savage posts

Usually when a game is ready to be revealed, the publisher or developer like to make a big splash with a press release, screenshots,videos and the like. However the folks at S2 Games, best known for their Savage series of RTS-FPS hybrid games, are taking a different viral approach to reveal their next game project Heroes of Newerth.

Basically the team sent no emails to the media and made no phone calls via a PR rep but rather let their die hard Savage fans get the first jump on the game announcement and let things kind of spiral out from there. In fact there's very little public info on Heroes of Newerth other than it seems to be a fantasy RTS game that fans of the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients might want to look into. The company is giving out beta keys to select folks and we hope to contact S2 Games to gets some of our own to give to our readers. In the meantime you can check out a very brief gameplay video after the jump.

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It's interesting that I'd talk about Savage 2: A Tortured Soul. Not because it just recently went mostly-free (if you donate, you still get bonuses), but rather because I talked about another action-strategy hybrid recently with Tremulous. However, taking a look at the two games, they couldn't be more different. Where Tremulous is all about getting into the thick of the action, Savage is more strategic and thoughtful. To each their own, after all! However, if you like one, you will probably like the other. So let's delve into this recent gem.