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HHW Gaming: Amazon Allowing Customers To Request An Invite To Buy PS5
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Are you still looking for a PlayStation 5 console? Amazon might be your saving grace in your years-long search. In a move the company should have done a long time ago, Amazon is now launching a more “orderly” way to secure a PlayStation 5. Usually, when you visit the PlayStation 5 landing page, you’re greeted with the dreaded “currently not in stock” message, but that’s changing. Amazon allows shoppers to request an invite to buy the highly coveted next-generation video gaming console. A request button can now be seen in the spot to the right where the “buy” button would typically be located. According to Amazon, if chosen, you will receive a link via email, and you will have 72 hours to scoop up your PlayStation 5 console. Oh, and the...
HHW Gaming: Legendary NFL Coach John Madden Annouced As Cover of ‘Madden NFL 23’
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 23 It was honestly a no-brainer when deciding who would be the cover of Madden NFL 23. That’s why you will hear no complaints when it comes to John Madden earning that honor. Wednesday (Jun.1), EA Sports announced that the late John Madden, the man who gave us one of the best sports video franchises, will grace the cover of Madden NFL 23. The news also comes on what has officially been dubbed #MaddenDay. Coach Madden gracing the Madden NFL 23 cover marks the first time the Hall-of-Fame coach and legendary sports analyst has done so in the game’s 20-year existence. In doing so, he will be featured on three editions of the game. The Madden NFL 23 All Madden Edition will feature original artwork created by artist Chuck Style...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation Annouces Upcoming Summer State of Play Presentation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: T3 Magazine / Getty State of Play is back, and PlayStation is promising to give us a peek at what’s coming. Friday (May.27), Playstation announced a State of Play presentation is coming, and we can expect to see “exciting reveals” from third-party studios plus “several games in development” for PlayStation VR2. The 30-minute presentation will not share any information on first-party titles like God of War: Ragnarok. PlayStation is more than likely saving any announcements about the highly anticipated follow-up to 2018’s God War for its PlayStation Showcase event. It’s been two months since the last State of Play presentation. It’s almost been a year since the previous PlayStation Showcase arrived in September. We saw the first gameplay footage from God of...
HHW Gaming: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor’ Finally Announced
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Respawn / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the sequel to the fantastic Fallen Order video game, has finally been confirmed. Day one of the Star Wars Celebration saw the announcement of new shows coming to Disney+. Day two of the convention delivered the long-awaited confirmation of the game. The sequel to Fallen Order will see gamers continue the journey of one of the last remaining Jedi, Cal Kestis, and his lovable droid companion BD-1. The first chapter of the beloved Star Wars action-adventure series followed Kestis as he discovered his Jedi lineage and worked to rebuild the Jedi Order. Of course, the Jedi-hunting force using Inquisitors is hot on his trail. Source: Respawn / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor The next game picks up five y...
HHW Gaming: The Best Video Games of 2022… So Far
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls PS5 Share / Horizon Forbidden West The year is still fresh, but we can still point out the best video games of 2022…so far. When the ball dropped, ushering in the new year, there was a feeling among many that 2022 would be one for the books when it comes to video games, and understandably so. The lineup was incredibly stacked with games like Sifu, Dying Light 2, Elden Ring, Horzion Forbbiden West, Gran Turismo 7, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, etc. Thanks to the games mentioned above, the year started off strong, hitting their release dates and delivering exceptional gameplay earning strong reviews. Unfortunately, there was a bit of a hiccup, specifically for Xbox Series S|X owners who were looking forward to playing console excl...
HHW Gaming: SoundCloud & ‘NBA 2K’ Announces Winners of 2K Beats The Search Contest
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SoundCloud / NBA 2K These “SoundCloud rapper’s” dreams have come true thanks to the 2K Beats The Search Contest, which will now see their tracks live in NBA 2K22. Soundcloud and NBA 2K’s global music search for the next emerging artist for 2K Beats The Search Contest is over. Starting Friday (May 20), 4KPHIL, J Nolan, Jamari, KC Carter, Lulu Be., Neek, OttoMattic, Samad Savage, Shiwan, and Third Coast Chris were announced as the 10 artists joining the NBA 2K22 season 7 soundtrack. Fans will be able to enjoy the emerging artists’ songs while perusing NBA 2K22 menus in the updated playlist on SoundCloud. The chosen few were hand-selected by SoundCloud and NBA 2K from more than 15,000 submissions. They now join Aitch, Freddie Gibbs, Megan Thee Stallion,...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Is A Groovy Love Letter To Fans of Movie Franchise
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Evil Dead is a 40-year-old movie franchise that still resonates with pop culture, especially horror fanatics. It also spawned multiple video game incarnations, all not memorable, until now with the arrival of Evil Dead: The Game. Evil Dead: The Game takes a formula used by other titles such as Friday The 13: The Game and Dead By Daylight and is enjoyable for longtime players and welcomes newbies by keeping the gameplay quite simple. A Good Ole Fashion Good vs. Evil Battle Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Related Stories Saber Interactive and Boss Teams Games’ video game spin on the Evil Dead movie franchise is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror...
