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HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Drake / Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin Drake borrows some of Pharrell’s old bling to stunt on all of us in his new visual for Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin. One item, in particular, is catching fans’ eyes. While his boy 21 Savage is beefing on Clubhouse, the Six God is hard at work in 2023, delivering his second visual of the year with “Jumbotron Sh*t Poppin” off collaborative album Her Loss. Related Stories The Tristan C-M-directed 2:22 visual features Drake in the Caribbean on his braggadocious vibes driving a red Ferrari Enzo while stunting in his absurd jewelry collection, now comprised of Pharrell’s $2.2 million chain and gold PSP he seemingly acquired. The classic gold PSP (PlayStation Portable) console Drake can be seen holding in his hand while letting off bars st...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty / PlayStation 5 Entertainment, Music The days of selling your kidneys and doing strange things for a PlayStation 5 are finally over. Allegedly. Wednesday, Jan.4, during the company’s CES presentation, Sony boss Jim Ryan declared the PlayStation 5 jig is finally over. “Everyone who wants a PS5 should have a much easier time finding one at retailers globally, starting from this point forward,” Ryan told CES attendees. Ryan also said that Sony sold over 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles. That’s 5 million more than what was initially reported in November. Are those consoles sitting in gamers’ entertainment systems is another question entirely. Acquiring a PlayStation 5 deserves a platinum trophy, as many gamers found out when ...
Donald Glover is finally fulfilling his Spider-Man dreams by starring in a new film about [checks notes] the Hypno-Hustler. Yes, according to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor/writer/director/musician has signed on to star in and producer a movie centered around the D-list Spidey villain. The latest addition to Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters, the project is to be penned by Myles Murphy, son of the great Eddie Murphy. For someone who had a long-public desire to play the Web-Slinger himself, settling for such an obscure character sure seems like a strange move. Created in 1978, Hypno-Hustler’s real name is Antoine Delsoin, the frontman of a disco band called Mercy Killers. With his hypnotic guitar, he can hypnotize his robbery victims for an easy crime. He also has knockout gas an...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: PlayStation/ God of War If you were one of the many people who said during your playthrough of 2018’s God of War that “this would make a great television show or movie,” the folks at Amazon have heard you. We are in the middle of a renaissance when turning popular video game franchises into films and television series that are worth watching. Related Stories Per Variety, PlayStation Studios’ smash hit, God of War, has been ordered to series on Amazon Prime Video. Wheel of Time’s TV adaptation creator Rafe Judkins is announced as the showrunner. The God of War show will be skipping Kratos’ Greek adventures and picking things up with the reboot’s 2018 story. In that game, Kratos has put his blood-soaked quest for vengeance against the gods behind him f...
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Infinity Ward / Call of Duty Microsoft really wants this Activision deal to happen and to ensure it does. The company has reached a 10-year agreement with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles. It’s been nine years since the world’s most popular game, not called Fortnite, was on a Nintendo console, but that has all changed thanks to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision, currently walking on thin ice. To prove to regulators that Microsoft is not trying to keep the competition from being able to compete, the company agreed to a 10-year deal with Nintendo to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo consoles if the Activision Blizzard acquisition clears the hurdles in front of it. Microsoft has also agreed to bring Call of Duty games to Steam on th...
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty According to reports, Sony plans to launch a detachable disc drive with PlayStation 5 models in 2023. Brand new website Insider Gaming came out the gate swinging some pretty big news, reporting that Sony is working on a new PS5 console paired with a detachable disc drive arriving sometime in 2024. Per Insider Gaming: Sources familiar with Sony’s plans have shared details under the condition of anonymity outlining the next iteration of the PlayStation 5. It’s been suggested that this new console will completely replace the A, B, and C chassis that have been in production since the console’s launch. Related Stories The console, currently named the D chassis PlayStation 5, will have almost identical hardware to the existing co...
Adam Scott has joined Sony’s upcoming Marvel movie Madame Web, according to reporting by Deadline. The upcoming superhero film is already set to star Dakota Johnson as the titular character who, according to Marvel lore, is a mutant possessing psychic powers such as telepathy, clairvoyance, and astral projection, all while being hooked up to a life support system resembling a spider’s web. (As the film is part of Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters and not directly tied to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s likely the mutant element of the character will be rewritten.) Other confirmed cast members include Sydney Sweeney, Emma Roberts, Celeste O’Connor, Isabela Merced, and Tahar Rahim, while S.J. Clarkson is set to direct. No stranger to Marvel properties, Clarkson previously he...