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HHW Gaming: Rockstar Games “Extremely Disappointed” With ‘GTA 6’ Leak & Vows It Won’t Delay The Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty If you haven’t heard, there was a massive GTA 6 leak over the weekend, and now Rockstar Games is responding, and, of course, the game studio is not happy. Again, Hip-Hop Wired will not be linking to or sharing any videos of the unfinished gameplay footage from GTA 6, but a lot of it hit timelines. Monday (Sept.19), Rockstar Games broke its silence and formally confirmed the leaks are real while expressing disappointment. Related Stories “We recently suffered a network intrusion in which an unauthorized third party illegally accessed and downloaded confidential information from our systems, including early development footage for the next Grand Theft Auto,” the statement begins. “At this time, we do not anticipate any disruption to our ...
‘Nioh’ Studio To Make Open-World Japan-Set RPG ‘Rise of the Ronin’
Team Ninja, the studio responsible for developing the action role-playing Nioh franchise, is working on a new title. Rise of the Ronin is a combat-focused action RPG that takes place in an open-world Japan. The game takes place at the tail end of the 300-year-long Edo Period, often referred to as “Bakumatsu,” when Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy and opened itself up to the West. “Set in the late 19th century, Japan is facing the darkest of times as it struggles with its oppressive rulers and deadly diseases while western influence permeates as civil war continues to rage between the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Anti-Shogunate factions,” Team Ninja described in its announcement. Users will play as a Ronin character, a warrior independent from the orders of any master. True to the ...
HyperX Announces ‘Naruto: Shippuden’ Gaming Collection
In the world of gaming, HyperX has remained a staple in the peripherals industry via gamer oriented products, fun collaborations and the sponsoring of esports organizations and gaming personalities. Sticking to this, the brand now has connected with anime series Naruto: Shippuden for a themed gaming collection. Characters Naruto Uzumaki and Itachi Uchiha each have their own designs on the four products found in the collaborative collection. As HyperX’s first anime collaboration, a mechanical keyboard headset, mouse and mouse pad have been prepared for gamers in either Naruto’s signature bright orange or Itachi’s deep red. Looking closer at the product offerings, the HyperX Alloy Origins Mechanical Gaming Keyboard features an aluminum body, RGB exposed backlit keys and HyperX Red Switc...
HHW Gaming: New PlayStation 5 Model Coming With Detachable Disc Drive: Report
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty According to reports, Sony plans to launch a detachable disc drive with PlayStation 5 models in 2023. Brand new website Insider Gaming came out the gate swinging some pretty big news, reporting that Sony is working on a new PS5 console paired with a detachable disc drive arriving sometime in 2024. Per Insider Gaming: Sources familiar with Sony’s plans have shared details under the condition of anonymity outlining the next iteration of the PlayStation 5. It’s been suggested that this new console will completely replace the A, B, and C chassis that have been in production since the console’s launch. Related Stories The console, currently named the D chassis PlayStation 5, will have almost identical hardware to the existing co...
Latest ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Leak Shows Early Gameplay Footage
This past weekend, a major leak for Grand Theft Auto VI made its way onto the Internet, offering a first look at the gameplay for the upcoming title. The early footage of the next installment in Rockstar Games‘ Grand Theft Auto series came from “teapotuberhacker” who uploaded 90 videos taken from a test build of Grand Theft Auto VI to GTAForums. The videos show two playable protagonists, a female named Lucia and a male riding in the Vice City Metro. The appearance of the Vice City Metro reveals a return to Vice City, a fictionalized version of Miami. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier tweeted, “Not that there was much doubt, but I’ve confirmed with Rockstar sources that this weekend’s massive Grand Theft Auto VI leak is indeed real. The footage is early and unfinished, of course.” Adding...
EVGA Exits the GPU Business
Graphics cards manufacturer EVGA — one of the bigger names catered towards PC gamers — has just announced that it is exciting the GPU market. A well-known partner of Nvidia, EVGA has won numerous awards, and fans have come to love the performance and styling of its 30-series cards. Coming at an unusual time with the announcement of the next-gen of CPUs, 40-series cards, and new interest brought on by falling secondary market prices, EVGA hints that its exit is largely due to its displeasure in working with Nvidia. As Nvidia does control the actual production of the main components of the cards, most third-party brands are pretty much at their mercy, and with Nvidia’s shift in pushing its Founders version of cards, there can be quite a few stipulations when becoming a partner. EVGA’s Produc...