HHW Gaming: ‘Saints Row’ Preview Highlights A Lively Santo Ileso & Classic Silly Gameplay
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Deep Silver/ Volition Games / Saints Row Volition Games already showed off Saints Row’s expansive customization suite, now it’s time to focus on the gameplay, and yes, it’s still as silly as ever. Hip-Hop Wired Gaming’s Bernard Beanz Smalls saw roughly 50 minutes of gameplay from the highly anticipated reboot during a hands-off virtual preview. Related Stories Before we got to the action, we got a rundown of the game’s story with a more millennial spin. In the Saints Row reboot, the 3rd Street Saints is in its infancy. The crew features members of rival gangs led by The Boss, who become roommates and resort to crime to make ends meet. The preview went out of its way to show off a good mix of action, missions, side missions, customization, co-op play, and ...
HHW Gaming: 3 New PS5 Console Covers Are Dropping In June
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation / PS5 Cover Plates Your boring white console is getting some more flavor with the addition of these new PS5 console covers. But it will cost you some coins. PlayStation has three new PS5 console covers — Starlight Blue, Galactic Purple, and Nova Pink — arriving June 17, announcing they are available for pre-order on PlayStation Direct. Related Stories The three new colors join the Cosmic Red and Midnight Black console covers previously released alongside the DualSense Controllers in the vibrant galaxy color options. Last year, PlayStation announced the color options but only released the Cosmic Red and Midnight Black plates. Source: Sony / PlayStation After the PS5 hit shelves, PlayStation obviously intended to allow users to change the ...
HHW Gaming: Here Is When You Scare The Daylight Out of Yourself While Playing ‘Dead Space’ Remake
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA / Dead Space Get your rig and plasma cutter ready. Motive Studios revealed when Dead Space fans would be heading back to the USG Ishimura. During their Crafting the Tension Art Developer Livestream, Motive, the studio behind the forthcoming Dead Space remake, revealed the game will be arriving on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC on January 27, 2023. The iconic survival horror game has been rebuilt from the ground up using the Frostbite Engine. It promises to “challenge players to survive and discover new mysteries aboard the iconic USG Ishimura.” While the remake will take the game’s graphics and sound to another level, Motive promised it would stay true to the original game’s thrilling vision. “Developing this remake has been a lot of fun for us at Mo...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: Netflix ‘Resident Evil’ Showrunner Explains Why Lance Reddick Was Perfect Choice To Play Albert Wesker
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Resident Evil Not much was known about the Netlfix’s upcoming Resident Evil series until now, thanks to the first teaser trailer that gives us a glimpse of the zombie apocalypse madness coming to Netflix. We also get some insight on Lance Reddick’s casting in the show. In June 2021, Netflix blew the minds of Resident Evil fans when it revealed that Hollywood veteran Lance Reddick would be playing the iconic villain of the franchise Albert Wesker in a photo that didn’t reveal too much but his fellow cast members. Also in the image were Ella Balinska (Charlie’s Angels), Tamara Smart (Artemis Fowl), Siena Agudong (No Good Nick), Adeline Rudolph (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Paola Núñez (The Purge TV series) in yet-to-be-revealed roles....
HHW Gaming: ‘Street Fighter’ Fans React To The News Fei Long Allegedly Being Removed From Future Games
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Capcom / Ultra Street Fighter IV Is Fei Long’s run in Street Fighter coming to an end? That might be the unfortunate case. Fei Long, a character that obviously gets his inspiration from the iconic martial arts movie star Bruce Lee, quickly became a favorite among fighting game fans when he was first introduced in Super Street Fighter II. Nintendo Life reports that Fei Long’s time as a playable character in the Street Fighter game has ended. Like Bruce Lee, Fei Long was a martial artist and action star and was Capcom’s tribute to the late actor, but apparently, the Lee family has done a 360 when it comes to seeing non-serious depictions of Bruce Lee. Street Fighter V composer Daniel Lindholm revealed during a YouTube Q&A that “comedic interpretat...
