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HHW Gaming: Turtle Beach’s New Recon Controller For Xbox & PC Could Be A Game-Changer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Turtle Beach / Turtle Beach Recon Controller For Xbox Turtle Beach is well known for its very reliable gaming headsets, but it could make a considerable dent in the controller department? This month Turtle Beach officially unveiled its new Recon Controller for Xbox, the audio veteran and gaming headset veteran’s first controller. Unlike the controller that comes with the Xbox Series S|X that is BlueTooth, Turtle Beach’s Recon Controller is wired, which could be frowned upon by some gamers who love that they are not tethered to the console. Source: Turtle Beach / Turtle Beach Recon Controller For Xbox But what could make this controller a gamechanger is that it has built-in audio features, pairing the brand’s signature audio innovations with game-winning c...
Grimes on Discord, Her ‘Space Opera’ & Being Right About the Future: ‘I’m Not Just Trying to Be Weird’
Discord – The Movie, which also included a cameo from J Balvin, is part of Discord’s recent “Imagine a Place” campaign reframing the once gamer-focused platform as a place where people with all sorts of interests can congregate — including artists and their fans. After a press preview of the film — and between burbling interruptions from her one-year-old baby — Grimes took a moment to chat about her strategy as an artist on Discord, her relationship with social media, how her upcoming “space opera” album differs from her last and her future plans in television and podcasting. Watch the short film below, and scroll on to hear from Grimes herself. How did you first become familiar with Discord? I actually learned about Discord becaus...
HHW Gaming: Atlantic Records Teams Up With Xbox To Launch The Green Room Gaming Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Atlantic Records / Xbox Music and video games go hand-in-hand, so this union between Xbox and Atlantic Records makes all the sense in the world. Thursday (Jul.22), Atlantic Records announced it was teaming up with Xbox in Partnership with Vaynersports and Efuse for The Green Room, a new competitive gaming series that will see music artists, streamers, and athletes pair up to play some video games. The live event series, which officially kicks off on July 27TH, 6 PM EST on Atlantic Records YouTube page, will see the label’s big artists like A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, Against The Current’s Chrissy Costanza, Childish Major, Bankrol Hayden, Jucee Froot, Surf Curse, Sueco, Bizzy Banks, and MILES, as well as strea...
Samsung Is Ahead of The Curve In The Foldable Market Thanks To The Galaxy Z Fold2 & Galaxy Z Flip
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Samsung took a very bold step when it went all-in on the foldable phone, dropping three devices, and slowly but surely, it’s starting to pay off. When Samsung first introduced its bold new device, the Galaxy Fold, in 2019, people were impressed but on the side of skepticism and understandably so. The first Galaxy Fold served as Samsung’s testing phase for a phablet (phone/tablet) and a teachable moment. While it was impressive that Samsung could bring the Galaxy Fold to fruition, there were some issues that the company rectified with the Galaxy Z Fold2 and its smaller companion, the Galaxy Z Flip. Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz83 Ahead of the company’s upcoming Unpacked event, we finally got our hands on both dev...
HHW Gaming: ‘FIFA 22’ Promises To Look & Feel More Realistic Thanks To New HyperMotion Technology
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 FIFA’s second year on next-gen consoles looks like it will be taking EA’s iconic soccer video game to another level…finally. Last year we got a taste of what EA could do with its sports titles graphically wise, thanks to the tremendous power the PS5 and Xbox Series X offers developers. We also saw some slight improvements to gameplay in top-tier franchises like Madden NFL 21 and FIFA 21. Source: EA Sports / FIFA 22 This year EA is upping the ante with FIFA 22 and looks like it will be making a strong case for the best soccer video game on the market thanks to the introduction of HyperMotion Technology. Before Tuesday’s (Jul.20) EA Spotlight presentation that unveiled the gameplay reveal trailer showing of FIFA 22’s developer’s ne...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K22’s First Courtside Report Reveals New Gameplay Features
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 We already know who is on the cover of NBA 2K22. Now it’s time to find out what new features fans of the basketball video game franchise can look forward to. Despite not showing any actual gameplay, which is slated to be revealed sometime in August, Tuesday (Jul.20), 2K dropped its first courtside report for NBA 2K22 detailing the all-new features coming to this year’s installment game franchise and showed off some stunning screenshots of this year’s cover athletes Candace Parker, Luka Dončić and Dirk Nowitzki. Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 As far as what players can expect when they load up NBA 2K22, 2K boasts improvements are coming to on-court gameplay on both sides of the ball, The City and Neighborhood, Seasons, MyPlayer, MyC...
