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HHW Gaming: Razer Announces It’s On-Going Collaboration With Marvel Will Continue
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer x Marvel Hey true believers, if you wanted more Marvel-themed Xbox controllers from Razer, we have some good news. On Monday (May.2), Razer, the leading global lifestyle brand for gamers, announced that its collaboration with Marvel would continue. While not getting into details about what other Marvel properties are coming, gamers can look forward to more limited-edition gaming peripherals like The Falcon and the Winter Soldier-themed Xbox controller paired with a charging stand from Razer. Razer also revealed more Star Wars-themed gaming accessories like The Mandalorian and Boba Fett “will span across multiple IP with many more still to come,” hinting at a possible announcement coming this May the 4th. Razer will also be expanding its cons...
Netlfix Lays Off Mostly Black Editorial Staff From Fan Site Most People Didn’t Know Exist
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Getty Netflix is not having a great year, and this latest news doesn’t have the streaming service in the most favorable light. For those who didn’t know Netflix launched a website in December called Tudum (a play on the popular opening sound) that featured news, interviews, and other fan content created around the service and what it offers. Thursday (Apr.28) news dropped that the company was “reorganizing its marketing department” and laying off most of the 10-person team comprised of writers Netlfix poached from other websites. Tudum falls under that division. 25 people from Netflix’s global marketing team which has over 500 employees will also be let go according to Variety. Journalist, Monique Judge (@thejournalista) tweeted about ...
HHW Gaming: New Anti-Cheat System Makes Legit ‘Call of Duty’ Players Invisible To Cheaters
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War This latest Call of Duty anti-cheat system will definitely have cheaters raging online. Activision has been on a mission to clamp down on cheating during online play in Call of Duty, specifically in the free-to-play model Warzone. In a recent blog post, the developers behind the Ricochet anti-cheat system announced a new “cloaking” measure that would make legit Call of Duty players invisible to cheaters rendering them useless during competitive matches. “Characters, bullets, even sound from legitimate players will be undetectable to cheaters,” Ricochet announced in the blog post. “Legitimate players, however, can see cheaters impacted by cloaking… and can dole out in-game punishment.” Ricochet already has anothe...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: Top NFL Draft Prospect Garrett Wilson Talks ‘Call of Duty,’ Madden Ratings & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Garrett Wilson / Garrett Wilson When athletes are not on the field getting busy, they are in their gaming chairs getting racking up kills in Call of Duty and getting Ws in other games. So it should come as no surprise future NFL draft pick Garrett Wilson is a huge gamer in his spare time. Ahead of Thursday’s (Apr.28) NFL Draft in Las Vegas, Hip-Hop Wired sat down virtually with the former Ohio State wide receiver before Roger Goodell calls his name and shakes his hand, welcoming him into the league. Related Stories We spoke about Wilson’s love for Call of Duty during our Zoom conversation. We learned just like New Orleans Pelicans hooper and fellow COD athlete Larry Nance Jr., Wilson has plenty of love for Call of Duty: Ghost. But, Wilson also revealed th...
Jaxsta Promotes Beth Appleton to CEO
Beth Appleton is the new CEO at Jaxsta, the official music credits database. Less than a year after joining the company in the role of chief marketing officer, Appleton is promoted to the top job, while founder and former CEO Jacqui Louez-Schoorl assumes a different set of duties working alongside the new boss. The handover was announced Thursday (April 28) in a statement via the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), and is effective immediately. “With every business there comes a time for evolution and ensuring that strength and focus continues in the right areas as a business grows,” comments Appleton. “Jacqui and I are magnificent business partners and friends and this change allows Jacqui to focus on the Jaxsta product and our community relations and I can then drive the management and oper...
Everything Coming To Netlfix This Summer Possibly Worth Keeping Your Subscription For
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / The Takedown If you’re not one of the people cutting the cord to your Netflix subscription, these movies that are coming to the streaming service this summer might be worth your time. Netflix isn’t letting a lousy stock day and bleeding subscribers from dropping new content and based on the recent slate of summer content Netflix announced, there is still plenty of reasons to stick around. We took the liberty to go through the expansive list and highlight the films we think should be added to your queue without hesitation breaking them down by the month each film is slated to be released. May The Takedown (Loin Du Périph) (May 6) starring: Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Izïa Higelin (May 6) [embedded content] [embedded content] June Interceptor (June ...
Twitter Experiences Mass Deactivations After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter saw mass “organic” deactivations and huge fluctuations in follower numbers for some of the platform’s highest-profile users in the days after Elon Musk agreed to a $44 billion takeover deal of the social media giant. According to an NBC News report published Tuesday, the follower numbers for some of Twitter’s most-followed accounts, including former President Barack Obama, singers Katy Perry and Taylor Swift all dropped by hundreds of thousands. Obama, who is Twitter’s most-followed user with 131.7 million followers, saw his follower count fall by 300,000 since Monday. Perry, who has 108.8 million followers, lost 200,000. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Twitter routinely purges the platform of bots and fake accounts which can le...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
HHW Gaming: Here’s When You Can Expect ‘Halo Infinite’s Co-Op Mode To Arrive
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Halo Infinite’s buzz has come and gone, but 343 Industries hopes this latest news sparks some new excitement and brings players back. Fans were epically let down when 343 Industries announced that co-op mode, a feature fans wanted the most when Halo Infinite was first released, would not be available at launch. Unfortunately, we are still waiting for co-op mode to come, but now at least, we have an idea of when we can expect it to arrive. Related Stories Along with the announcement of the 2022 roadmap, 343 Industries says co-op mode will launch sometime in “late August,” Halo’s head of creative Joseph Staten said in a recent blog post. Along with that announcement, some more sad news came, a split-screen co-op, which allows ...
