As promised, S2 Games has finally launched the open beta test for their Defense of the Ancients-inspired multiplayer RTS game Heroes of Newerth. The game has techically been in closed beta for a number of months but it has been fairly easy to get a beta code for the test. Now there are no barriers to checking out this title.

The official launch of the commercial version of the game is still scheduled for sometime in April and once that happens the stats and characters of players who participated in the beta test will be wiped. In the meantime the development team plans to add new Heroes to the game during the open beta test.