PC

If You Squint, These Four DOTA Games All Look The Same

I’m sure that, like snowflakes explanations for the finale of Lost, no two DOTA games are alike. But when a non-DOTA player like me sees a pair of group shots of DOTA games, I can’t help but wonder about the range of visual variation in one of gaming’s hottest genres.


August 4, 2011
PC

League Of Legends Gets New Fast-Paced Game Mode, Map

The Defense of the Ancients genre seems to be heating up. Last week Heroes of Newerth went free to play. Earlier this week we learned that Valve’s DOTA 2 will be playable at Gamescom and now comes news from League of Legends.


July 29, 2011
PC

Warcraft III-Inspired Heroes Of Newerth Goes Free-To-Play

Multiplayer, action role-playing game Heroes of Newerth is now free-to-play, with developer reorganising the Warcraft III Defence of the Ancients-inspired game to include three types of accounts.


June 23, 2011
PC

How Heroes Of Newerth Suffered A "Catastrophic Hardware Failure"

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.


June 22, 2011
News

Online Game Suffers "Catastrophic Hardware Failure"

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”.


December 14, 2010
News

Heroes Of Newerth Gets Upgraded

HoN 2.0 – an upgraded version of indie strategy hit Heroes of Newerth – will be out at 8am EST (midnight AEDT). It’s free for current HoN players, and $US30 for newcomers.


December 11, 2010
In Real Life

Video Game Empowers Players To Smack Talk With Gay Stereotypes

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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.


April 2, 2010
News

Savage Take On Defense Of The Ancients Enters Open Beta

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


March 4, 2010
News

Mile Marker 8: Heroes Of Newerth

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.