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HHW Gaming: The Atari VCS Retro Console Is Finally Available Via Retail
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Atari VCS / Atari It took A LONG TIME, but Atari’s retro console/PC is finally available via retail. It has been a bumpy road for the Atari VCS, but we are finally here. The unique system that serves as both part-desktop PC, part-retro console and takes its cues from the classic Atari 2600 can now be purchased via Atari’s website, Best Buy, and Micro Center, promising a Spring 2021 shipping date. If you check GameStop’s website, you can’t purchase the console, but it does say the Atari VCS will ship on July 2. We first spoke about the console back in 2017. Then, it was called the AtariBox before getting a rebrand in 2018 and renamed the Atari VCS along with an IndieGoGo campaign that allowed people to back the console’s development in June 2018. Atari at ...
HHW Gaming: Razer Makes A Huge Statement With Its New Ultra-Thin & Super Fast Gaming Laptop
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Razer / Razer Blade 14 Gaming Laptop Razer might have made a serious power move with its new gaming laptop. Monday (Jun.14), during its E3 2021 keynote presentation, Razer announced its new ultra-thin, 14-inch computer that is being described as “the ultimate AMD gaming laptop,” the Razer Blade 14. Under the hood, the Razer Blade 14 boasts an impressive 8-core, 16-thread AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor allowing for a max boost clock of up to 4.6GHz. [embedded content] GeForce RTX 30 Series GPUs are “built on award-winning Ampere—NVIDIA’s 2nd-gen RTX architecture—with new RT Cores, Tensor Cores, and streaming multiprocessors” provide users with realistic ray-traced graphics and cutting-edge AI features while gaming and creating. Paired with 3rd-gen Max-Q tech...
HHW Gaming: Lance Reddick Will Play Albert Wesker In Upcoming Netflix Live-Action ‘Resident Evil’ Series
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Netflix / Resident Evil Resident Evil, a franchise long plagued by its lack of melanin when it comes to its main characters, is finally correcting that issue. Friday (Jun.11), to close out its Geeked Week virtual showcase, Netflix revealed the cast for its upcoming live-action Resident Evil show. During the presentation, there were teasers presented as commercials from “sponsors” featuring Lance Reddick’s very distinguishable voice delivering messages regarding the fictional pharmaceutical company, the Umbrella Corporation. Eventually, the hosts finally revealed that The Wire actor and the voice of Zavala from Destiny 2 would be taking on the role of Resident Evil’s iconic antagonist Albert Wesker marking the first time a person of color has be...
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart Flexes the PlayStation 5’s Muscle to a Score By Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh
With the PlayStation 5 still only slightly easier to obtain than invitations to the Roc Nation Brunch, it’s not a huge surprise that most games releasing on the console these days are also coming to the PS4 as well. But Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, isn’t one of those titles — nor could it ever be. Not unlike April’s Returnal, the latest title published by Sony takes full advantage of the new hardware’s exclusive features, like the lightning-fast SSD and ridiculous haptic feedback on the DualSense controllers. But while Housemarque was venturing into some completely uncharted territory with their new IP, this week’s major release sees Insomniac Games (Spyro, Spider-Man, Resistance) return to the series that put them on the map. As the 16th Ratchet & Clank title, Rift Apart builds up...
The Soundlings Left Their Mark All Over TV’s Top Soundtracks, Now They’re On to Video Games With Knockout City
What happens when you take the basics of dodgeball, add in some of what makes Rocket League so addicting, and mix it with a retro-futuristic setting with visuals similar to Overwatch? You end up with Knockout City, the latest title from Velan Studios (developers of Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit) and the industry giants at EA. Will it be the next casual fan favorite or major esports hit? Only time will tell, but the action-heavy combat dodgeball (or “dodgebrawl”) title certainly made a splash when it was released on May 21. But perhaps the thing that makes Knockout City stand out the most is the extremely unique soundtrack. While many games are happy to either license music from existing artists or hire a composer (or composers, if there’s budget) to create their own score for a game, ...
HHW Gaming: EA & DICE Finally Confirms ‘Battlefield 6’s Reveal Date
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bloomberg / Getty After plenty of rumors and leaks, Electronic Arts and DICE have finally confirmed when we will get our first glimpse at the next Battlefield game. Industry Insiders have hinted that Electronic Arts and DICE would pull the cover off Battlefield 6 sometime in June, and it looks like they were correct. Tuesday (Jun.1), the official Battlefield Twitter account shared a teaser revealing that reveal is going down on June 9. While not showing any actual gameplay, the teaser features the Battlefield logo glitching, hinting that this next installment will occur in a near-future setting as the leaked trailer revealed instead of the past last previous entries in the first-person shooter franchise. The reveal will take place one day before the 2021 ...
