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Triller Aims to Drastically Boost Indian Audience With New JioSaavn Deal
Triller and leading Indian music streaming service JioSaavn have struck a new partnership designed to expand the video-sharing app’s reach in the country. Under the agreement, which was announced Monday, all music videos offered inside JioSaavn will be Triller music videos, further expanding the app’s visibility in the country. Additionally, JioSaavn’s main screen will prominently display a button inviting users to make their own Triller videos. The new partnership comes on the heels of India’s ban of Triller competitor TikTok in late June over national security concerns. Following the ban, Triller surged to No. 1 on Apple’s App Store in the country. “We couldn’t be more pleased to have partnered with not only the biggest company in India but one of the biggest and ...
HHW Gaming: Ben Simmons Announced As FaZe Clan’s Newest Member & Investor
Source: FaZe Clan / Ben Simmons Ben Simmons has leveled up with the world’s most prominent and influential gaming organization FaZe Clan. For those who don’t know when Ben Simmons is not on the dishing out dimes on the court, you can find him in his gaming chair engaging in online battle. So that’s why it makes total sense that Simmons is now an investor and member of FaZe Clan. The organization announced the move today, revealing that Simmons will be now known as FaZe Simmo and “ambassador to the organization for content as well as an advocate for gaming and esports and the expansion of FaZe Clan globally.” The terms of Simmons’ investment were not shared. Source: FaZe Clan / Ben Simmons Simmons and FaZe Clan are very familiar with each other due to the Philadelphia 76er All-Star being fr...
HHW Gaming: The Ladies of ‘Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath’ Don Klassic Looks With Femme Fatale Skin Pack
Source: WB Games / NetherRealm Studios The ladies of Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath is taking it back to Mortal Kombat 3 with these latest skins. NetherRealm Studios announced today (Aug.25) that the Klassic Femme Fatale Skin Pack is now available for Mortal Kombat 11: Aftermath players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One PC and Stadia. The skin pack will be available on Nintendo Switch on August 28. Once downloaded, players will see Kitana rocking here signature blue with the “Sole Survivor Kitana,” skin, Jade in her iconic green drip as “Outworld Courier Jade” and newcomer Skarlett donning red in her “Old Blood Skarlet” look. The Klassic Femme Fatale Skin Pack follows previous skins, “Thanks A Million Johnny Cage,” and “Summer Heat Skin Pack.” All three skin packs are available to Mortal Kombat 11: ...
Napster Sold to Virtual Reality Concert App MelodyVR for $70 Million
Napster is on the move, again. London-based virtual reality concerts company MelodyVR announced on Tuesday that it is acquiring Rhapsody International, which operates as Napster, from its majority owner RealNetworks for the price tag of $70 million. MelodyVR, which operates an app specializing in live virtual reality music experiences, plans on combining with Napster to create the “first ever music entertainment platform which combines immersive visual content and music streaming,” said Anthony Matchett, MelodyVR’s CEO. The $70 million transaction is expected to close by year’s end and breaks down as $15 million in cash, $11 million in MelodyVR stock and the assumption of roughly $44 million in payments owed by Napster to various music industry entities. “For music&...
HHW Tech Review: Samsung’s Galaxy Note20 Ultra, The Perfect But Yet Expensive Blend Between Work & Play
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz A global pandemic isn’t going to stop Samsung from dropping its latest flagship phone. The Galaxy Note20 Ultra is here, but is it genuinely worth its costly asking price? Immediately following the reveal of the Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on the Korean tech giant’s newest flagship device. We were already impressed with the Galaxy Note10 Plus, so we were very intrigued to see if Samsung could build off what made that phablet (phone and tablet) one of the best smartphones on the market, and we can say with confidence they did. Display Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The Galaxy Note20 Ultra’s screen is GORGEOUS. The 6.9″ edge Quad HD+ Dynamic AMOLED near bezeless experience is crispy and gives users the best ed...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K21’ Demo Is Live, Here is What You Will Be Able To Try Out In The Game
Source: 2K / NBA 2K21 We’re are currently still hooping NBA 2K20, but 2K is giving you a chance to take NBA 2K21 for a spin. The current-generation demo for NBA 2K21 is now live and will allow players to test the new significant improvements that are coming to the game. Once it’s loaded onto your PlayStation 4, Xbox One, or Nintendo Switch, players will be allowed to hoop with the late Kobe Bean Bryant and the All-Time Lakers squad or Bill Russell and All-Time Celtics. If you want to keep things in this period, you can set up a potential NBA Finals matchup with Kawhi Leonard’s Los Angeles Clippers or Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Milwaukee Bucks. The demo will also allow 2K fans to test drive the new gameplay mechanics such as the Pro Stick to a redesigned shooting system that promises to take t...
