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HHW Gaming: Microsoft Commits To 10-Year Deal With Nintendo For ‘Call of Duty,’ Gamers React
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty Microsoft really wants this Activision deal to happen and to ensure it does. The company has reached a 10-year agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles. It’s been nine years since the world’s most popular game, not called Fortnite, was on a Nintendo console, but that has all changed thanks to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, currently walking on thin ice. To prove to regulators that Microsoft is not trying to keep the competition from being able to compete, the company agreed to a 10-year deal with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition clears the hurdles in front of it. Microsoft has also agreed to bring Call of Duty games to Steam on th...
HHW Gaming: ID & Discovery+’s ‘The Tetris Murders’ Docuseries Revisits The Game’s Co-Creator’s Gruesome Death
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Boston Globe / Getty Tetris, one of the most popular video games in the world, has a very disturbing story behind it. ID and Discovery+’s new docuseries, The Tetris Murders, will focus on the gruesome murder of the game’s co-creator. Arriving December 5 on ID and Discovery+, The Tetris Murders will revisit the puzzling murder of Vladimir Pokhilko, the co-creator of Tetris. On September 22, 1998, Pokhilko was found dead by a friend in his Palo Alto, California, home after suffering a severe knife wound to the neck. Pokhilko’s wife, Yelena Fedotova, and 12-year-old son, Peter Pokhilko, were also found dead after being bludgeoned to death with a hammer and repeatedly stabbed. Speaking on what they described as a “bloody scene,” Palo Alto CSI Tech Investigato...
HHW Gaming: ‘Fortnite’ Chapter 4 Introduces A New Realm & Improved Graphics
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Fortnite Chapter 4 Fortnite Chapter 4 has arrived, and like the previous chapters, there is a new realm to explore and activities to partake in, BUT it looks even better. In season one of Fortnite Chapter 4, gamers can look forward to numerous overhauls to the addictive battle royale game. The royal island has undergone another massive facelift, and the zany battle royale action has been taken to another level. Things are going extreme with the introduction of dirt bikes players can use to traverse the new locale, more weapons, and tools to help you come out on top. New mechanics like hurdling over obstacles allow you to either get away from pursuers or close the distance while chasing down another player. Players can utilize nature to take o...
HHW Gaming: ‘Fortnite’ Chapter 4 Introduces A New Realm & Improved Graphics
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Fortnite Chapter 4 Fortnite Chapter 4 has arrived, and like the previous chapters, there is a new realm to explore and activities to partake in, BUT it looks even better. In season one of Fortnite Chapter 4, gamers can look forward to numerous overhauls to the addictive battle royale game. The royal island has undergone another massive facelift, and the zany battle royale action has been taken to another level. Things are going extreme with the introduction of dirt bikes players can use to traverse the new locale, more weapons, and tools to help you come out on top. New mechanics like hurdling over obstacles allow you to either get away from pursuers or close the distance while chasing down another player. Players can utilize nature to take o...
HHW Gaming: Yesterday’s Price, Will Not Be Today’s Price For New Xbox First-Party Games In 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bethesda / Starfield / Xbox Those first-party Xbox games you were patiently waiting to hit digital stores and shelves in 2023 will cost you a bit more. According to a Eurogamer report, Xbox will join the likes of PlayStation and raise the price of its first-party games to $70. That means games like Arkane’s Red Fall, Bethesda’s Starfield, and Forza Motorsport will be the first games with the new price tag. This will also be more incentive for Xbox Series S|X owners to signup for Xbox Game Pass being those titles will be available on the popular video game subscription service on day one when those games launch. “We’ve held on price increases until after the holidays so families can enjoy the gift of gaming,” a Microsoft spokesperson told Eurogamer. “Start...
