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HHW Gaming: Peep The Ratings For All of The Players In ‘Madden NFL 21’s Ratings Hub
Source: EA / Madden NFL 21 With sports currently on ice due to COVID-19, Madden NFL 21 and its overall player ratings took center stage. EA officially announced today that the Madden ratings hub featuring the overall ratings for the leagues 2000+ players/teams is now live. The arrival of the updated list for this year’s game follows after the Madden NFL 21+ ESPN ratings rollout last week. Madden starting the ratings hub back in 2017 for Madden NFL 17. Starting with Patrick Mahomes on Monday (Jul.13), Madden announced the players who would be in this year’s 99 Overall rating club on ESPN’s morning sports show, Get Up, which also included Christian McCaffrey, Aaron Donald, Stephon Gilmore, and Michael Thomas. If you have been paying attention to Madden Twitter, the NFL players have been reac...
Gorillaz Recruit ScHoolboy Q For New Collaborative Song “PAC-MAN”: Stream
Gorillaz continue to dole out hit after hit with their ongoing audiovisual series, Song Machine. For the latest entry, Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett’s animated alternative outfit has teamed up with ScHoolboy Q for a song called “PAC-MAN” that celebrates the beloved arcade game’s 40th birthday. The bouncy, upbeat track features actual sound effects from Pac-Man the game, which makes for a particularly playful setting compared to ScHoolboy’s usual breed of grim West Coast rap. Check out “PAC-MAN” in full below along with its accompanying visual, which features ScHoolboy and the virtual band in both their normal and Pac-Man-ized forms. The track is the fifth edition of Gorillaz’s Song Machine singles series, following “Friday 13th” (feat. French-British rapper/singer Octa...
Madden 21 Will Remove Washington Team’s Racist Nickname & Logo
Source: Education Images / Getty The Washington Professional Football team is in a lot of hot water for reasons outside of the product they put on the field, and the hits keep coming for the franchise. Video game developer Electronic Arts moved to take down the team’s racist nickname and logo for hits Madden NFL 21 release. Kotaku reports that Madden NFL 21, which comes out this August, will undergo changes with the removal of the slur that has served as the Washington team name for years. Public pressure mounted and the team elected to do away with the name and logo and is currently mulling a bunch of new names but a man allegedly holds trademarks for some of the names that make sense. “We are pleased to see Washington’s decision to change their team name and visual identity,” a rep told ...
HHW Gaming: Sony Promises To Let Gamers Know When That PS5 Pre-Order Link Is About To Drop
Source: Sony / PlayStation Gamers were chomping at the bits when rumors began swirling that a PS5 pre-order link was supposed to drop sometime this week. Sony was also taken by surprise by the news and has responded. Don’t worry, we will let you know when that pre-order link drops, is basically what Sony is telling anxious gamers. Based primarily on assumptions due to a new PS5 landing page on Amazon, ignited rumors that a pre-order link or information was coming. When that day comes, PlayStation promises it will not come as a surprise. Speaking with Geoff Keighley after he briefly showed off the PS5’s beautiful DualSense controller Worldwide Head of Marketing Eric Lempel said: “I think it’s safe to say…we’ll let you know when pre-order will happen. It’s not going to happen with a minute’s...
HHW Gaming: Sony Ramping Up PS5 Production To Meet Gaming Demand This Fall
Source: Sony / PlayStation If you were worried there wouldn’t be enough PS5’s to go around when it the console drops, this news should definitely ease your mind. Back in April, Bloomberg reported that the PS5 would be released this year in “limited” quantities due to the due to Sony’s dilemma with pricing due to how technically advance the PlayStation 5 is to its predecessor. Now the publication, along with Nikkei, is reporting that the tech company will be ramping up production to meet the demand for its next-generation console due to “the prolonged effects of the COVID-19 pandemic boosting demand for gaming,” sources close to the situation revealed to Bloomberg. Per Bloomberg: “The electronics giant has informed assembly partners and suppliers it’s radically increasing orders for its nex...
HHW Gaming: LEGO Is Dropping A Nintendo Entertainment System Building Kit For Adults
Source: LEGO / Nintendo Yup, adults still play with LEGO, and this latest kit is precisely why. LEGO announced Tuesday (Jul.14) that it will be continuing its partnership with Nintendo. Following the release of its Super Mario starter sets, the iconic company known for its plastic building blocks revealed a Nintendo Entertainment System building kit for adults is on the way. The kit mimics the classic NES gaming console and is comprised of a whopping 2,646-piece set. It will allow you to build a functional console, wired controller, Super Mario Bros. cartridge, and a retro television set. The once fully constructed the console even opens, allowing you to insert the game cartridges and secure it inside just like the real thing. Bring the pixels to life with the #LEGO Nintendo Entertai...