HHW Gaming: Superman Is Task Force X’s “Alpha Target” In Rocksteady’s ‘Suicide Squad’ Game
Source: WB Games / Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League There were plenty of big announcements during the first-ever DC FanDome virtual event, but it’s safe to assume Rocksteady Studio’s Suicide Squad game was one of the biggest. Fans waited all-day honestly to see what Rocksteady Studios has been cooking up in the lab for five years since Batman: Arkham Knight. Unlike WB Games Montreal’s Gotham Knights, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League does, in fact, continue the Arkham series. Here is what else we know about the highly-anticipated game. You will control only four members of the ragtag team of DC supervillains brought together by Amanda Waller to do the dirty work law enforcement can’t do like keep metahumans in check. Players can look forward to playing with Harley Quinn, De...
HHW Gaming: WB Games Drops The Trailer & Gameplay Footage For ‘Gotham Knights’
Source: WB Games / Gotham Knights It’s been five LONG years since the last Batman game, WB Games Montreal finally gave us our first look at its long-rumored Gotham Knights game, and it looks fantastic. Heroes become vigilantes, and vigilantes become heroes in the upcoming game Gotham Knights. In the recently released DC FanDome trailer, we quickly learn that Bruce Wayne, aka Batman dies in a massive explosion. Of course, Bruce being a man who always plans ahead, had a plan in place in the event he just happens to perish. Bruce sends a video out to his superhero proteges, or as the trailer’s description refers to them, the “Bat-Family,” Robin, Nightwing, Bat Girl, and Red Hood. All four of the characters will be playable in the co-op in the open-world adventure that will have players explor...
HHW Gaming: Latest ‘NBA 2K21’ Courtside Report Focuses On Revamped MyTeam Mode
Source: 2K / NBA 2K21 For the first installment of the NBA 2K21 Courtside Report, NBA 2K Gameplay Director Mike Wang spoke about the significant improvements we could look forward to and revealed the game’s demo release date. Now its time to learn about the new features coming to the MyTeam Mode. For the MyTeam edition of Courtside Report, Visual Concepts executive producer Erick Boenisch goes into great detail as to what players can expect when they jump into MyTeam Mode in NBA 2K21. Before he gets into the new features, Boenisch revealed that whatever progress you make in current-generation versions of NBA 2K21, it will seamlessly carry over into the respected next-gen version of the game. So if you played on PS4, your progress would be transfer over to PS5 and, the same applies fo...
Roc Nation Announces Megan Thee Stallion Will Hit The Stage For A Full Virtual Concert
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Megan Thee Stallion is finally hitting the stage again, and the hotties are all welcomed to attend…virtually. Despite being the main topic of discussion after revealing that miniature rapper/singer Tory Lanez shot her in both feet, the show must go on. Thee Stallion just announced she will hold her first concert in many months and don’t worry, it will be safe because it’s going to be completely virtual. Hotties can look forward to their favorite hot girl putting those knees of steel back to work and twerking on August Saturday, 29th August, at 6pm ET / 3pm PT/ 11pm BST. Tickets for the virtual concert are on sale right now and only cost $15. Once purchased, fans will be provided with a single-use code that will grant them access to the show. The virt...
HHW Gaming: ‘Black Ops: Cold War’ Finally Confirmed As The Next ‘Call of Duty’ Game
Source: Activision / Treyarch Activision’s worst-kept secret has finally been confirmed, the next Call of Duty game ditches Modern Warfare and will go back in time and focus on the Cold War. On Wednesday (Aug.20), the insanely popular first-person shooter’s publisher, Activision, dropped the teaser for the long-speculated game, Call of Duty: Black Ops: Cold War that has been teased for a while in the Call of Duty: Warzone. The teaser is just a placeholder for the game’s upcoming big reveal on August 26 that will show us some gameplay footage and share more insight as far as the plot which the teaser implies is “inspired by actual events.” The 2-minute clip is comprised of archival footage of a TV interview featuring KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov. As he talks, texts pop up on the screen, ...
The Blackberry Ain’t Dead Yet, A New 5G Model Powered By Android Is Dropping In 2021
Source: Blackberry / Blackberry In a world dominated by keyboard-less smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy flagship devices, Blackberry refuses to get sucked in the cellphone abyss never to return. Let’s just call the Blackberry a zombie at this point because no matter how many times it gets killed, somehow, it finds new life. After 2018’s Blackberry Key 2 flopped very hard, we thought it the nostalgic smartphone was going to get sent off to greener pastures. BUT, once again, we were wrong. A new Texas startup called OnwardMobility is taking on the Blackberry license once optioned to Chinese phone manufacture TCL. It is promising to release a 5G model of Barack Obama’s favorite means of communication in 2021. Oh, and yes, it will still be powered by Android and will h...
