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HHW Gaming: Activision Is Suing Company For Distributing ‘Call of Duty’ Cheats
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chesnot / Getty One company is learning that cheating in Call of Duty will probably cost a lot of money. Spotted on The Verge, Activision Publishing, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, slapped EngineOwning, a company best known for advertising cheats for Call of Duty, as well as other online shooters. The video game company also wants to shut down any software that allows players to cheat in games published by Activision. “By this lawsuit, Activision seeks to put a stop to unlawful conduct by an organization that is distributing and selling for profit numerous malicious software products designed to enable members of the public to gain unfair competitive advantages (i.e., to cheat) in the COD Games,” Activision states in its lawsuit.” These ongoing acti...
HHW Gaming: Sony Announces PlayStation VR2, Here Is What We Know So Far
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Wong / Getty Sony has been slowly dropping bread crumbs about its next VR headset and Monday night ((Jan.4) we got our best look yet at PlayStation’s next step into the world of virtual reality. At CES 2022, Sony dropped the bomb that PlayStation VR2 is coming and will work exclusively on PS5. The company gave us a tease in a very short segment, but a good tease about its latest gaming peripheral while not revealing pertinent information like price or a release date. But, it was still enough info to get PlayStation fans, especially fans of PlayStation VR, to get excited about what’s to come. Related Stories From what we know, like the PS5, PlayStation VR2 sounds like it will be very impressive based on the specs. It will feature a fantastic panel ref...
HHW Gaming: Ubisoft+ Coming To Xbox & ‘Rainbow Six Extraction’ Launching On Game Pass
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Rainbow Six Extraction If you’re an Xbox Game Pass subscriber, today was a good day for you. Wednesday (Jan.5), Ubisoft announced that its subscription service, Ubisoft+, will be coming to Xbox consoles bringing its library of more than 100 games like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Immortals Fenyx Rising, and more with it. Initially enjoyed by PC owners, now Xbox console owners can get in on the fun for a single monthly price, granting them access to games, DLC on launch day, plus rewards like cosmetics, boosters, and other in-game items. But, that’s not all. The latest installment in the famed Rainbow Six game franchise, Extraction, was announced as a day-one release for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. [embedded content] Related Stories “By making Rain...
HHW Gaming: Shaq Says He Got His Hands On 1,000 PS5 & Nintendo Switch Consoles, Gamers Ask How?
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Sullivan / Getty Does Shaq know the PS5 and Nintendo Switch plug, or is he the plug?That’s the million-dollar question gamers asked after the NBA Hall-of-Famer revealed something very interesting. In an episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience, the big fella revealed he put on his Santa hat and gifted 1,000 PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles to kids at an elementary school for the holidays. “I call, you know my, my friend from Nintendo Switch, got about 1,000 (Nintendo) Switches sitting there, got about 1,00 PS5s, I went to Walmart and got bikes. So, you know, yesterday at this little elementary school in McDonough, Georgia, kids were crying, kids were happy, and that’s what it’s all about.” While that is very dope for those little elementary scho...
End of An Era: Older Blackberry Phone Models Will Stop Working January 4
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Europa Press News / Getty After holding on for dear life, Blackberry has decided to pull the plug on its devices, well, the older models. Per Business Insider, those remaining few who couldn’t let go of the once-beloved smartphone, thanks in large part to its QWERTY keypad, email service, and Blackberry Messenger, will see their phone no longer works. The company announced that older Blackberry models running on the company’s operating system would no longer work starting Tuesday, January 4. “As of this date, devices running these legacy services and software through either carrier or Wi-Fi connections will no longer reliably function, including for data, phone calls, SMS, and 9-1-1 functionality,” the company announced in a statement. “We thank our many ...
AT&T & Verizon Grounds 5G Expansion For Now Due To Possible Interference With Aircraft
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Sorry AT&T and Verizon customers, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer for faster 5G service. As spotted on Engadget, the two telecommunication companies decided to delay rolling out their C-band 5G service expansion on January 5. The decision comes after both AT&T and Verizon both pushed back on the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Department’s request to delay the expansion out of fears it could interfere with aircraft. Related Stories Now, AT&T and Verizon have agreed to push back the rollout two weeks and further investigate the Federal Aviation Administration and Transportation Department’s concerns regarding interference with aircraft electronics and systems. Using their newly purchased f...
HHW Gaming: Shaq Says He Got His Hands On A 1,000 PS5 & Nintendo Switch Consoles, Gamers Ask How?
