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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection’ Review: A ‘TMNT’ Fan’s Dream Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Konami / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection If you’re a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the video games the iconic comic book and cartoon franchise has spawned over the years, 2022 continues to be an excellent year for you. We’re still playing Tribute Games exceptional TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, but that doesn’t mean we can’t make time for nostalgic Ninja Turtle fun. Arcade collections are nothing new, but Digital Eclipse definitely put their foot in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, making it a must-have for those into video game nostalgia and fans of the TMNT franchise. The Collection Is Shelltastic Source: Konami / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Cowabunga Collection Related Stories There is no sh...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Bright Memory: Infinite’ Is Short & Definitely Not Sweet
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FYQD-Studio / Bright Memory: Infinite If you ever wanted to play a video game that feels like a cheesy sci-fi film with great action and some stunning graphics, Bright Memory: Infinite is the game you’re looking for. Bright Memory: Infinite, developed by FYQD, a small studio, initially sparked our interest a year ago when the first trailer arrived. Being introduced by an up-and-coming developer, the game looked gorgeous and promised to deliver some over-the-top action. That was a trailer, and does Bright Memory: Infinite live up to what the game’s teaser promised? Not quite, but that doesn’t mean that the game is a total miss. It’s more like a valiant attempt. The Story In Bright Memory: Infinite Does Not Make Any Sense Source: FYQD-Studio / Bright Memory...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘As Dusk Falls’ Is A Narritve-Driven Adventure Done To Perfection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Interior/Night / As Dusk Falls Narrative-driven games are nothing new, but INTERIOR/NIGHT’s As Dusk Falls is a refreshing take on the video game genre. As Dusk Falls Is Why Xbox Game Pass Wins Regarding exclusive titles, Microsoft is not beating down the doors right now, and that’s understandable because no one is competing with A Horizon Forbidden West or the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. But, with Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft continues to have one of the most fantastic gaming bargains because games like As Dusk Falls are exclusive to the service. A Narrative-Driven Game Done Right Source: Interior/Night / As Dusk Falls In choice-driven games, you get the ability to make decisions, and if you don’t like the outcome, you can replay a situation. In As D...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘As Dusk Falls’ Is A Narritve-Driven Adventure Done To Perfection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Interior/Night / As Dusk Falls Narrative-driven games are nothing new, but INTERIOR/NIGHT’s As Dusk Falls is a refreshing take on the video game genre. As Dusk Falls Is Why Xbox Game Pass Wins Regarding exclusive titles, Microsoft is not beating down the doors right now, and that’s understandable because no one is competing with A Horizon Forbidden West or the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. But, with Xbox Game Pass, Microsoft continues to have one of the most fantastic gaming bargains because games like As Dusk Falls are exclusive to the service. A Narrative-Driven Game Done Right Source: Interior/Night / As Dusk Falls In choice-driven games, you get the ability to make decisions, and if you don’t like the outcome, you can replay a situation. In As D...
‘TMNT Shredder’s Revenge’ Review: You Will Love Being A Turtle In Tribute Games Perfect Rehash
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Dotemu/Tribute Games / TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Sometimes you don’t have to pay $70 for a top-tier gaming experience, TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge is a perfect example of that. TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Restores The Feeling TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge has been on the minds of gamers since it was first announced in March 2021. Dotemu, who is no stranger to bringing back classic beat ’em games, see Streets of Rage 4, teamed up with Tribute Games (Panzer Paladin) to deliver a perfect Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game. We are happy to say that Tribute Games accomplished the mission step into our TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge review below. TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Is A Perfect Blend of New & Old Source: Dotemu / Tribute Games Related Stories TMNT: Shre...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Evil Dead: The Game’ Is A Groovy Love Letter To Fans of Movie Franchise
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Evil Dead is a 40-year-old movie franchise that still resonates with pop culture, especially horror fanatics. It also spawned multiple video game incarnations, all not memorable, until now with the arrival of Evil Dead: The Game. Evil Dead: The Game takes a formula used by other titles such as Friday The 13: The Game and Dead By Daylight and is enjoyable for longtime players and welcomes newbies by keeping the gameplay quite simple. A Good Ole Fashion Good vs. Evil Battle Source: Saber Interactive & Boss Team Games / Evil Dead: The Game Related Stories Saber Interactive and Boss Teams Games’ video game spin on the Evil Dead movie franchise is an asymmetrical multiplayer survival horror...
