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Sam Jackson has been in a number of games, normally reprising a role he's played on-screen. He has never, to the best of my knowledge, been in a Heroes of Newerth movie. Or TV show, for that matter.Read more...

Relevantly, given the previous article, S2′s popular MOBA Heroes Of Newerth has been revamped for its 3.0 iteration, which overhauls numerous aspects of the game, including the UI. Importantly for the game’s ongoing survival the game also introduces a bunch more player-welcoming tools, such as walkthroughs for newbies, a series of hint videos in “the Learnatorium” and new bots to practice against before you brave the horrors of actual PvP. This looks like a pretty big step for the game, and also includes redesigned heroes and maps to refresh the whole experience. I’ve posted some of S2′s numerous dev diaries below, as well as their new concept-art montage lore trailer. It remains free to play, of course.(more…)

#leagueoflegends A hacker claiming to be a software engineer from Belarus broke into online game Heroes of Newerth earlier this week, stealing passwords and account information from developer S2 Games' database. More »

#heroesofnewerth Heroes of Newerth, originally launched in 2010, is one of the many multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games clamoring for attention these days. The genre grows more popular almost daily, with millions worldwide logging in to the generally free-to-play games and millions more tuning in to streaming matches online. More »

S2 Games today announced that their flagship (and in fact, only) game, Heroes of Newerth, has gone free to play. Starting right now, anyone can download and play the competitive multiplayer, DotA-inspired game for absolutely free. The skinny is that existing players will now have Legacy accounts...

The increasingly crowded Multiplayer Online Battle Arena genre (MOBA for you acronym junkies) has one standout star: the free-to-play League of Legends, whose developer just announced it's surpassed 15 million registered players, with 1.4 million of those playing daily. In an effort to boost its player base of "460,000 unique active players," fellow MOBA title Heroes of Newerth will also be adopting the free-to-play model, says the game's developer S2 Games. "With the transition to free-to-play we're opening HoN up to new audiences as our players can now easily introduce the game to their friends," S2 Games CEO and co-founder Marc DeForest told a press release.

The HoN model will feature three account types: Basic, the most, uh ... basic account, is what new players get immediately upon signing up; Verified status is reserved for players who drop real coin on Goblin Coins, the in-game currency, or surpass "a certain threshold of play time" if that's how you roll; and lastly, Legacy status is reserved for users who've already purchased the game prior to today's free-to-play announcement. "These accounts receive a lifetime of free access to all HoN heroes and are able to play in Verified Only games, to ensure that experts and beginners are separated." Want in on that Legacy action? Sorry, "Legacy accounts can no longer be purchased."

Of course, being free-to-play means there's the requisite microtransaction business model under the hood. While Legacy players get all the characters for free, Basic and Verified players will have access to "a rotating pool of 15 free heroes" with the option to purchase more. S2 is also segregating the player base (similar to what the Team Fortress 2 community is doing itself): "Players with Basic accounts are only eligible to participate in one mode of matchmaking," the press release states, while "Verified and Legacy accounts are eligible to queue up in matchmaking for Verified Only games allowing them to play in higher quality games with more experienced players."

With MOBA titles coming from Valve (Dota 2), Blizzard (Blizzard Dota), and Petroglyph (Rise of Immortals), the genre is about to either greatly expand or bear witness to a lot of failed project launches.

Ah. This will likely annoy those folks in the League Of Legends thread who said they played Heroes Of Newerth because the entry fee kept out the rabble. Well, now the rabble is coming for you! Don’t worry too much, though, because you can always set up your games to filter those pesky free accounts, and keep to the “legacy” players. Legacy is what your account will called if you paid for HoN in the past, apparently. Which keeps it all nice and tidy.

Still, I’ve just had a read of the HoN forums. Oof.

#dota Multiplayer, action role-playing game Heroes of Newerth is now free-to-play, with developer reorganizing the Warcraft III Defense of the Ancients inspired game to include three types of accounts. More »

The next hero to join the S2's competitive MOBA Heroes of Newerth is a spooky-looking spectral dude with some pretty incredible powers. His name's Revenant, and he's an intelligence hero with offensive abilities and a surprising amount of support utility. His first ability, Defile, adds magical ...

You might have seen that IGN is currently running a promotion for IGN Prime, where Prime subscribers get free access to S2 Games' DotA-inspired competitive multiplayer game Heroes of Newerth. Prime subscribers also get access to tutorial videos created by some of the developers at S2 games to explai...

#itonlywentoffline PC game Heroes of Newerth has suffered a "a catastrophic hardware failure", perhaps the worst we've ever seen for an online title, resulting in the game being completely unplayable. Here's how it happened. More »

#downdowndown Sucks to be a Heroes of Newerth player this week (or next week, or the week after), after the game's servers suffered what's being called "a catastrophic hardware failure". More »

Fans of the DotA-style competitive multiplayer game Heroes of Newerth know new heroes are regularly added to the game's already extensive lineup. This time there's a particularly unique hero entering the battlefield called Martyr...

From today until the 22nd, to be precise. It’s all to celebrate one year since the game’s launch. A bit like a birthday, only a for a game, which had a long beta. This means that you can pay the hero-based multi-player teamplay combat arena thinga-game (did we ever actually ever get past the “DOTA-clone” name for these? Was it a MOBA? I am so tired) for nil pennies! I know how excited that makes you, so don’t just sitting there vibrating, go take a look at the website, where details of registration and downloads can be found, understood, and executed.

I played this a bunch last year. It was tough. I am a nood.

Heroes of Newerth launched a little under a year ago, and in that time the developer, S2 Games, has been regularly introducing new heroes to their extensive lineup. If you haven't heard of Heroes of Newerth (known amongst fans as HoN), it's a competitive multiplayer game in the same vein as the Warc...

HoN 2.0 - an upgraded version of indie strategy hit Heroes of Newerth - will be out at 8am EST. It's free for current HoN players, and $30 for newcomers. More »

#clips Players losing in Heroes of Newerth 2.0 may find that they've had their "cherry popped" or taken part in a "three way" if the person they're playing against purchased the PC game's "flamboyant" audio pack. More »

#clips Players losing in Heroes of Newerth 2.0 may find that they've had their "cherry popped" or taken part in a "three way" if the person they're playing against purchased the PC game's "flamboyant" audio pack. More »

A patch so big it's practically a relaunch of the game...

Maybe you're a fan of the developer behind Heroes of Newerth (S2 Games, creators of the Savage series) or "Defense of the Ancients," the Warcraft 3 mod that inspired it, but haven't tried it for yourself. Maybe you've been waiting for just the right nudge to push you out the plane door and send you plummeting into HoN's waiting arms. Consider this your shove: S2 is running a free-to-play event from now until Monday, August 9 and registration is live right here.

Still clinging to the edge of the plane like an obstinate gremlin? We've got a little more persuasion for you in the form of an exclusive trailer after the break.

New Defense of the Ancients mode arrives.

Garena to handle distribution in South East Asia myMYM to spearhead a series of international HoN tournaments.

#betawatch Savage developer S2 Games is ready to bring its take on the Defense of the Ancients Warcraft III scenario to the masses, with the launch of the Heroes of Newerth open beta. More »

#theroadtotheigf Tired of stodgy corporate games made by The Man and his minions? We're playing the 31 best indie games for a change of pace —- and so we can judge them. Today, Heroes of Newerth. More »

Heroes of Newerth owners to receive exclusive discount for their Peregrine.

Get your key before time runs out.

We track down new character and game details for the upcoming DotA mod.