HHW Gaming: Ubisoft Announces New 6v6 First-Person Shooter ‘Tom Clancy’s XDefiant’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Tom Clancy’s XDefiant Ubisoft’s newest Tom Clancy game is taking the famed franchise in a new direction. The cat was already out of the bag thanks to IGN teasing us, but now it’s official tissue. Monday (Jul.19), Ubisoft announced its newest Tom Clancy game, a 6v6 free-to-play first-person shooter called Tom Clancy’s XDefiant Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, as well as on Stadia, Luna, and Ubisoft Connect. Ubisoft also promises that crossplay will be available at launch. Source: Ubisoft / Tom Clancy’s XDefiant Developed by Ubisoft’s San Francisco studio with Call of Duty veteran Mark Rubin leading the way, Tom Clancy’s XDefiant is ditching the tactical playstyle we have become used to with Tom Clancy game...
Clubhouse Holding On To Dear Life, Introduces New DM Feature Called Backchannel
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Drop-in audio app Clubhouse is still alive and kicking, and it hopes this new feature will help take it off life support. Clubhouse has announced that its already leaked feature called Backchannel allows users to slide in each other’s DMs is now live for both Android and iOS users of the once super popular voice-only app. As of right now, users can engage in one-on-one conversations, group chats, and send links. Unfortunately, you cannot send images or videos, but a spokesperson for Clubhouse points out that those improvements, including a “few other features,” are on the way. Clubhouse decided to introduce the feature stating it will help moderators engage in conversations among themselves while operating an active room. Clubhouse also h...
HHW Gaming: Luka Dončić Shares ‘NBA 2K22’ Cover Honors With Scoring Legends Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Dirk Nowitzki & Kevin Durant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 As the NBA season winds down with the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks currently battling for the 2021-22 NBA Championship, it’s also that time of the year to learn who will grace the cover of NBA 2K22. Wednesday (Jul.14), 2K sports revealed its full roster of NBA and one special WNBA player who will share cover duties for NBA 2K22, the next installment of the top-rated and top-selling NBA video game simulation series of the past 20 years. Taking the torch from last year’s cover athletes Damian Lillard, the late Kobe Bryant, and Zion Williamson is Dallas Mavericks All-Star and global phenomenon Luka Dončić who will grace both the Standard Edition and Cross-Gen Digital Bundle. Source: 2K Sports / NBA 2K22 “Making the global cover of NB...
HHW Gaming: LeBron James Will Be The First NBA Athlete To Have A Skin In ‘Fortnite’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VALERIE MACON / Getty Watch out Loki. The real King is coming to Fortnite. Monday (Jul.13), Epic Games revealed that Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James will be bringing his talents to the world of Battle Royale in Fortnite as part of the game’s Icon Series of skins. The announcement of James’ sharp-looking skin or skins, we should say, is perfectly aligned with the release of Bron’s new film Space Jam: A New Legacy, you know, the film that is not a sequel to 1997’s Space Jam starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes. When James arrives in the game, he will be featured in three variants. One look pays homage to the professional hooper’s favorite day, Taco Tuesday, which sees him rocking a taco t-shirt and cargo shorts. Another look that...
HHW Gaming: A New PS5 Firmware Update Is Now Live, So What Does It Do?
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty The latest PS5 firmware has update has arrived. So exactly what does it do? The latest update to Sony’s PlayStation 5 console is now available for download and brings the system’s firmware to version 21.01-03.21.00. As far as any significant changes to your console’s software, we hope you were not expecting those because all it does is “improves system performance,” which still could be a big deal, depending on what exactly is being improved. As to exactly what kind of improvements to system performance? Your guess is as good as ours. But, we hope that it corrects many of the issues PS5 owners, such as our resident tech and video game writer Beanz, experience now and then when logging substantial hours on the console. Some of the...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Teams Up With Cxmmunity To Deliver 50 Xbox Kits To Over 50 HBCUs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Cxmmunity Xbox continues to do great things when it comes to shining light on gamers of color and pushing for diversity in the gaming community. Thursday (Jul.8), Xbox revealed that it partnered with Cxmmunity, a nonprofit that works tirelessly to shine a light on Black and Brown gamers and increase diversity within the gaming industry, Warner Bros and Space Jam: A New Legacy for a very dope cause, and that is to provide Xbox Kits to more than 50+ HBCUs to build new gaming labs. Source: Xbox / Cxmmunity Xbox also revealed that it held an HBCU esports showdown in Atlanta on July 1. One student from prestigious HBCUs like Johnson C. Smith, Fort Valley State University, Hampton University, Florida A&M University, Oakwood University, North Carolina...
