It’s a sad day for the moba genre, Heroes of Newerth will close down officially on June 20, 2022. There’ll be a series of farewell events between now and that date.
Who created Heroes of Newerth?
S2 Games was a video game development company which was founded by Marc “Maliken” DeForest, Jesse Hayes, and Sam McGrath, based in Rohnert Park, California. They also had a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The company slogan was Dedicated employees serving dedicated gamers. Continuous development. They created Heroes of Newerth.
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