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HHW Gaming: ID & Discovery+’s ‘The Tetris Murders’ Docuseries Revisits The Game’s Co-Creator’s Gruesome Death
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Boston Globe / Getty Tetris, one of the most popular video games in the world, has a very disturbing story behind it. ID and Discovery+’s new docuseries, The Tetris Murders, will focus on the gruesome murder of the game’s co-creator. Arriving December 5 on ID and Discovery+, The Tetris Murders will revisit the puzzling murder of Vladimir Pokhilko, the co-creator of Tetris. On September 22, 1998, Pokhilko was found dead by a friend in his Palo Alto, California, home after suffering a severe knife wound to the neck. Pokhilko’s wife, Yelena Fedotova, and 12-year-old son, Peter Pokhilko, were also found dead after being bludgeoned to death with a hammer and repeatedly stabbed. Speaking on what they described as a “bloody scene,” Palo Alto CSI Tech Investigato...
HHW Gaming: ‘Fortnite’ Chapter 4 Introduces A New Realm & Improved Graphics
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Fortnite Chapter 4 Fortnite Chapter 4 has arrived, and like the previous chapters, there is a new realm to explore and activities to partake in, BUT it looks even better. In season one of Fortnite Chapter 4, gamers can look forward to numerous overhauls to the addictive battle royale game. The royal island has undergone another massive facelift, and the zany battle royale action has been taken to another level. Things are going extreme with the introduction of dirt bikes players can use to traverse the new locale, more weapons, and tools to help you come out on top. New mechanics like hurdling over obstacles allow you to either get away from pursuers or close the distance while chasing down another player. Players can utilize nature to take o...
HHW Gaming: ‘Fortnite’ Chapter 4 Introduces A New Realm & Improved Graphics
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Fortnite Chapter 4 Fortnite Chapter 4 has arrived, and like the previous chapters, there is a new realm to explore and activities to partake in, BUT it looks even better. In season one of Fortnite Chapter 4, gamers can look forward to numerous overhauls to the addictive battle royale game. The royal island has undergone another massive facelift, and the zany battle royale action has been taken to another level. Things are going extreme with the introduction of dirt bikes players can use to traverse the new locale, more weapons, and tools to help you come out on top. New mechanics like hurdling over obstacles allow you to either get away from pursuers or close the distance while chasing down another player. Players can utilize nature to take o...
HHW Gaming: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Release Date & New Key Art Arrive Ahead of The Game Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Respawn Entertainment / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Jedi: Fallen Order, has a new poster and release date ahead of The Game Awards. We don’t need a Jedi mind trick to confirm that EA delivered the definitive single-player Star Wars experience as we followed one of the last few remaining Jedi, Cal Kestis, and his lovable droid companion, BD-1. 2019’s Fallen Order left us with a cliffhanger and yearning for more after Cal encountered the ultimate Sith Lord, Darth Vader, giving the still-green Jedi a taste of his powerful force skills. Cal’s story will continue in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and we will see even more than the teaser trailer that was first shared didn’t show at The Game Awards, Geof...
HHW Gaming: ‘Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Release Date & New Key Art Arrive Ahead of The Game Awards
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Respawn Entertainment / Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, the highly anticipated follow-up to the Jedi: Fallen Order, has a new poster and release date ahead of The Game Awards. We don’t need a Jedi mind trick to confirm that EA delivered the definitive single-player Star Wars experience as we followed one of the last few remaining Jedi, Cal Kestis, and his lovable droid companion, BD-1. 2019’s Fallen Order left us with a cliffhanger and yearning for more after Cal encountered the ultimate Sith Lord, Darth Vader, giving the still-green Jedi a taste of his powerful force skills. Cal’s story will continue in Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, and we will see even more than the teaser trailer that was first shared didn’t show at The Game Awards, Geof...
HHW Gaming: Yesterday’s Price, Will Not Be Today’s Price For New Xbox First-Party Games In 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bethesda / Starfield / Xbox Those first-party Xbox games you were patiently waiting to hit digital stores and shelves in 2023 will cost you a bit more. According to a Eurogamer report, Xbox will join the likes of PlayStation and raise the price of its first-party games to $70. That means games like Arkane’s Red Fall, Bethesda’s Starfield, and Forza Motorsport will be the first games with the new price tag. This will also be more incentive for Xbox Series S|X owners to signup for Xbox Game Pass being those titles will be available on the popular video game subscription service on day one when those games launch. “We’ve held on price increases until after the holidays so families can enjoy the gift of gaming,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. “Start...
