming E3 due to licensing issues with the music that was used in this year’s festivities. Microsoft actually obtained retransmission rights for all of the music that was used in this year’s streamed event, though those rights will expire after one year. Should co-streamers not delete their VOD (video on demand) before that year-long period is up, they may rece...
HHW Gaming: ‘Madden NFL 22’ Will Introduce New Dynamic Gameday Feature On Next-Gen Consoles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Madden NFL 22’s cover will feature two goats, and the game will have some dope new features. Thursday (Jun.17), EA Sports announced the next installment in its iconic football video game franchise Madden NFL 22. Madden NFL 21 didn’t really impress anyone, including us, on the PS4 and Xbox One. However, the game found its footing when the next-gen version landed on the PS5 and Xbox Series X console giving Madden fans the true experience they were hoping for. EA Sports is looking to keep that momentum going with Madden NFL 22. Based on the improvements they announced, we don’t see why that won’t be the case. So what’s new this year? EA Sports is on a mission to deliver Madden fans the most authentic virtual football experience to d...
HHW Gaming: Summer Game Fest Continues On Xbox With Another Massive Demo Event
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / ID@Xbox Summer Game Demo Fest E3 2021 is a wrap, but the Summer Game Fest continues on Xbox. Following its successful showing at E3 2021, Xbox is far from finished when it comes to showing what it has to offer in the form of games coming to the Xbox One and Xbox Series S|X consoles. [embedded content] Tuesday (Jun.15), the company announced it was teaming up with Summer Game Fest again to bring back its massive demo event. This year Xbox owners can look forward to taking an early crack at these 12 NEWLY ANNOUNCED Xbox titles: Arietta of Spirits (Third Spirit Games) BattleCakes (Volcano Bean) Button City (Subliminal) Catlateral Damage: Remeowstered (Manekoware) Dreamers (PlaySys) Faraday Protocol (Red Koi Box) Get Packed: Fully Loaded...
HHW Gaming: The Atari VCS Retro Console Is Finally Available Via Retail
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Atari VCS / Atari It took A LONG TIME, but Atari’s retro console/PC is finally available via retail. It has been a bumpy road for the Atari VCS, but we are finally here. The unique system that serves as both part-desktop PC, part-retro console and takes its cues from the classic Atari 2600 can now be purchased via Atari’s website, Best Buy, and Micro Center, promising a Spring 2021 shipping date. If you check GameStop’s website, you can’t purchase the console, but it does say the Atari VCS will ship on July 2. We first spoke about the console back in 2017. Then, it was called the AtariBox before getting a rebrand in 2018 and renamed the Atari VCS along with an IndieGoGo campaign that allowed people to back the console’s development in June 2018. Atari at ...
HHW Gaming: Razer Makes A Huge Statement With Its New Ultra-Thin & Super Fast Gaming Laptop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop Razer might have made a serious power move with its new gaming laptop. Monday (Jun.14), during its E3 2021 keynote presentation, Razer announced its new ultra-thin, 14-inch computer that is being described as “the ultimate AMD gaming laptop,” the Razer Blade 14. Under the hood, the Razer Blade 14 boasts an impressive 8-core, 16-thread AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor allowing for a max boost clock of up to 4.6GHz. [embedded content] GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs are “built on award-winning Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd-gen RTX architecture—with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors” provide users with realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features while gaming and creating. Paired with 3rd-gen Max-Q tech...
Hugely Anticipated Elden Ring Finally Revealed at Summer Games Fest
Image sourced from WCCFTech. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_108.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_108.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } The enormously anticipated Elden Ring has finally been revealed after almost 2 years of silence on the part of developer From Software since its initial teaser trailer was released at E3 2019. Elden Ring is set to be a collaboration between Dark Souls creator Hidetaka Miyazaki and Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin. Fans of both series have been patiently awaiting any news on the game. Their patience was rewarded Thursday night during a reveal at the Summer Games Fest, closing the virtual presentation. The game trended worldwide on Twitter for a few hours after the reveal via #EldenRing. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_99c.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left...
HHW Gaming: Lance Reddick Will Play Albert Wesker In Upcoming Netflix Live-Action ‘Resident Evil’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Resident Evil Resident Evil, a franchise long plagued by its lack of melanin when it comes to its main characters, is finally correcting that issue. Friday (Jun.11), to close out its Geeked Week virtual showcase, Netflix revealed the cast for its upcoming live-action Resident Evil show. During the presentation, there were teasers presented as commercials from “sponsors” featuring Lance Reddick’s very distinguishable voice delivering messages regarding the fictional pharmaceutical company, the Umbrella Corporation. Eventually, the hosts finally revealed that The Wire actor and the voice of Zavala from Destiny 2 would be taking on the role of Resident Evil’s iconic antagonist Albert Wesker marking the first time a person of color has be...
Battlefield 2042 Announced Following Explosively Insane Cinematic Trailer
Image sourced from Electronic Arts. /* custom css */ .tdi_4_e30.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_4_e30.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } Games publisher EA and developer DICE have finally unveiled the trailer for EA’s next incarnation of its Battlefield series of first-person shooters. Now, featuring a futuristic setting following its predecessor’s historical WW1 theme, Battlefield 2042 was announced with an accompanying cinematic trailer rendered with DICE’s in-game engine. The trailer is an adrenaline-spitting, bullet-filled hell where “explosive” is an understatement. Time will tell if actual gameplay will come anywhere near matching the trailer’s hyper-intensity. Sensitive viewer warning – bloody violence. /* custom css */ .tdi_3_15c.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_1...
