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HHW Gaming: Anthony Davis To Unveil ‘NBA 2K21’s’ Three New Covers On TikTok
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz It feels like it was just yesterday we were “welcomed to the next” when Anthony Davis was announced as NBA 2K20’s cover athlete alongside Dwyane Wade. Now, in just a few days, we will learn which NBA superstars will grace the NBA 2K21’s THREE, that’s right you read correctly, three covers. 2K announced today (Jun.24) that NBA 2K20’s cover athlete, Anthony Davis, will reveal the big news on the game studio’s new TikTok channel. In a brief statement, 2K announced that Davis officially “passed the torch to the NBA 2K21 cover athletes” and that we will learn who has earned the prestigious honor over the course of three days: June 30 – July 2. This news comes on the heels of gamers getting a glimpse of NBA 2K21 on PS5 during Sony’s big reveal event. ...
HHW Gaming: We Get A Hulk-Sized Look Into Marvel’s Avengers’ War Zone Missions
Source: Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics Yes, we just got Hulk-sized amount of more details on Square Enix/Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers game. Today (Jun.24), during the first Marvel’s Avengers War Table stream, we learned a great deal about the highly-anticipated game the revolves around earth’s mightiest heroes. Let’s jump into the latest deets, shall we? Immediately, we learned about “War Zones,” which players can access through “War Tables” that are located in either the Quinjets, outposts, and the bridge of the Chimera Helicarrier. The War Table helps the team keeps tabs on A.I.M., an organization intent on ridding the world of the “Inhuman infection” and convincing the world heroes are trash. The Helicarrier, which serves as the home base for the reassembled Avengers, can be repa...
HHW Gaming: All Cop Cars Quietly Removed From ‘Fortnite,’ Source Says It Wasn’t A Political Move
Source: Epic Games/ Nick Chester The video game community hit the pause button in support of the civil unrest sweeping the nation in the wake of the fatal arrest of George Floyd. Epic Games also quietly made a move in its game Fortnite in the wake of the protests. Players have noticed that all of the police-related vehicles in the game that include cop cars and SWAT vans are now gone. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a source at Epic Games claims the move wasn’t a political one but instead believes: “It’s just us being sensitive about the issues many people in our audience are dealing with.” The cars didn’t affect gameplay at all, plus they were not even driveable and just served as decoration for the game’s map. Of course, some gamers are not feeling Epic’s decision to remo...
HHW Gaming: Quavo Shows Off Gameplay From ‘Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time’ On IG
Source: Activision Blizzard / Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time Crash Bandicoot is back, and we not talking about no remastered game either. It’s been over 10 years since the world was introduced to everyone’s favorite video game marsupial. PlayStation’s unofficial mascot Crash Bandicoot is back and returns to action in Activision Blizzard’s aptly titled Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time. Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time picks up where Crash Bandicoot: Warped left off with “Neo Cortex, Dr. N. Tropy, and Uka Uka were last stranded on a distant planet. After decades of fruitless attempts, the trio finally makes their escape, ripping an Evil-Scientist-sized hole in the fabric of space-time in the process. Now all that stands between them and total dominion over the multiverse are tw...
HHW Gaming: Marvel’s Avengers Confirmed As A Free Upgrade For Both PS5 & Xbox Series X
Source: Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics Watch out Miles Morales, you won’t be the only superhero saving the world on a next-generation game console. Today (Jun.22) Square Enix announced that the highly-anticipated Marvel’s Avengers game will be available on both the PS5 and Xbox Series X as free upgrades when both consoles launch holiday 2020. Players who happen to own either digital or physical copies of the game on current-generation consoles will be able to upgrade on Xbox Series X using Microsoft’s Smart Delivery system, and PS5’s yet to be named upgrade program. Source: Square Enix / Crystal Dynamics In a post on Playstation’s official blog, Chief Technology Officer at Crystal Dynamics, Gary Snethen, spoke on the excitement of working on the PS5 version of the game and shared som...
Cyberpunk 2077 Delayed Again
Sourced from CD Projekt Red. Cyberpunk 2077, the highly anticipated open-world RPG from the studio that brought gamers the Witcher series, has been delayed for the second time in one year. Its new release date its set for 19 November 2020, moved from previously set date of 17 September. Developer CD Projekt Red announced the delayed release date on Twitter. An important development update pic.twitter.com/uFGrt9Tqpi — Cyberpunk 2077 (@CyberpunkGame) June 18, 2020 /* custom css */ .tdi_3_eee.td-a-rec-img{ text-align: left; }.tdi_3_eee.td-a-rec-img img{ margin: 0 auto 0 0; } “Those of you who are familiar with the way we make games know that we won’t ship something which is not ready,” reads the statement. “At the same time, we are fully aware that making such decisions costs us your trust, a...
