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HHW Gaming: The Best Video Games of 2021…So Far
Source: Nintendo / Metroid Dread Sponsored by Verizon 2021 is the first full year for next-gen consoles, but was it a good year for video games? So far, yeah, it’s been pretty solid. While 2021 still has a couple of months to go, it is quickly wrapping up, and so far, it’s been a strong year for gaming. Gamers who have been fortunate enough to get their hands on either a PS5, Xbox Series S|X, or a Nintendo Switch OLED are currently enjoying some great video games. Related Stories With titles like Call of Duty: Vanguard, Battlefield 2042, Guardians of the Galaxy, and, of course, the highly-anticipated Halo: Infinite still in the pipeline, we decided to focus on the games that are currently getting gamers to pick up the sticks daily. Featured are some beloved video games franchises that alwa...
HHW Gaming: Master & Dyanmic Brings Style To Gaming With First-Ever Gaming Headset
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Master & Dynamic / Master & Dynamic Gaming Headset The New York-based headphone company has ventured into the world of gaming. Master & Dynamic wants to make gaming look good by introducing its first-ever gaming headset, the new MG20. The new headset keeps the brand’s signature sleek design while promising to sound just as good as it looks, thanks to 50mm Beryllium drivers supporting 7.1 surround sound that aim to supply the perfect atmosphere and immersion during your gaming sessions. The MG20 also has Qualcomm aptX HD to help keep your music listening experience on point. AptX Low-Latency ensures your mobile gaming experience doesn’t experience any delays. A detachable boom microphone provides clear in-game chat, while an onboard mic array e...
HHW Gaming: 343 Industries Unveils ‘Halo Infinite’s Campaign Trailer, Gamers Were Very Impressed
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Halo Infinite is looking very promising. When 343 Industries first showed off Halo Infinite, it received heavy criticism from gamers. Xbox apologized for showing off a watered-down version of the highly anticipated game. 343 Industries managed to get back in the good graces of Halo fans thanks to great reactions following multiplayer technical previews. However, there were still worries about Halo Infinite’s campaign mode. Monday (Oct.25), 343 Industries dropped a roughly 6-minute trailer for Halo Infinite’s campaign, and it’s going to take the game in a new direction. As first revealed, Halo Infinite’s revamped campaign is more of an open-world adventure than a more linear story mode we have grown accustomed to i...
HHW Gaming: ‘Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition’ Launches Nov.11, Gamers React
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Rockstar Games / Grand Theft Auto Trilogy: The Definitive Edition Rockstar Games is taking its sweet time with Grand Theft Auto: VI and hopes Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will hold fans over. *Update* Friday (Oct.22), Rockstar Games shared the announcement trailer for Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition as well as details about the trio of remastered classic games, GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas. Each of the games was remastered by Grove Street Games, giving each title a glossy facelift utilizing the Unreal Engine and a “completely rebuilt” lighting system plus a bevy of graphical enhancements. Related Stories Each game boasts improved shadows, weather, reflections, and upgraded character and ve...
HHW Gaming: The First Trailer For ‘Uncharted’ Starring Tom Holland Has Arrived, Gamers Have Thoughts
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Sony Pictures / Uncharted Tom Holland is hitting familiar poses, minus his Spider-Man costume in the long-awaited trailer for Uncharted. Based on the popular video game from PlayStation’s Naughty Dog studios, Uncharted is PlayStation Productions’ first big project and sees Tom Holland take on the role of a younger version of the treasure hunter Nathan Drake. This movie has been years in the making, no seriously it has, and was first announced by producer Avi Arad in 2008, a year after the first game, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, landed on the PlayStation 3 console. It would go through development hell with Mark Wahlberg first being cast as Nathan Drake before he was eventually recast to play Victor “Sully” Sullivan, Drake’s loyal fellow treasure seek...
HHW Gaming: ‘NBA 2K22’ Season 2 Celebrates Michael Jordan, Introduces New “Rebirth” Feature
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Visual Concepts / NBA 2K22 Season 2 ‘Build Your Empire.’ It’s been six weeks since the release of NBA 2K22, and Season 2 is already here. Wednesday (Oct.20), right on time for the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, NBA 2K22 announced its latest season, “Build Your Empire.” The game’s first season was all about laying the foundation of your MyPlayer’s career, and in the second season, it will be about building your empire in the game. Season 2 celebrates the GOAT, Michael Jordan, and wants players to “be like Mike” and become the hero while still climbing the ladder of NBA stardom, making a name for yourself in The City, or building your dream team. At the same time, Season 2 also introduces a new level 40 reward, new quests, player cards, plenty of seasonal...
