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HHW Gaming: Netflix Cancels ‘Resident Evil’ Series After 1 Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: COURTESY OF NETFLIX / Resident Evil Welp, that was fast. After one season, Netflix has decided that its once-promising Resident Evil series does not deserve a second season. Deadline exclusively reports that Netflix is doing its usual by canceling a show just after one season. The latest victim is the Resident Evil series which puts a fresh spin on the popular survival horror video game franchise. Related Stories The news of the show’s demise comes just months after its July 14 release and, according to the website, isn’t surprising due to how the show performed on the streaming service. The show faired poorly on Netflix’s Top 10 and was expensive to produce. Two factors against it, combined with a poor critical response, made Netflix’s decision easy to m...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K23’ MyTeam Removes Contracts, Brings Back Seasons & Adds New Features
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 MyTEAM NBA 2K23 MyTeam is getting some significant updates, the return of seasons, and will remove one particularly annoying feature. NBA 2K23’s Courtside Report 5 focuses on MyTeam, the popular mode that allows players to build super teams by obtaining cards from packs and putting them against either online or AI opponents. Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 MyTEAM NBA 2K23 MyTeam boasts several updates, plus the removal of the contracts feature something fans have wanted gone from MyTeam for quite some time now. Related Stories Visual Concepts, the developer behind the popular basketball video game franchise, announced in a video that in NBA 2K23, players would no longer have to worry about contracts. Now, they can use their p...
HHW Gaming: Sony Jacking Up The Global Prices of PlayStation 5, US Gamers Safe For Now
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty If you live outside of the United States and are still looking for a PlayStation 5, this is not the news you were hoping to hear about Sony’s still hard-to-get next-gen console. Per The Guardian, Sony is increasing its PlayStation 5 console’s price by as much as 20% in every market outside of the United States. The console is still high in demand and short in supply due to the global supply chain issues will see its price increase in the EU by 6% (£30), from £449.99 to £479.99. The disc-less version will also see the same bump from £359.99 to £389.99. Australian gamers can also expect to dish out more mula for the PS5. Prices will go from AU$749.95 to AU$799.95 for the disc version and from AU$599.95 to AU$649.95 for the digital editio...
HHW Gaming: Grammy Award-Winning Producer Hit-Boy Quarterbacking ‘Madden NFL 23’ Soundtrack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA / Madden NFL 23 All of you smell that? It’s the smell of the NFL in the air. Training camps for all teams are open, meaning Madden NFL 23 is around the corner. When you boot up the game, a new soundtrack will have you nodding your head and tapping your feet. Tuesday (Aug.16), EA dropped Madden NFL 23’s official soundtrack on Spotify, and it’s Hip-Hop heavy. The soundtrack features 15 exclusive songs you can only hear first in Madden NFL 23, with appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign, Erica Banks, Cordae, and more. Related Stories What truly makes this year’s soundtrack unique is that 3-time GRAMMY-winning writer/producer/rapper, Hit-Boy will be quarterback, lending his legendary producing and creating 33 exclusive beats for the game’s cin...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Confrims What We Knew All Along, PS4 Outsold The Xbox One
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty Microsoft has kept the Xbox One’s sales numbers a secret for a long time, but now the company is finally confirming the obvious, the PS4 outsold the Xbox One by a lot. During the PS4 and Xbox One’s prime, it was widely believed among everyone in the video game industry and by those who play games that the PS4 was the king of its generation. Spotted on The Verge, new documents detail how badly PS4 kicked the Xbox One’s a**. Per The Verge: Microsoft stopped reporting its Xbox One sales figures at the beginning of its 2016 financial year, focusing instead on Xbox Live numbers. The change meant we’ve never officially known how well Xbox One was holding up compared to the PS4 after the Xbox One’s troubled launch. Analyst estimates hav...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K23’s Courtside Report No.2 Is All About The ‘Jordan Challenge’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBA 2K23/ Jordan Challenge It’s almost time to hit the virtual hardwood in NBA 2K23. The first courtside report focused on new gameplay features. The second one is all about the Jordan Challenge. First introduced in 2010’s NBA 2K11, the Jordan Challenge was a mode that allowed players to relive those iconic moments that made Michael Jordan the GOAT. Related Stories The Jordan Challenge mode is now back in NBA 2K23, and it’s not just a rehash of the original one. The latest Courtside Report focuses explicitly on the Jordan Challenge. 2K breaks down what new experiences players can look forward to when they lace up Michael Jordan’s kicks in the game. A Brand New Experience NBA 2K23’s version of the Jordan Challenge consists of 15 “unique game experiences.”I...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft Unveils Its First-Ever “Singing Xbox Controller”
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox singing controller Did you ever want your controller to sing to you? Well, your wish has come true thanks to the singing Xbox controller. Microsoft has teamed up with Interscope Records, DJ benny blanco, K-Pop band BTS and rapper/actor/gamer Snoop Dogg to celebrate the release of their new single “Bad Decisions” with its first-ever singing Xbox controller. Related Stories The controller’s frame is decked out in red with white thumbsticks, D-PAD, and a speaker on the back right below the battery cover. “Bad Decisions” plus the artists’ names are also written in white on the front of the controller. With a button press, “Bad Decisions” will play through the controller’s speaker. The controller will surely stand out among your collection and will...
