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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Hey GRFS fans! Be sure to go to our midnight Launch Party this coming Monday! Pre-orders are being taken at the Microsoft Store for the release of Ghost Recon – Future Soldier and can be picked up at the store on Monday at midnight. The store will re-open for the launch party at 9:30 PM [...]
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(Disclaimer: The opinions expressed by those interviewed are the opinions of the individual(s) and not of the Author or Hardwired Gaming.) Hardwired Gaming continues its weekly Game On! XBox 360 Tournament at the Microsoft Store this weekend with what could be the final competition of Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 3. HWG is asking its console [...]
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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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As we wind down on our Modern Warfare 3 weekly tournaments, both organizers (HWG) and players wonder when we’ll be holding the next CoD event. Well, Activision, the publisher of Call of Duty, is sort of helping with that decision. They’ve recently revealed and confirmed what was next for one of their top grossing sales [...]
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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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About a couple of months ago, we announced that we were going to review the DreamBass Genie Audio with Built-in Amplifier by Enermax. But because we got busy with our weekly gaming and monthly scrimmages, we set it aside temporarily – promising to test it as soon as we can. Now that things have settled [...]
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These days, custom Starcraft 2 mods lack simplicity and poise that great games do not. Once an editor over-complicates or leave out a simple detail in a mod game, he can basically ruin it. Back in the days of WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness, Blizzard Entertainment created a map editor with the functions of building a full scenario campaign level and [...]
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That’s right boys and girls, HWG will officially be blogging directly from PAX Prime in August to bring you current, up-to-date information, video, and so many uber pictures! Our goal is to bring you as much up to date information in real time as possible. We will be hitting every booth, talking to as many [...]
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