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HHW Gaming Presents 15 Games We Can’t Wait To Play In 2023
Source: Future Publishing / Getty / Video Games Welcome to 2023, and it promises to be another significant year for gamers. 2022 is in the books, and it closed on an extremely high note thanks to God of War: Ragnarok blowing gamers away once again and cementing Kratos as one of the greatest video game characters ever, sorry Mario. Oh, and we can’t forget Horizon Forbidden West, another fantastic entry into Guerilla’s epic franchise adding to PlayStation’s stellar year of exclusives. But that was then. This is now. 2023 looks promising, thanks mainly to games that were supposed to drop in 2022 having their wigs pushed back. Hip Hop Wired decided to narrow that list down to 15 games WE are most excited to pick up the sticks for in 2023. Now, if we miss one, that’s okay; remember, this is our...
Delta Partners With T-Mobile To Provide Free In-Flight Wi-Fi To SkyMiles Members
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Delta Flying the friendly skies got a bit better for Delta Skymiles Members thanks to Delta’s longstanding partnership with T-Mobile. Hinting at this big move coming in 2023, Delta has finally confirmed that SkyMiles Members will get free inflight Wi-Fi as part of its partnership with T-Mobile. T-Mobile customers already enjoyed the perk of having free Wi-Fi during flights but beginning Feb.1, the program will expand to Skymile Members even if they don’t use T-Mobile as a wireless carrier. With any “free service,” users should expect to experience some ads before they are given access to the Wi-Fi. Not all of Delta’s flights will have free Wi-Fi; per the company’s announcement, the free service will roll out on “most” mainline dom...
HHW Gaming: According to Sony, The PlayStation 5 Jig Is Finally Over
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty / PlayStation 5 Entertainment, Music The days of selling your kidneys and doing strange things for a PlayStation 5 are finally over. Allegedly. Wednesday, Jan.4, during the company’s CES presentation, Sony boss Jim Ryan declared the PlayStation 5 jig is finally over. “Everyone who wants a PS5 should have a much easier time finding one at retailers globally, starting from this point forward,” Ryan told CES attendees. Ryan also said that Sony sold over 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles. That’s 5 million more than what was initially reported in November. Are those consoles sitting in gamers’ entertainment systems is another question entirely. Acquiring a PlayStation 5 deserves a platinum trophy, as many gamers found out when ...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Will Relax Ban On Political Ads
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Twitter Elon Musk continues to make Twitter unbearable and annoying to use. Twitter will begin relaxing its ban on political ads, a policy it has upheld for a long time, the company announced Tuesday, Jan. 3. “We believe that cause-based advertising can facilitate public conversation around important topics,” the company tweeted. “Moving forward, we will align our advertising policy with that of TV and other media outlets.” Related Stories What that now means is that lobby groups and elected officials will once again be able to flood your feeds with political ads. Twitter banned the practice in 2019, before Musk, unfortunately, took over the country. The 2019 policy insists candidates earn political influence and do not buy it, gaining ...
Here Are the Biggest Music NFTs in December as Year Ends 95% Down From January
NFTs had a wild 2022. January began with euphoric highs and a record $4.8 billion traded on OpenSea. By contrast, December ended the year with a hangover — volumes down by 95% with just $283 million traded in the month. Still, the crypto winter hasn’t deterred musicians from embracing Web3. December saw an uptick in music NFT activity thanks to legacy artists Armin van Buuren and Styles P, as well as high-profile drops from crypto-native musicians like 3LAU and Daniel Allan. The first “billion club” NFT was released, unlocking streaming royalties in a track with more than a billion Spotify plays. Meanwhile, the independent scene continued to flourish with a seventh-straight month of rising volume on Sound.xyz – the largest platform for independent musicians. Across the 10 biggest music NFT...
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...
You Promise?: Chief Twit Elon Musk Says He Will Step Down As CEO After He Finds A Successor
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Elon Musk It looks like Elon Musk will honor the results of his Twitter poll, well, sort of. The Chief Twit, Elon Musk, announced on his Twitter account Tuesday, Dec.20, that he would “step down” as CEO as soon as he finds “someone foolish enough to take the job.” Musk’s announcement comes two days after a poll he posted on his Twitter account asking his 122 million followers if he should step down as the chief operating officer of the social media company he spent $44 billion on. Related Stories As expected, a majority of the people who cast a vote in the poll voted yes and wanted him out of the position. Bootleg Tony Stark, oops, Elon Musk decided to ask the question after Twitter announced a dumb content moderation policy forbidding ...
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...
The Followers Have Spoken, Twitter Poll Dropped By Elon Musk Wants Him To Him To Step Down
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty / Elon Musk The people have spoken. They want Elon Musk to step down. Over the weekend, Elon Musk’s Twitter continued to be the trainwreck it is. The seemingly dying platform announced a dumb policy change forbidding users to plug their other accounts on other social media platforms and using options like Linktree or risk account deletion. After tremendous backlash from Twitter users, including Twitter’s former owner Jack Dorsey, the platform did an about-face on the rule. Related Stories Musk, who was at the 2022 World Cup Final between Argentina and France, chilling with other supervillains, oops, we mean dignitaries and rich folks, including disgraced former President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, decided to gauge Twitter...
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, ...