HHW Gaming: Latest Google Doodle Honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson, One of The Fathers of Modern Gaming
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Google / Gerald “Jerry” Lawson Google Doodle Did you know one of the fathers of modern-day gaming was a Black man? Well, if you didn’t, now you know, and Google is honoring the late pioneer with a fitting Google Doodle. Thursday, December 1, the Google Doodle honors Gerald “Jerry” Lawson on what would have been his 82nd birthday. Lawson forever lives in the pantheon of video games because he was one of the many who led the team who developed the first home video gaming system with interchangeable cartridges. Today’s Google Doodle honors him and his epic contributions to the world of video games by featuring games designed by three American guest artists and game designers: Davionne Gooden, Lauren Brown, and Momo Pixel. You will be transport...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation 5 Restock Coming To Walmart On Black Friday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Trying to get yourself, or that special someone in your life that is a gamer, a PlayStation 5 before Christmas? Well, this Black Friday might be your best chance. Walmart is restocking its shelves with PlayStation 5 consoles, HYPEBEAST reports. Walmart+ members were first to get their hands on Sony’s still hard-to-find next-gen console on November 21. Now, Walmart is opening up whatever PS5 stock it has left to the general public for two days, beginning November 23 at noon EST for online customers and those brave enough to go to a Walmart store on November 25. Don’t worry; the alleged price hike won’t be in effect. The consoles will still cost $499 for the disc version and $399 for the all-digital console. A God of War Ragnarök disc bu...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation 5 Restock Coming To Walmart On Black Friday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Trying to get yourself, or that special someone in your life that is a gamer, a PlayStation 5 before Christmas? Well, this Black Friday might be your best chance. Walmart is restocking its shelves with PlayStation 5 consoles, HYPEBEAST reports. Walmart+ members were first to get their hands on Sony’s still hard-to-find next-gen console on November 21. Now, Walmart is opening up whatever PS5 stock it has left to the general public for two days, beginning November 23 at noon EST for online customers and those brave enough to go to a Walmart store on November 25. Don’t worry; the alleged price hike won’t be in effect. The consoles will still cost $499 for the disc version and $399 for the all-digital console. A God of War Ragnarök disc bu...
The Best Black Friday Deals On Video Games, Smartphones & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kamil Krzaczynski / Getty It’s that time of the year. After you chow down on your momma’s Thanksgiving cooking, you break out the credit card and start swiping to take advantage of those Black Friday doorbuster deals from the couch. Over the years, the approach to Black Friday has changed dramatically. No longer is it just relegated to people running to department stores like Best Buy or GameStop to take advantage of great sales prices. Now, most of the sales happen on websites. Also, most Black Friday deals take place days before November 25, giving shoppers a head start on their holiday shopping. While you can find anything on sale during the shopping holiday, Black Friday is the best time to stock up on new video games, gaming accessories, laptops, VR ...
Celebrate the Release of “Pokémon Scarlet and Violet” With 10 New Remixes of the Series’ Iconic Songs
Just in time for the debut of Pokémon‘s long-awaited 9th generation of games is a brand new look at some of the series’ most iconic tracks. The same day gamers around the world get their hands on Pokémon Scarlet and Violet comes a new remix compilation album, VGM Essentials: Pokémon Remixed, from Firaga Records and Occult Cats. 10 artists have taken on music from 2016’s Pokémon Sun & Moon, 2010’s Pokémon Black & White and the games that started it all, 1996’s Pokémon Red & Blue. The theme songs associated with in-game locations like “Viridian Forest,” “Aether Paradise,” “Lavender Town,” “Pokémon Center” and the “Mahalo Trail” have been transformed by RoboRob, Subcreati...
HHW Gaming: Sonic Co-Creator Yuji Naka Pinched For Insider Trading
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Igor Kutyaev / Getty Well, this is shocking. Sonic The Hedgehog’s co-creator, Yuji Naka, and two other Square Enix employees are now in prison for illegally trying to increase their sonic rings, aka money, via insider trading. FNN, a Japanese news site, first reported the troubling and eyebrow-raising news, corroborated by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper in an English report that Yuji Naka, co-creator of Sonic The Hedgehog and former head of developer Sonic Team was arrested for insider trading. Per Polygon: Naka is alleged to have bought stock in developer Aiming in early 2020, based on inside information that it would be developing a Dragon Quest mobile game, Dragon Quest Tact. At the time, publisher Square Enix’s partnership with Aiming on the game wa...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation’s Black Friday Sale Is Officially LIVE
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation / All-New PlayStation Plus Thanksgiving is right around the corner, the folks at PlayStation are already in a giving mood and have kicked off their Black Friday sale, and it is full of goodies. Black Friday has come early for PlayStation owners. The company announced many deals on its new PlayStation Plus tiered service, accessories, and some games. Starting today, PlayStation owners can get a yearly PS Plus Premium subscription for $89.99, usually $119.99. A yearly PS Plus Extra has been reduced to $74.99 from $99.99, and a yearly PS Plus Essential membership now goes for $44.99, originally $59.99. You can also score discounts on PlayStation 5 accessories like DualSense Controllers, which cost $25 less than their original price. Pulse 3...