HHW Gaming: ‘Far Cry 6’ Allows You Take Down Enemies With Los Del Rio CDs… Seriously
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Far Cry 6 looks extremely lit. We haven’t heard much about this game since news leaked last year ahead of Ubisoft’s Ubiforward presentation that legendary actor Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad, The Mandalorian) will portray the main villain, Antón Castillo, a ruthless dictator in the game. Thursday (May 28), Ubisoft finally gave us our first good look at Far Cry 6, and it looks phenomenal. The gameplay trailer, which was shown off during a live stream, gives us a glimpse at the small, fictional island nation of Yara. If it seems familiar to you, that’s because it is, Ubisoft has confirmed is heavily inspired by real-world Cuba. We also meet the game’s protagonist Dani Rojas, a character who can either be male or female and customized ...
HHW Gaming: Aloy Is Back & Shows Off New Skills In 14-Minutes of ‘Horizon Forbidden West’ Gameplay Footage
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Guerrilla Games / PlayStation Our favorite machine hunter is back, and she is looking better than ever. PlayStation gave fans of Horizon Zero Dawn (such as our resident gamer Beanz) our first real look at the highly anticipated follow-up Horizon Forbidden West. Thursday (May 27), PlayStation returned with its State of Play, showing off 14 glorious minutes of the game in action on a PS5 console, of course. Horizon Forbidden West picks up 6 months after the events of 2017’s Horizon Zero Dawn. Aloy is now an alpha machine hunter and has set out west to investigate the blight, a mysterious and deadly red cloud that literally leaves a path of death and destruction. During her journey in the uncharted lands in the post-apocalyptic machine-dominated world, she e...
HHW Gaming: Nintendo’s New “Switch Pro” Model Reportedly Will Be Revealed Before E3
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: SOPA Images / Getty Nintendo’s long-rumored Switch Pro model could be coming very soon. Bloomberg reports that Nintendo plans to get the ball rolling on the production of its Switch Pro model as soon as July. It could be available in September or October, with a possible reveal ahead of E3 2021. According to the report, the Switch Pro will cost more than the $299 current Nintendo Switch model, which could be unveiled before E3 2021 to “allow publishers to showcase their full range of Switch games at the global event.” As expected, the Switch Pro will replace the current Switch model and will be sold alongside the $199 Nintendo Switch Lite. As we previously reported, the Switch Pro would have a 7-inch 720p Samsung Display Co. OLED display and faster Nvidia...
Mac Walters Discusses Mass Effect’s Return to Consoles With Legendary Edition
For at least the past handful of years (probably more like 7 or 8, but who’s counting?) there have been rumors, leaks, and countless wishes for remastered editions of the original Mass Effect trilogy. Mass Effect: Andromeda didn’t exactly leave the best taste in a lot of people’s mouths with its 2017 release, and it began to seem more and more like the flop of the fourth game had pushed EA and Bioware away from bringing new life to the first three. But late last year — while much of the gaming world was gearing up for the release of the new consoles — fans celebrated the game’s “N7 Day” holiday (November 7) with official confirmation that Mass Effect Legendary Edition would be coming in 2021. Containing remastered and significantly upgraded versions of all three original games and their DL...
HHW Gaming: ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’ Reportedly Will Be Free-To-Play Ahead of Memorial Day Weeke
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War If you’re one of the few who has not played Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multiplayer, Activision is reportedly giving folks a chance to take it for a test run for FREE99. As spotted on GameSpot, reputable Call of Duty News source @charlieINTEL announced on Twitter that gamers could look forward to a Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War free-to-play weekend ahead of Memorial Day weekend sharing an advertisement announcing the upcoming event. While the news has not been confirmed by Activision or co-developers Raven Software and Treyarch yet, according to the tweet, it will kick off May 27 and will last until June 1. According to GameSpot, players will be able to enjoy Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War’s multipla...
HHW Gaming: PS5 Crushing Xbox Series X In First Quarter Sales, Nintendo Still King of Consoles
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty The console wars aren’t really that much of a thing, but based on these numbers, it’s clear who’s winning the battle of the next-gen systems. Despite them being painstakingly hard to find, the PS5 is currently king when it comes to what next-gen console gamers spend their money on. Currently, Sony has managed to more than double Microsoft’s console sales, moving an impressive 2.83 million PlayStation 5 units, while Microsoft’s Xbox Series X has sold at 1.31 million units. That’s quite a feat to pull off despite a chip shortage that could last until 2023 IBM confirmed that even has President Joe Biden and his administration concerned. Regardless, many expect those numbers to hold with the PS5 continuing to outsell the Xbox S...
