S2 Games

S2 Games

Type	Video game developer
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Headquarters	Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.
Products	Savage: The Battle for Newerth Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Heroes of Newerth Strife
Number of employees	75^[1]
Slogan	Dedicated employees serving dedicated gamers. Continuous development. Never-ending improvement.
Website	s2games.com

S2 Games is a video game development company which was founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest and Jesse Hayes, 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 installment in the Newerth series, Heroes of Newerth, based heavily around Defense of the Ancients, was released on May 12, 2010.

Titles

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 freeware/free-to-play
In 2012, S2 Games made all heroes in Heroes of Newerth completely free
In 2013, S2 Games announced Strife an upcoming "second generation MOBA"