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Mark Sullivan / Getty Does Shaq know the PS5 and Nintendo Switch plug, or is he the plug?That’s the million-dollar question gamers asked after the NBA Hall-of-Famer revealed something very interesting. In an episode of The GaryVee Audio Experience, the big fella revealed he put on his Santa hat and gifted 1,000 PS5 and Nintendo Switch consoles to kids at an elementary school for the holidays. “I call, you know my, my friend from Nintendo Switch, got about 1,000 (Nintendo) Switches sitting there, got about 1,00 PS5s, I went to Walmart and got bikes. So, you know, yesterday at this little elementary school in McDonough, Georgia, kids were crying, kids were happy, and that’s what it’s all about.” While that is very dope for those little elementary scho...
New Private Label Collection Celebrates Xbox 20th Anniversary
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Private Label / Private Label Private Label, a brand that elevates the carrying bag experiences in high style, released its latest offering in collaboration with a notable brand in the gaming world. In celebration of Xbox‘s 20th anniversary, the company dropped a collection that highlights the Microsoft brand’s trademark colors. Staying true to its tagline as “The Official Bag for Sneakers, Sports & Travel,” the Private Label drop features a roomy duffle bag, and a sleek and sturdy backpack both emblazoned with the customary Black and green color scheme of Xbox. Source: Private Label / Private Label Below are the descriptions of the duffle and backpack offerings: XBOX x PRIVATE LABEL DUFFLE Dimensions: L: 22″ W: 9.5″ H: 13″ This Collaboration Duffle C...
HHW Gaming: Snoop Dogg’s Seed Cordell Broadus Named Creative Director of New Gaming App Doge Dash
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty The first-ever crypto gaming app, Doge Dash, is partnering with legendary rapper Snoop Dogg’s son Cordell Broadus. Broadus, who ditched the football pads following his time at UCLA, is taking his talents to the world of gaming, becoming the creative director of Doge Dash, and will oversee the brand and visual aesthetic. The game is described as a Super Mario-inspired play-to-earn game developed by Grammy-nominated director and producer Paul Caslin. In the game, players collect coins that will be added to their crypto wallets. Caslin hopes his game’s popularity will take off after partnering with Broadus. “I know talent when I see it, and Cordell ticks all the boxes, young, dynamic, creative, and above all else talented. I do not do...
HHW Gaming: Nintendo President Warns of Potential Switch Jig In 2022
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nintendo / Nintendo Switch (OLED model) New year, same issues when it comes to getting a new video game console. As seen on Destructoid, Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa warned gamers of potential shortages of Nintendo Switch consoles that will once again rear its ugly head in 2022. Furukawa hints at the current supply chain issues that hamper component manufacturing, and supply could result in a limited supply of the popular hybrid console at retail stores throughout 2022, with Black Friday and Christmas exhausting whatever stock the company had. “I can’t say that I was able to supply enough for demand after Black Friday and after the beginning of the year,” Furukawa revealed in a conversation with Kyoto-Np. “It depends on the demand, but as I was co...
HHW Gaming: Nintendo Is King On Amazon’s 2021 Best Selling Video Games List
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nintendo / Metroid Dread Nintendo didn’t drop a next-gen console, but it’s still dominating lists topping Xbox and Sony. Amazon regularly keeps a list of its top-selling items broken down into categories throughout the year. One list in particular that grabs people’s attention is the list focusing on the best-selling video game, and like in 2020, Nintendo once again dominated. In 2020 Nintendo managed to secure eight out of the 10 spots on the list, with Animal Crossing: New Horizons taking the top spot with the other spots going to the PS4 versions of Cyberpunk 2077 and The Last of Us Part II. 1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Physical) 2. Super Mario 3D All-Stars 3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 4. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 5. Animal C...
From Vinyl Variants to NFTs, Inside 2021’s Collecting Craze
The spike in vinyl has been at a steady incline for over a decade, with sales growing year over year since the mid-2000s. But, during a pandemic in which concerts were canceled and music fans were kept inside, interest in vinyl exploded, dating back to July 2020 and continued with vinyl unit sales in the United States growing 81% as of October 2021, according to MRC Data (compared with 46.2% by the end of 2020). That growth now suggests an estimated year-end 2021 revenue of $1 billion. Interestingly, around the same time that a time-honored physical format started to soar, so too did the very intangible, very online non-fungible tokens in the music space. (An NFT is a one-of-a-kind digital token that exists on a blockchain, most often Ethereum, which is the second most popular cryptocurren...
