Heroes of Newerth: DotA Revisited
Filed Under: Gaming Stuff
For those unaware of what the young adults are playing in the LAN centers/internet cafes around the country, this article will be something educational for you.
DotA All-Stars was one of the most played game in the Philippines after the Counter-Strike fad died out. Basically, DotA is a modification of Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne. The official DotA maps can have 10 players playing at the same time and 5v5 DotA matches can last between 40 minutes to over an hour.
So basically, what the players do is to control a certain hero and try to "push" all the way to the enemy base. Simple concept, yes. But the game itself has a very steep learning curve.
Millions of gamers around the world have played DotA and it was only a matter of time before game developers took notice. There's a market out there for games like this but the question is... How can you make money from it?
Enter S2 Games.
S2 Games is a small-time game development outfit that has released good games that can be played not just on the Windows operating system but can also be played natively on Linux distros and Macs as well.
So basically what they have done is to take the DotA All-Stars concept popularized by Icefrog and port it over to their own K2 engine. Change the character names and the look of the game a bit and you get DotA 2.0.
Heroes of Newerth is DotA 2.0
An example of an in-game screenshot. Please click to zoom in.
It is the HON version of EarthShaker (a DotA hero) using Fissure (a hero skill).
You can also see a Sentinel catapult and the green things called creeps that help you "push" towards the enemy base.
Heroes of Newerth (HON) is currently on the closed beta testing stage.
If you want to get in the Heroes of Newerth beta, you can try your luck at the
Heroes of Newerth fan blog.
If you play DotA, I'd like to hear your views about this DotA clone.
4 comments for this post
thanks for the HON beta keys!
how can i recieve a beta key?
HON beta keys here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Heroes-of-Newerth-Updates/139890345677
This is currently one of the best games in the Dota genre!