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HHW Gaming: ‘Madden NFL 22’s Title Update Celebrates The Return of Raiders’ Legend Bo Jackson
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden was removed from the game, but legendary Los Angeles Raiders running back Bo Jackson is back! Bo Jackson, one of professional sports most decorated athletes is finally back in Madden. EA Sports announced the return of Bo Jackson by revealing the game’s new digital cover featuring the two-sport athlete. Along with the announcement of the return of Jackson in the game and the new cover, Madden NFL 22 players can also look forward to new in-game content as well. Source: EA Sports / Madden NFL 22 Related Stories “It’s great to be back in the game with Madden NFL and to appear on my first cover,” said Bo Jackson. “The Nike Bo Knows campaign brings back a lot of nostalgia for me and many others. ...
HHW Gaming: ‘Call of Duty: Vanguard’ Quickly Fixes Overpowered Shotguns In Multiplayer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Activision / Call of Duty: Vanguard If you’re one of many players who experienced an overpowered shotgun while playing Call of Duty: Vanguard’s multiplayer, you’re suspicions were correct. Call of Duty: Vanguard has only been out for a few weeks, so you should expect some kinks still need to be worked out in the game. One noticeable issue that has been bugging multiplayer players was how ridiculously powered shotguns were. Shotguns are extremely useful in close combat situations and don’t require much reload time, giving frequent shotgun users a slight advantage on the battlefield. Related Stories But, for some reason, in Call of Duty: Vanguard, the shotguns were too damn good, allowing players to take out the competition from a far distance and giving th...
HHW Gaming: Razer Announces New Gaming Accessories For PlayStation 5
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Kaira Pro Finally, PlayStation 5 owners get some new accessories from Razer. Xbox Series X owners have been enjoying the Kaira, Kaira Pro headset for some time now. Finally, the company’s exceptional Kaira headsets are coming to the PlayStation 5. Announced on Tuesday (Nov.16), PlayStation owners can now scoop up both headset models that promise to enhance your gaming experience. The Kaira Pro model ($199.99) is the higher-end version that offers a more premium gaming experience. The Kaira Pro is Razer’s first wireless headset made for the PlayStation 5 and is powered by Razer’s HyperSense technology, which Razer describes as an “intelligent haptics technology that delivers rich, lifelike touch sensory feedback based on audio cues,” allowing...
HHW Gaming: Master Chief & Chill, Paramount+ Drops Teaser For ‘Halo TV’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Master Chief is ready to make his Hollywood debut. Paramount+ dropped the teaser for the upcoming Halo TV original series during Monday’s (Nov.15) Xbox 20th Anniversary celebration ahead of 343 Industries’ huge announcement. In the very brief look at the original series, we get a quick glimpse of the legendary Spartan soldier played by Pablo Schreiber suiting up for action. We also get to hear Cortana (Jen Taylor) say, “Hello, Master Chief.” Per GameSpot, Halo’s transmedia boss, Kiki Wolfkill, stated the show “will be similar to Game of Thrones in terms of the “scope and scale and complexity of relationships.” Related Stories “A lot of the background of Halo is this sort of political drama. It’s something that [is touched on...
HHW Gaming: ‘Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition’ Back on PC After Struggle Launch
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: The Definitive Edition Rockstar Games hoped Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition would serve as an excellent placeholder until GTA 6’s release. That has not been the case, unfortunately. Last week, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition was released to eager gamers anxious to relive the good old days when they first played Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Immediately after the launch, Rockstar Games Launcher went down, and all three games were pulled, leaving gamers scratching their heads. Related Stories PC Mag reports following the launcher returning late Friday (Nov.12) minus the game, Grand Theft Auto: The Trilog...