HHW Gaming: Twitter Says Its A Wrap For Whoever Leaked ‘Grand Theft Auto 6’ Gameplay Footage
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / Grand Theft Auto 6 Yup, it’s true. Gameplay footage from Rockstar Games’ highly-anticipated video game, Grand Theft Auto 6, has leaked online. Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier confirmed the clips floating around online from the GTA 6 leak are authentic through his Rockstar Games sources. Initially, PC Gamer dropped the news that a user on the GTA Forums dropped a 3GB file full of 90 videos of Grand Theft Auto 6 footage. It remains unclear how the footage was obtained, but the user, “teapotuberhacker,” who shared the file, also claims to be behind the recent and unrelated massive Uber data breach. The hacker also threatens to “leak more data soon,” including other things like GTA V and GTA VI source code, assets, and testin...
‘Fortnite’ Launches Chapter 3 Season 4 With Spider-Gwen
Epic Games has continuously kept Fortnite fresh with its new game modes, collaborations and map updates. For Chapter 3 Season 3, this involved an event with Dragon Ball Super, the release of Darth Vader as the tier 100 battle pass skin and another collaboration with American artist KAWS. Now, with the announcement and release of Chapter 3 Season 4, there’s an entire new set of rewards to earn and gameplay mechanics to master. For this season’s battle pass, key inclusions involve Spider-Gwen, Brie Larson as Paradigm and The Herald, a boss who players can fight at Herald’s Sanctum. As for gameplay, Chrome serves as the new primary element of this season with new items featuring Chrome enhancements. First, Chrome Splash is a throwable item that can make walls penetrable, allowing fo...
NFTs will bring crypto to billions of users, explains VC investor
Avichal Garg, the CEO and co-founder of Electric Capital, defines himself as “an NFT maximalist” – who believes that nonfungible tokens (NFTs) will play an essential role in bringing crypto to the masses. Unlike other crypto niches, NFTs are relatable to aspects of everyday life such as art, music and games. “I could imagine that NFTs are actually many billions of people because it’s ultimately culture. And that’s something that everybody can participate in and everybody can understand,” said Garg in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph. [embedded content] In particular, Garg is bullish about NFTs being used in the gaming industry, which he sees growing at an exponential pace. “In 18-24 months from now, I think we’re just going to see this onslaught of (N...
HHW Gaming: Here Is How Xbox Is Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month Xbox continues to push the message that all gamers matter. The Microsoft-owned company announced a series of initiatives it is doing to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Thursday (Sept.15), Xbox announced in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, it would celebrate Hispanic and Latino communities in gaming. Hispanics represent 19% of the US population and are widely known for playing more video games than their caucasian counterparts. Recognizing that stat, the Microsoft-owned company announced a series of initiatives that will highlight Hispanic gamers. Per Xbox: Announcing LatinExplorers: A Hispanic Heritage Journey in Minecraft Education Source: Latin Explorers: A Hispanic Heritage Journey in Minecraft E...
Animoca Brands continues shopping spree with MotoGP mobile dev acquisition
One of Web3’s leading digital property rights developers, Animoca Brands, announced yet another major acquisition to its increasing portfolio of gaming subsidiaries. The company announced the purchase of WePlay Media, which developed the popular blockchain-game MotoGP Championship Quest, on Sept. 16. According to the agreement, the acquisition is ian effort to bolster user engagement in motorsport mobile gaming. Graeme Warring, the co-founder and chief operating o of WePlay Media and co-creator of MotoGP, called the acquisition an exciting development for both parties as they expand their reach to motorcycle fans across the globe. “Animoca Brands has the ability to reach hundreds of millions of users in core growth demographics to expand the sport’s fan base and create engagement opp...
Riot Games Names Lil Nas X Its New ‘League of Legends’ President
Ahead of the 2022 League World Championship, Riot Games has now announced Lil Nas X as its new League of Legends President. According to Riot Games, the beloved artist will be “responsible for creating explosive musical moments, an ingenious League champion skin, and a spectacular live Worlds performance.” “I felt like it was time for me to try something new. I’ve left my mark on pop culture in so many ways, and now it’s time to take on the world of gaming. I will be the greatest President of League of Legends, of all time. Also, I’m going to make the best Worlds anthem of all time and put on the biggest, coolest, sexiest Worlds in the history of all Worlds!” said Lil Nas X. “‘STAR WALKIN’ is the only song anyone is allowed to listen to from now on. Swag fr!” As his first order of business...