HHW Gaming: Insomniac Games Drops Even More Details On ‘Marvel’s Spider-Man: Mile Morales’
Source: Insomniac Games / PlayStation There were many games shown during Sony’s big PS5 reveal event, but Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales stole the show. Now we are getting even more details about the highly anticipated game. We already know that when Miles Morales finally dons the infamous black and red Spider-Man costume and swings into action the PS5, it won’t be an add-on but his own stand-alone adventure. Today (Jun.18) on PlayStation’s blog, Brian Horton, Creative Director at Insomniac Games, dropped even more juicy tidbits about the studio’s upcoming PlayStation 5 exclusive. In the post, Horton revealed the studio loved the character, Miles Morales, for a “very long time” and that Marvel’s Spider-Man creative director Bryan Intihar suggested years ago that Miles should be in the ...
Hop In The Cockpit of A X-Wing or Tie Fighter In EA’s New Game ‘Star Wars: Squadrons’
Source: EA / Motive Studios Just because there aren’t movies in the pipeline doesn’t mean there won’t be any new Star Wars-themed games dropping. EA has been teasing Star Wars: Squadrons since the beginning of the month, and finally today (Jun.15), it pulled the cover off of its newest game based on the insanely popular Disney-owned sci-fi movie franchise. Like the films’ characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, and Darth Vader, the out-of-this-world starfighters also captured that heart of fans as well. In Squadrons, they take center stage once again. Source: EA / Motive Studios Star Wars: Squadrons will allow players to enlist as a starfighter pilot and step in the cockpits of their favorite New Republic or Imperial Fleet starfighters. Squadrons will feature strategic 5v5 mult...
HHW Gaming: Decoy Games Shooter ‘Swimsanity” Will Feature Cross-Play When It Launches
Source: Michah Joel Photography / Decoy games Indie dev studio Decoy Games just made a big announcement regarding its forthcoming game Swimsanity. Over the weekend, during the Guerrilla Collective online games festival, Decoy Games had some huge news to announce. The game, which is billed as a “multiplayer underwater shooter,” will have cross-platform play on PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam day one when it drops this summer. According to Decoy Games, the game will also have: Cross-Platform Voice Chat (Native Voice Chat on Nintendo Switch Supported) Cross-Platform Parties Cross-Platform Leaderboards Source: Decoy Games / Swimsanity That’s fantastic news for the indie title. We got a chance to get hands-on with the brainchild of Black brothers and Philadelphia natives Ahmed Abdulla...
Cold War Kids, Best Ex, and More Headline SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream This Week
We’re back once again for another week (June 15 – June 20) of can’t-miss livestreams on SPIN’s Untitled Twitch Stream. This week, you won’t want to miss a perfect blend of indie, pop, and rock performances from Cold War Kids, Best Ex, Salt Ashes, Chapel, and Aliza Hava. It’ll be a little something for everyone, and hopefully everything for someone. Additionally, we’ll be featuring a marathon of several different artists playing The Last of Us Part II as soon as it’s released this Friday. It’ll be like nothing we’ve ever done before, with details to be released later this week. As always, we’re continuing to update subscriber benefits with new official SPIN badges and emotes on Twitch (in addition to the usual benefits, like ad-free viewing), all of which you can get for free with...
HHW Gaming: ‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Revealed To Be An Expansion With PS5 Enhancements
Source: Insomniac Games / PlayStation Sony’s PS5 console might have been the crown jewel of last night’s reveal event, but our favorite Spider-Man, Miles Morales, stole the show. Sony came out guns blazing or, in this case, web-shooters shooting opening up with the gameplay trailer for Insomniac’s Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales. Fans were excited to see that hero from the film Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse is going to be a playable character in his own adventure and that the game will be available when PS5 launches Holiday 2020. Source: Insomniac Games / PlayStation In the exceptional Marvel’s Spider-Man game, which swung on PS4 exclusively back in 2018, gamers got the chance to control Miles in a small part of the game. Unfortunately, he hasn’t become the hero we love yet, but he ...
HHW Gaming: The Lowdown On ‘Call of Duty: Modern Ware’s’ Massive Season 4 Update
Source: Activision / Call of Duty: Modern Warfare The season 4 update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare/ Warzone arrived late last night. So what exactly is new? Well, for one, the most obvious is the addition of Captain Price as a new operator, but there is so much more. The battle also hits two new locations, Verdansk and the Armistice. Season 4 also introduces new ways for fans to play COD: Modern Warfare, which includes a new Multiplayer map, Ground War battlefield, and Gunfight map alongside more modes for both Multiplayer and Warzone. Call of Duty fans was hoping for some changes to the Warzone map. Instead, Infinity Ward is introducing three new “twists” called “Fire Sale,” “Supply Chopper,” and “Jailbreak” that can occur randomly and unsuspectingly altering player’s s...
