S2 Games

S2 Games is a video game developer founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, based in Rohnert Park, California.They also have a development location in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their first project (a real-time strategy, third-person shooter and role-playing game hybrid), Savage: The Battle for Newerth, was released in the Summer of 2003. They released its sequel, Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, on January 16, 2008, and are independently publishing and distributing it. Their latest game, Heroes of Newerth, was released on May 12, 2010. It is a DotA-like game set in their previous games' Newerth universe.

Titles

• Savage: The Battle for Newerth (2003) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
• Savage 2: A Tortured Soul (2008) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)
• Heroes of Newerth (2010) (Windows, Macintosh, Linux)

Key Events

• In 2003, S2 Games released Savage: The Battle for Newerth, their first commercial game.
• In 2004, three former S2 Games employees left the company to form Offset Software.
• In 2006, S2 Games re-released Savage: The Battle for Newerth, as freeware.
• In 2008, S2 Games released Savage 2: A Tortured Soul.
• In 2009, S2 Games re-released Savage 2: A Tortured Soul as freeware.
• In 2010, S2 Games released Heroes of Newerth.
• In 2011, S2 Games re-released Heroes of Newerth as free-to-play.

References

External links

• S2 Games official website
• http://fragtopia.com/articles/savage-interview/savage-interview.shtml - Interview with Jesse Hayes. (COO S2 Games)
• http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ - A website of their new game, Heroes of Newerth, based on Defense of the Ancients
• Get Your Game On - S2 Games - Linux Journal Article on S2 Games and Linux