TikTok a National Security Threat Vulnerable to Chinese Government ‘Manipulation,’ FBI Director Warns
FBI Director Chris Wray is raising national security concerns about TikTok, warning Friday that control of the popular video sharing app is in the hands of a Chinese government “that doesn’t share our values.” Wray said the FBI was concerned that the Chinese had the ability to control the app’s recommendation algorithm, “which allows them to manipulate content, and if they want to, to use it for influence operations.” He also asserted that China could use the app to collect data on its users that could be used for traditional espionage operations. “All of these things are in the hands of a government that doesn’t share our values, and that has a mission that’s very much at odds with what’s in the best interests of the United States. That should concern us,” Wray told an audience at the Uni...
Triller Removes Music From Universal, Sony, Warner and Merlin
Try using some of your favorite songs on the short-form video app Triller, and you’ll be hard pressed to find what you’re looking for. On Thursday, the music catalogs for Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Sony Music and Merlin — which provides digital licensing to many top independent labels and distributors — were removed from the platform. A Triller spokesperson says the platform is “reassessing each of our label deals as they come due as our catalogue music usage is a small fraction of our overall business with creators. “Some labels are more used than others and if we can make financial arrangements which make sense for the platform, on a label by label basis, we will. In other cases the usage does not justify the cost.” The news follows a lawsuit filed by Sony Music Entertain...
HHW Gaming: Latest Google Doodle Honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, One of The Fathers of Modern Gaming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Google / Gerald “Jerry” Lawson Google Doodle Did you know one of the fathers of modern-day gaming was a Black man? Well, if you didn’t, now you know, and Google is honoring the late pioneer with a fitting Google Doodle. Thursday, December 1, the Google Doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. Lawson forever lives in the pantheon of video games because he was one of the many who led the team who developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges. Today’s Google Doodle honors him and his epic contributions to the world of video games by featuring games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel. You will be transport...
Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk Reportedly Thinks Berating Advertisers Is A Good Way To Bring Them Back
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty/ Elon Musk Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, is giving a master class on successfully ruining a company in a short period. Spotted on Raw Story, Elon Musk’s Twitter has been losing advertisers at breakneck speed, and it’s all the Tesla CEO’s fault. His effort to rectify the situation reportedly is to criticize the companies for abandoning the Twitter ship, and spoiler alert, his plan is not working. Per Raw Story: The tech entrepreneur’s first month as Twitter owner has chased off half of the company’s top 100 advertisers, who have paused spending over concerns about content moderation and the firing of most of its ad sales team, and Musk has been unable to strong-arm them into returning, reported the Financial Times. “He seems to put o...
These Last Minute Cyber Monday Deals Worth Your Coins
Source: PolonioVideo / Getty Black Friday has come and gone, and now it’s time to see what deals can be found while scouring the internet on Cyber Monday. Cyber Monday has become the official follow-up to Black Friday, allowing shoppers to secure some cool tech gifts without leaving the comfort of their homes to help get their Christmas shopping started or wrapped up, depending on how early you start. Hip-Hop Wired is here to lend a helping hand and point you in the direction of some Cyber Monday deals that should be beneficial to you in helping ensure you make that special person in your life or even yourself happy after getting that special tech item. Cyber Monday Deals on Headphones & Earbuds Source: Courtesy of / apple Did you lose one of your AirPod Pro earbuds or both? Well...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation 5 Restock Coming To Walmart On Black Friday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Trying to get yourself, or that special someone in your life that is a gamer, a PlayStation 5 before Christmas? Well, this Black Friday might be your best chance. Walmart is restocking its shelves with PlayStation 5 consoles, HYPEBEAST reports. Walmart+ members were first to get their hands on Sony’s still hard-to-find next-gen console on November 21. Now, Walmart is opening up whatever PS5 stock it has left to the general public for two days, beginning November 23 at noon EST for online customers and those brave enough to go to a Walmart store on November 25. Don’t worry; the alleged price hike won’t be in effect. The consoles will still cost $499 for the disc version and $399 for the all-digital console. A God of War Ragnarök disc bu...
