Heroes of Newerth (HoN) was a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game originally developed by S2 Games for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. The game idea was derived from the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne custom map Defense of the Ancients and was S2 Games’ first MOBA title. The game was released […]
Heroes of Newerth
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 […]
From June 2022, Heroes of Newearth will be no more. One of the forerunners of the MOBA genre, HoN laid the foundations for competitive Dota 2. Old-school DotA players and MOBA fans in general are shocked as news emerges that Heroes of Newerth will cease operation in 2022. Who bought Heroes of Newerth? Long-running free-to-play […]
The Heroes of Newerth team regrets to announce that Heroes of Newerth’s service will officially come to an end on June 20, 2022. – Gold Coins will no longer be purchasable at 9am Eastern Time (EST, GMT -5). – New accounts can no longer be created. Is Heroes of Newerth free-to-play? Heroes of Newerth is […]
Heroes of Newerth fans will have to say goodbye to their favorite MOBA in 2022. After 11 years of development, second-generation MOBA game Heroes of Newerth will be officially shut down. The developers posted the announcement through official social media channels. Is Heroes of Newerth closed? Heroes of Newerth will fully shut down by June […]
Is Heroes of Newerth free?
Heroes of Newerth (HON) is a free-to-play MOBA game originally created by S2 Games and now under the ownership of Frostburn Studios. How much did Heroes of Newerth cost? If you’ll willing to put the time in to relearn the hero roster and item system then make no mistake, Heroes of Newerth blows DotA out […]
HoN Heroes of Newerth in 2022
Heroes of Newerth has received generally positive reviews, with a score of 76 out of 100 from Metacritic. Reviews have generally praised the technical aspects of the game, while criticizing the harsh learning curve and the commonly critical nature of the community. When Heroes of Newerth became free-to-play on July 29, 2011, the game had […]