HHW Gaming: After Being Sidelined For 23 Years ‘Fatal Fury’ Is Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SNK / Fatal Fury The fighting video game genre is quite active thanks to a constant flow of titles like Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, King of Fighters, and other new challengers. Fatal Fury, a classic to longtime gamers, has been missing in action until now. SNK proudly announced during EVO 2022 that it is resurrecting its long-dormant fighting game franchise. This will mark the first entry into the series since 1999’s Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves. The video game studio shared no release date or what platforms the game will be on. But, they did drop a teaser trailer for the game tentatively named “New Fatal Fury/Garou,” but based on reporting, it appears to be a direct follow-up to Mark of the Wolves. The teaser ends with the reveal of Rock ...
HHW Gaming: Here’s How You Can Play ‘Far Cry 6’ For FREE This Weekend
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Have you been on the fence about playing Far Cry 6? Ubisoft is giving you a chance to play the game for free. Starting RIGHT NOW, you can play Ubisoft’s Far Cry 6 for free 99 as part of a “blockbuster free weekend” until August 7. Gamers will have access to the game on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Stadia, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. New players will have access to the full game plus all free downloadable content published to date, all playable together in co-op. Once the free weekend is up, players can continue the fight to free Yara from Antón Castillo’s regime and unlock the game, its season pass, and all of its DLC content at a discounted rate. The discoun...
HHW Gaming: Benedict College Cuts Ribbon On New Esports Gaming Room & Launches Degree Track
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: mihailomilovanovic / Getty Video games or gaming is no longer the waste of time your parents used to call it, it has become a lucrative business, and Benedict College is giving its students a chance to get in on the action. Benedict College, a historically Black college and university located in Columbia, South Carolina, became the first HBCU to launch an Esports gaming room and offer its students a degree track for gaming and a way into the world of Esports. Last week, Benedict College cut the ribbon on its brand new game room, pressing the start button on its new chapter Esports, but that’s not all the HBCU is offering. Benedict College will also continue its development of new degrees and opportunities to help Black and Brown students find a place in t...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K23’ Courtside Report Details Improvements & New Gameplay Features
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K23 It’s time to learn what’s coming to our favorite basketball video game franchise. Wednesday (Aug.3) 2K dropped an NBA 2K23 Courtside Report detailing gameplay and new features. Every year developers announce new features and improved gameplay coming to the annual basketball video game franchise that either disappoints or pleases fans. Developers are hoping for the latter with a bevy of detailed information that hints at them focusing on offense, mainly attacking the basket, hanging on the rim, curbing over dribbling, and more. Upgraded Pro Stick Related Stories In NBA 2K23, players can look forward to a Pro Stick that will see “the addition of new gesture combos,” Courtside Report One details. With the introduction of “double th...
HHW Gaming: Sony Annouces Its New Backbone One PlayStation Edition For The iPhone
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Backbone / Backbone Sony fans, if you have been screaming for a Backbone that looks more like your PS5 DualSense controller minus the features, your prayers have been answered. The Backbone One PlayStation Edition Has Arrived Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Sony dropped the news on Thursday (Jul.28) that it has partnered with mobile game controller company Backbone for the Backbone One PlayStation Edition. Related Stories The officially licensed PlayStation accessory is identical to the Backbone One that Xbox gamers have been using, still costs $99.99, and can be adjusted to work with the iPhone 13 Mini and 13 Pro Max but has some differences. Source: Backbone / Backbone One Gone are the Xbox A, B, X, and Y buttons are now replaced with the PlayStatio...