HHW Gaming: These 7 Games Are The Reason The Super Nintendo Was King
Source: Alexandre Morin-Laprise / Getty The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or the Super NES, was a groundbreaking game system in its time. It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that the SNES might be responsible for the explosion of gaming in the US as it helped launch as well as reinforce some of the largest brands in gaming. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System first arrived in the United States on August 23, 1991, in a limited release before getting an official nationwide release date of September 9, 1991. The SNES was Nintendo’s answer to Sega’s 16-bit console, the Sega Genesis. The SNES would sell 23.35 million consoles in the United States and 49 million worldwide thanks to games like Super Mario World, Donkey Kong Country, and more. Thousands of games lived on the console, but we...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary, Gamers Got All The Gifts
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox Game Pass It’s been 20 years since the big black box, aka Xbox, made its debut. Monday (Nov.15), Microsoft decided to celebrate the occasion. Today was a momentous occasion for Xbox, and gamers were the ones blessed with all of the gifts. During 30-minute pretaped presentation, we saw former Xbox head Robbie Bach, current head of Xbox Phil Spencer, Head of Xbox Creator Experience Sarah Bond, and more reflect on the console’s rich history over the years with the Xbox Community. [embedded content] Xbox made it clear it was not announcing any new games ahead of the presentation event, but the company did come bearing gifts for its loyal gaming community. For starters, Xbox revealed its already massive collection of backward compatible titles is g...
HHW Gaming Review: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy’ Is A Flarkin’ Good Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Square Enix / Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Like the film of the same name, we hit the start button on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy with some very reasonable expectations but walked away, mightily impressed. Embracing The MCU A Little Bit Source: Square Enix / Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy When trailers for Eidos-Montreal’s Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy arrived, gamers, including us, were not blown away by what was shown. We immediately began thinking we were in for a second helping of mediocrity we experienced after playing Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers. We couldn’t help but think we are about to get another game based on a popular Marvel property that doesn’t accurately capture the feeling the Marvel Cinematic Universe films give its ...
HHW Gaming: Spider-Man FINALLY Links Up With Earth’s Mightiest Heroes In ‘Marvel’s Avengers’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Crystal Dynamics / Marvel’s Avengers: Spider-Man With Great Power Hero Event Finally, the web-slinger arrives in Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers. We knew for a long time that Spider-Man was coming to Marvel’s Avengers as a PlayStation exclusive, but we had no idea exactly how he would translate into the game. That was until Thursday (Nov.11) when IGN exclusively revealed the trailer for Spider-Man’s upcoming “Hero Event” titled With Great Power. Unfortunately, the trailer doesn’t show any gameplay, but we get a pretty decent idea of how Spider-Man will play in Crystal Dyanmic’s take on the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. Like other games revolving around the Spidey, his complete acrobatic skill set will be available, including web-slinging and wall climbing...
HHW Gaming: The PS5 Jig Continues, Sony Reportedly Cutting Production Plans Due To Chip Shortage
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty If you managed to get a PS5 since its launch last year, consider yourself very fortunate. According to a report from Bloomberg citing sources familiar with Sony’s operations, the company has reportedly cut production plans for the PlayStation 5 console by around 1 million consoles. The culprit? The same chip shortages and logistics constraints. Basically, it’s going to be even harder to find a PS5 console. According to the report, Sony initially looked to produce 16 million PS5 consoles in the year ending March 2022 but cut the figure down to 15 million. Sony’s Chief Financial Officer, Hiroki Totoki, recently revealed to investors that part shortages and logistical shortages have become more “severe,” the report further detailed....
HHW Gaming: Still Looking For A PS5? Verizon Might Be Your Saving Grace, But There Is A Catch
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Purchasing a PS5 is still more complicated than acquiring a platinum trophy in your favorite PS5 game, but Verizon could make that mission a little bit easier. Tuesday (Nov.9), PC Mag reported that Verizon would be selling PS5 consoles, a strange step for the mobile phone service provider. Speaking with the website, a spokesperson for the company confirmed the news saying, “In the near future, Verizon will be selling a very limited quantity of Sony PlayStation 5 consoles in a handful of pilot stores and online. Inventory will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.” The spokesperson also revealed that consoles will not be available for everyone telling PC Mag, “Online customers must have an existing, post-paid Veri...
HHW Gaming: Epic Straight Up Removes Travis Scott’s Emote From ‘Fortnite’ Item Shop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Neilson Barnard / Getty Travis Scott is feeling the fallout from the tragic events at his Astroworld music festival. Travis Scott reportedly is “too distraught” to headline the Day N Vegas festival, gave those who attended the Astroworld festival full refunds, and was slapped with a lawsuit despite announcing he would pay for the funeral costs of the eight people who died. Now, his existence from Fortnite is being scrubbed from the highly-addictive game. Per The Verge, via a Eurogamer report, the “Out West” emote that features a snippet of Travis Scott’s song of the same name was removed from the Fortnite Item Shop by the game’s developer. At the time, the entire Item Shop was taken down without any explanation before Fortnite put out a tweet acknowledgin...