HHW Gaming Review: Yes, ‘WWE 2K22’ Definitely Does Hit Differently
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Games & Visual Concepts / WWE 2K22 Did a year off seriously help 2K Games and Visual Concepts fix its WWE 2K video game franchise? Yes, it damn sure did. It’s no secret WWE 2K20 sucked and was an absolute embarrassment for the video game studio that blesses us with the NBA 2K franchise, which is a model of consistency despite some recent shortcomings. After enduring numerous complaints and tweets featuring hilarious clips showcasing how broken the game was, 2K and Visual Concepts decided to shelve WWE 2K21 and focus on WWE 2K22, promising a new game rebuilt from the ground up that would essentially “hit differently.” [embedded content] Related Stories We were cautiously optimistic about the WWE 2K22, at one point, even worried because we received o...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is almost 2-years old, and yes, it’s still getting content added to it. The latest DLC, Dawn of Ragnarok, goes all-in on the Norse mythology, and it’s fun but isn’t the godly divine time we hoped it would be. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was the first next-gen game we played on our new Xbox Series X in 2020. At the time, we called the game another solid entry into Ubisoft’s now polarizing Assassin’s Creed video game franchise. What gave the game its legs after launch was its well-thought-out post-game DLC content that took Eivor to France and Ireland, continuing Eivor’s journey. We were most intrigued about Ubisoft Sofia’s Dawn of Ragnarok, which promised to give us a much differ...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Sifu’ A Brilliant, But Extremely Challenging Quest For Revenge
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sloclap / Sifu It’s a new year, and another brutal “roguelike” has arrived on PS4 and PS5 consoles. Instead of being stuck in an endless time-loop on an alien world like in Housemarques brilliant game Returnal, Slocap has us on a quest for revenge in its unique beat’em up adventure, Sifu. We break down if Sifu lives up to the hype that it has garnered since its announcement. In Sifu, you take control of a young student (male or female) who embarks on a quest to avenge the death of his/her father at the hands of Yang, whom you looked up to as a brother. The game opens with a prologue where you control Yang, also serving as a brief introduction to the game mechanics that will see you take down the Sifu’s (master) students before delivering the fatal bl...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Dying Light 2 Stay Human’ Is A Vast Improvement Over The First Game
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Techland / Dying Light 2 Stay Human It’s been seven years since Techland took us from Dead Island to the world Dying Light. The highly anticipated follow-up Dying Light 2 Stay Human is here but does it leap over its predecessor? Yes, it does in many ways. Dying Light 2 Stay Human keeps the same energy from the first game but adds a bevy of fresh additions to take the sequel to another level. Players take control of Aiden Caldwell, a pilgrim or a runner, who basically navigates through the city carrying out tasks for people afraid to traverse the dangerous world now infested with zombies thanks to a virus unleashed by the GRE (Global Relief Effort), the antagonistic entity fans of the first game will remember. After learning the GRE wasn’t looking for a cu...
HHW Gaming Review: Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy’ Is A Flarkin’ Good Time
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Square Enix / Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Like the film of the same name, we hit the start button on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy with some very reasonable expectations but walked away, mightily impressed. Embracing The MCU A Little Bit Source: Square Enix / Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy When trailers for Eidos-Montreal’s Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy arrived, gamers, including us, were not blown away by what was shown. We immediately began thinking we were in for a second helping of mediocrity we experienced after playing Crystal Dynamic’s Marvel’s Avengers. We couldn’t help but think we are about to get another game based on a popular Marvel property that doesn’t accurately capture the feeling the Marvel Cinematic Universe films give its ...
HHW Gaming Review: ‘Forza Horizon 5’ Is The Perfect Blend of Racing Simulation & Pedal To The Metal Fun
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox Playground Games / Forza Horizon 5 Playground Games racing RPG Forza Horizon 5 is leaving every other racer in the dust. Welcome To Mexico Source: Xbox Playground Games / Forza Horizon 5 Forza Horizon 4 was considered a masterpiece by many, so Playground Games had a big task ahead of itself when working on Forza Horizon 5. So how did the studio one-up its previous game? By taking the Forza Horizon festival from the English countryside to the tropical setting of Mexico. From the moment you get into the driver’s seat, you get a good idea of how epic this game is. You get your first taste of how gorgeous this game is while driving around an active volcano pushing a Ford Bronco to its limits, or racing through a rain forest, or hitting high speeds ...
