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HHW Gaming: Burberry x Minecraft Team Up For Capsule Collection & In-Game Items
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Burberry / Minecraft Consider the lines between digital and physical to be blurred thanks to this new collaboration between icon British luxury brand Burberry and the insanely popular videogame Minecraft. Burberry and Minecraft have teamed up for a new capsule collection available on Burberry’s website and in select retailers. Gamers will also get to show off their self-expression with in-game items also. Source: Burberry / Minecraft The collection includes signature pieces like the iconic trench coat, hoodies, and other accessories that feature Minecraft-inspired prints. “We are thrilled to be partnering with Minecraft to bring the Burberry brand story to life in such an immersive way,” said Phillip Hennche, Director of Channel Innovation at Burberry. “W...
HHW Gaming Presents The Best Video Games of 2022
Written By Bernard “Beanz” Smalls , Staff Writer Posted 8 hours ago @photosbybeanz Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men’s Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time. @photosbybeanz Follow @photosbybeanz HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls PS5 Share / Horizon Forbidden West / Best Video Games of 2022 This year has been a solid year in video games, with plenty of ups and notable letdowns. We’re going to explore the best video games...
HHW Gaming: Fortnite Slapped With $520 Million Fine For “Tricking Players,” & “Invading Kids Privacy”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Neilson Barnard / Getty / Fortnite Epic Games, the studio that gave us arguably the most popular game in the world, Fortnite, pockets got a bit lighter. Spotted on Kotaku, Epic Games will have to dip into its funds and pay an astounding $520 million combined settlement after the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) found the company invaded kid’s privacy and was tricking some of its players into purchasing things in Fortnite, they didn’t want. The FTC announced the epic (no pun intended) penalty on Monday, Dec.19, pointing out that it is the most significant penalty in the history of the regulatory commission. In response to the fine, Epic Games said, “No developer creates a game with the intention of ending up here.” So What Did Epic Games’ Do? According to th...
HHW Gaming Presents: Holiday Gaming Gift Guide 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: AaronAmat / Getty / Gaming Gift Guide Your Christmas shopping should be winding down and, in some cases going down to the wire. Everyone is almost taken care of, as far as gift-wise, except for the gamer in your life. So what do you get a gamer? Don’t worry. We’re here to help you out. Gamers usually have it all already, making it hard to shop for them sometimes. Christmas is always the perfect time to bless that special person in your life who enjoys picking up the sticks with a video game treat they weren’t expecting or with that one gift they always wanted. If you need some hints, here are a few items that can make you the hero this holiday season. You Can’t Go Wrong With A Secret Lab Gaming Chair One thing every gamer needs is a high-quality gaming ch...
HHW Gaming: US Lawmakers Want To Know What Top Game Publishers Are Doing To Stop “Online Harassment”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Activision / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Playing video games is fun but can also be a toxic experience. US lawmakers are making it their business to find out why online harassment is prevalent and what is being done to address it. Several members of congress penned a letter to 15 of the top video game publishers on Friday, Dec.16, wanting to know how they intend to respond, and curb extreme online harassment while playing video games. A draft of the letter was published on Thursday by Axios, and it uses the latest “Ha”e and Harassment in Online Games from the Anti-Defamation League as its source. The report claims “[a]n estimated 2.3 million teens were exposed to white supremacist ideology” while playing online matches in games like Fortnite, Roblox, ...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Sonic Frontiers’ Puts The Blue Blur On A Rough Path To Open-World Greatness
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sega / Sonic Frontiers For years, Sonic The Hedgehog fans have been thirsty for a good Sonic game, and with Sonic Frontiers, they finally have got something to be excited about. With Sonic Frontiers, Sonic Team took a bold step with Sega’s mascot by thrusting him into an open world full of new features he has never experienced during his sidescrolling adventures. While giving the super-fast hedgehog plenty of open space to go fast is a brilliant idea, it is not perfectly executed, but it’s not a complete swing and a miss for Sonic Team. There Are Plenty of Speed Bumps In Sonic Frontiers You Can’t Avoid Source: Sega / Sonic Frontiers Sonic Frontiers is a beautiful mess. Let’s get that out of the way. Plenty of issues will plague you throughout your 20-hour...
HHW Gaming: Kratos & Atreus’ Adventure in ‘God of War’ Being Adapted Into An Amazon Prime Video Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HHW Gaming: Kratos & Atreus’ Adventure in ‘God of War’ Being Adapted Into An Amazon Prime Video Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HHW Gaming: Kratos & Atreus’ Adventure in ‘God of War’ Being Adapted Into An Amazon Prime Video Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HHW Gaming: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ & Other Big Announcements From The Game Awards
Written By Bernard “Beanz” Smalls , Staff Writer Posted 6 hours ago @photosbybeanz Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men’s Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time. @photosbybeanz Follow @photosbybeanz HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Respawn Entertainment / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor The Game Awards are not just about handing out trophies. We also get to see trailers for the games we are looking forward to and titles we didn’t know were comi...
HHW Gaming: Kid Crashes ‘Elden Ring’s Game of The Year Moment At ‘The Game Awards,’ Twitter Reacts
Written By Bernard “Beanz” Smalls , Staff Writer Posted 4 hours ago @photosbybeanz Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men’s Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time. @photosbybeanz Follow @photosbybeanz HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: The Game Awards / The Game Awards 2022 The biggest night in video games almost went off without a hitch. Geoff Keighley’s The Game Awards arrived and ended with a strange moment that left gamers scratching the...
HHW Gaming: The Game Awards Full List of Winners
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: The Game Awards / The Game Awards 2022 The Game Awards went down live at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, December 8, celebrating the best video games of the year. Coming into the night, God of War: Ragnarök led all games with ten nominations and with Elden Ring and Horzion Forbidden West close behind with seven. It looked like God of War: Ragnarök was heading towards a big night, winning six Game Awards, but Elden Ring took home the night’s most significant award, Game of The Year. FromSoftware’s Hidetaka Miyazaki accepted the award, hinting at more content coming to Elden Ring and a new game from the studio. He also thanked author George R.R. Martin who wrote the backstory for the game. In addition to Game of The Year, Elden R...