HHW Gaming: Near-Mint Condition Super Mario Bros. Copy Fetches Record Amount Of Coins
Source: KAREN BLEIER / Getty If you’re holding onto pristine copies of Nintendo games, you definitely should check out this story. Someone just got $114,000 richer thanks to unknown buyer scooping up a sealed copy of the 1985 NES classic, Super Mario Bros. The game was sold via Heritage Auctions and broke a previous record held by another copy of the same video game making this copy of the iconic title “the most expensive game ever sold to date.” A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold at auction for $114,000, which is a new record for the sale of a single game. Bet the owners of the $100,000 one, which is an earlier printing, feel great today. pic.twitter.com/lVdcla8d19 — Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) July 10, 2020 According to Heritage Auctions, the game’s 9.4 out of 10 rating, which me...
HHW Gaming: The Biggest Reveals From Ubisoft’s Ubisoft Forward Virtual Presentation
Source: Ubisoft / Ubisoft USA Sunday (Jul.12) Ubisoft held its first virtual event, Ubisoft Forward, and updated gamers on its highly-anticipated titles coming to consoles. The first game out the gate during the roughly 15-minute virtual presentation we got a look at was Watch Dogs: Legion. Before we got to see the game in action, a cinematic trailer detailing the third game in the Watchdog franchise introduced us to the protagonists of the game while unveiling the futuristic London setting the game will take place in. [embedded content] Once that wrapped, we were treated to a breakdown of the many protagonists we can look forward to using in the game through recruitment. In the gameplay overview trailer, we learn that there is no one way to complete a mission in the game and that each cha...
HHW Gaming: EA Announces ‘UFC 4’ Will Be Superman Punching Its Way Onto PS4 & Xbox One In August
Source: EA / UFC 4 You won’t need to fly to “fight island” to get in on this UFC action. EA literally announced UFC 4 hours ahead of UFC’s biggest pandemic pay-per-view, UFC 251 taking place Sunday morning (Saturday in the states) on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates which has been dubbed “fight island.” The cover of the game features current UFC middleweight champion Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya and Welterweight contender Jorge “Gamebred” Masvidal who happens to be on the UFC 251’s card. Masvidal was a late sub for Gilbert Burns after he tested positive for COVID-19. So what’s new in UFC 4? Well, fans of the mixed-martial-arts game franchise will be happy to learn one the game’s biggest problems have been fixed. Players have complained constantly that the control sch...
HHW Gaming: PlayStation Gives Us A Glimpse of What The ‘Spider-Man: Miles Morales’ Box Art
Source: Sony / PlayStation Sony has been methodically unveiling its next-generation system, the Playstation 5, and details surrounding it. Today (Jul.9) we got our first look at what the box art for the PS5’s games will look like. Using it’s most talked about launch title, Spider-Man: Miles Morales, PlayStation revealed on its blog what to expect when PS5 games hit physical store shelves. The case will take its cues from the PS5 console following the white and blue colorway scheme. The PS5 game cases do look like they are the same in size as the PS4 game cases. The only difference is the blue has been swapped out with white. Source: Sony / PlayStation Outside the box art unveiling, no further details were revealed, most specifically pricing of the upcoming game. NBA 2K21 announced its PS5 ...
HHW Gaming: Leak Confirms Giancarlo Esposito Will Be The Main Villain In ‘Far Cry 6’
Source: Ubisoft / Far Cry 6 Ahead of Ubisoft’s upcoming Ubiforward event on July 12, a considerable bit of information leaked regarding the highly-anticipated game Far Cry 6. Legendary actor Giancarlo Esposito star of such films as School Daze, Do the Right Thing, plus popular series Breaking Bad, and The Mandalorian will be bringing his acting talents to the video game world. Last week Esposito hinted that he was involved with a “big” video game project but was very careful not to spill the beans. Immediately rumors began circulating that he was somehow linked with Far Cry 6, a leak has confirmed the news. Hong Kong’s PlayStation Store was the culprit and leaked everything about Far Cry 6, including the box art, release date, and confirmed the game will be coming to the next generation co...
HHW Gaming: EVO Online Canceled Following Sexual Assualt Allegations Against Former President Joey Cuellar
Source: Clive Rose / Getty It has not been a good month for the Esports community. Back in May, EVO made the decision to take its international fighting game tournaments online due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a stunning move, the highly-anticipated event has been canceled following sexual abuse allegations levied against now-former EVO president Joey Cuellar. Allegations against Cuellar were brought to light and hit Twitter following a wave of accusations levied against other Esports pros, and members of the gaming community surfaced. We reported last week that multiple Super Smash Bros. pros were called out for engaging in sexual activity with minors and issued apologies on social media for their behavior. On Thursday (Jul.2), Celluar apologized for his actions in a statement: “...