HHW Gaming: Ubisoft’s ‘Riders Republic’ Free Trial Weekend Begins Thursday
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Riders Republic Ubisoft’s extreme sports game Riders Republic might not be on your radar, but the video game studio is giving players a chance to take it for a spin for FREE. Beginning Thursday, October 21, you will be able to play Riders Republic for up to four hours until October 27. Ubisoft is giving gamers access to the full game ahead of launch in hopes it can lure people into buying the spiritual successor to the underappreciated Steep. In Riders Republic, gamers will be able to partake in either biking, skiing, snowboarding, or kiss the sky in wingsuits in the open-world racing game. You will also have the choice to either play solo or competitively, with Ubisoft boasting large-scale competitions for upward of 50 players. Another ploy Ubi...
HHW Gaming: Microsoft’s Xbox Series X “Mini Fridge” Sells Out, Gamers React On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Xbox / Xbox Series X Mini Fridge Like the Xbox Series X console, the “Mini Fridge” also quickly sold out. When Microsoft first revealed the Xbox Series X, many gamers couldn’t help but notice that the towering console looked like a mini-refrigerator. Microsoft brilliantly took notice of the jokes and teamed up with Snoop Dogg to drop a trailer of an actual Xbox Series X refrigerator, a 6-foot, 400 pounds, 1:1 scale replica of the next-gen console. Microsoft even blessed the legendary rapper and video game fanatic with an Xbox Series X fridge. [embedded content] Little did Microsoft know that gamers would actually want one, so they decided to turn their dreams into reality after the viral meme moment. The company went and made a mini version of the X...
HHW Gaming: Xbox Reveals The Next 3 Months Are Going To Be Spectacular For Game Pass Subscribers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Xbox / Xbox Game Pass It’s an excellent time to be an Xbox Game Pass subscriber. Tuesday (Oct.19), Microsoft announced the next three months would be HUGE for Xbox Game Pass subscribers. Xbox’s video game subscription service has been well-received because it gives Xbox and PC owners access to its significantly extensive gaming library, including launching games on it like Psychonauts 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator in June. Both games were well-received and the highest-rated games of the year. Xbox Game Pass subscribers recently enjoyed Back 4 Blood, aka Left For Dead 3, on the service. Ahead of Xbox and Halo’s 20th anniversary, Microsoft announced its plans to keep the ball rolling by dropping blockbuster games on Xbox Game Pass for the next...
HHW Gaming: Get Your Learn On With Ubisoft’s ‘Assassin’s Creed Discovery Tour: Viking Age’ Free Expansion
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ubisoft / Assassin’s Creed: Discovery Tour: Viking Age Take a break from using your hidden blade, and learn a thing or two about 9th-century Scandanavia with Assassin’s Creed’s latest educational free expansion. Tuesday (Oct.19), Ubisoft announced its latest free expansion, Assassin’s Creed Discovery Tour: Viking Age, the free roam educational mode for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla first announced by Ubisoft during E3 2021 is now available. Source: Ubisoft / Assassin’s Creed: Discovery Tour: Viking Age Related Stories This latest expansion follows the previous iterations released for 2017’s Assassin’s Creed Origins and 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, allowing players to explore Ancient Egypt and Greece. This new expansion that Ubisoft says can be used as an ...
HHW Gaming: Peep ‘Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’ & ‘Gotham Knights’ New Trailers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: WB Games / Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League The second DC FanDome went down, and we got two new trailers for both Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League and Gotham Knights. DC announced both games were in the works last year during the first-ever DC FanDome virtual event. Since then, we haven’t gotten much information about either title. Saturday (Oct.16), during the second installment of the web event that showcases all things DC Comics, we got two brand new trailers, but unfortunately, no gameplay. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League’s trailer gave us more insight into the upcoming game with players either teaming up with a friend or going it alone while taking control of Amanda Waller’s Task Force X. This version of the team of supervillains t...
HHW Tech Review: Razer’s Wolverine V2 Chroma Is The Best Pro-Level Controller For The Xbox Series X
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / Razer Wolverine V2 Chroma Controller There are plenty of “pro-level controllers” out there to choose from, each offering gamers different customizable options to give them an advantage and take their gaming to another level. Razer, who is no stranger in that market, is back with the Wolverine V2 Chroma, and it’s exceptional. Razer first introduced the Wolverine V2 in 2020, and it was well-received. The video game accessory company is upping the ante with the slightly updated Wolverine V2 Chroma that adds four additional customizable triggers on the rear of the controller plus its signature Chroma RGB lighting. So is it worth the $150 price tag? Absolutely. Checks All of The Boxes Source: Bernard Smalls / Razer Wolverine V2 Chroma Con...
