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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...
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...
HHW Gaming: ‘John Wick’ Creator & Lionsgate Bringing ‘Streets of Rage’ Movie To The Big Screen
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: LizardCube/Guard Crush Games / Dotemu Yup, that Streets of Rage movie is happening, and it already sounds like the right people will bring it to life. Variety reports Lionsgate has landed the rights to bring the popular beat ’em up game that Sega Genesis owners enjoyed in the 1990s to the big screen. Regarding who will make sure the action is on point, look no further than Derek Kolstad, who has given us the fantastic John Wick movie franchise starring Keanu Reeves. He will handle the script and production while making a lifelong dream come true. “When Dmitri first mentioned the idea of cracking a ‘Streets of Rage’ movie, I was so immediately freaking in,” Kolstad said. “And to play with Sega? The 10-year-old me is still grinning.” Kolstad is hoping his S...
HHW Gaming: Rockstar Games Reportedly Said Nah To An Enimem-Led ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Movie
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jeff Kravitz / Getty Eminem starring in a Grand Theft Auto movie? That reportedly almost was an actual thing. During an appearance on Bugzy Malone’s Grandest Game podcast, Kirk Ewing, a friend of GTA creators Sam and Dan Houser and an industry vet, touched on a Grand Theft Auto movie starring Eminem supposedly rejected by Rockstar Games in the 2000s. The film was to be helmed by Top Gun director Tony Scott, while Eminem, fresh off the release of the Marshall Mathers LP a year before and winning Best Rap Album Best Rap Solo Performance at the 2001 GRAMMYs, was on tap to star in the film. “[The agent] said, ‘Kirk, we’ve got Eminem to star, and it’s a Tony Scott film. $5 million on the nose. Are you interested?’” Ewing said. “And I phoned up Sam and I ...
HHW Gaming: ‘God of War: Ragnarök’, ‘Horizon Forbidden West’, ‘Elden Ring,’ Battle
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Santa Monica Studio / God of War: Ragnarok Kratos, Aloy, The Tarnished, a stray cat, and more will battle it out for Game of The Year at the 2022 edition of The Game Awards. Monday, NoNovember 14Geoff Keighley announced this year’s nominations of games, e-sports players, and streamers who had a great year in the video game space. Leading the pack, no surprise, is God of War: Ragnarök earning ten nominations, including top honors for Game of the Year and Best Game Direction. God of War: Ragnarök has earned nothing but top praise since its NoNovember 5elease, so seeing the Sony Santa Monica Studios game gobble up nominations is not a shock. Right behind Ragnarök, with seven nominations each, is Horizon Forbidden West, another PlayStation exclusive, and Elde...
