HWG has finalized its plans for the last part of 2012 with lan parties and tournaments set for September through December for the San Francisco and South Bay areas. We’ve got League of Legends – Epi 2, in Santa Cruz; League of Legends – Epi 3 in San Jose, Call of Duty Series, and Terran [...]
LG-IMMvP Wins 4th GSL Crown Over Potential Royal Roader

In the scene of Starcraft 2, the term ‘royal roader’ is used for someone who captures a major title on their first run through. Originally coined in the Brood War days for the OSL specifically, the term had spread to any major recurring tournament in the Starcraft 2 yearly season. There have been a few [...]
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Kim “ViOlet” Dong Hwan of Team Empire Gaming has won the MSI Battlegrounds at the Green Forest Cafe in Southern California. Violet marched through the double-elimination, 32-man bracket, and refused to lose even a single map. The Starcraft 2 part of the event which included 16 teams of League of Legends was casted by Day[9] [...]
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HWG got a chance to interview an up-and-comer who is attending MLG Anaheim this year for the second time. Zerg player, Conan Liu, aka xSixSuppy, is a Silicon Valley local who started playing at the age of 13 with his big brother. During the interview, he recollected that he discovered a BoxeR highlight video and [...]
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What could be the announcement to end all announcements – at least for this week – Marcus “ThorZaIN” Eklof joins Team Evil Geniuses! EG has earned the reputation of breaking new grounds now and then and announcing them with fan faire but you have to watch their unwilling announcement of today’s announcement. It’s funny and [...]
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