Our latest coverage of Heroes of Newerth.
DOTA 2 and League of Legends competitor Heroes of Newerth has officially shut down after 12 years of operation. Developer S2 Games rolled out the MOBA’s final patch way back in February 2019 and announced their plans to sunset the game in December 2021. Several farewell events took place since then leading up to its final day of operation.” “HON [...]
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Heroes of Newerth, also known as HON, is shutting down on June 20, 2022. Developed by S2 Games, HON was one of the first standalone MOBA titles. Drawing inspiration from the Warcraft 3 custom map Defense of the Ancients (DOTA), Heroes of Newerth initially released as a buy-to-play game on May 12, 2010. The game went free to play on [...]
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Heroes of Newerth Music & Soundtrack Heroes of Newerth, HoN for short, is a free to play MOBA originally developed and published by S2 Games, but sold to Garena's Frostburn Studios in 2015. The game was heavily influenced by the success of Icefrog's Warcraft 3 mod "DotA". So much so that Heroes of Neweth featured dozens of heroes directly from [...]
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Garena's subsidiary, Frostburn Studios, has announced that they will be the new official game developer for Heroes of Newerth. S2 Games, the original developer sold the game to Garena for an unspecified sum, likely to focus their efforts on their newest MOBA, Strife. The current plan of action is for the current HoN development team to be integrated into Frostburn [...]
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Heroes of Newerth is a 3D fantasy MOBA set in the Newerth universe. The game was inspired by Dota: All Stars and features several heroes from the game, along with dozens of original heroes. [singlepic id=7946 w=428 h=240 float=none] Publisher: S2 Games Type: MOBA Release Date: May 12, 2010 Shut Down Date: June 22, 2022 Pros: +Over 123 playable heroes. [...]
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