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Heroes of Newerth Open Beta About To Start

Posted by Soulskill on from the getting-closer dept.

You may recall last summer when we discussed Heroes of Newerth, a title from S2 Games that's based on the popular Defense of the Ancients mod from Warcraft III. We passed out some closed beta keys, and there seemed to be a ton of interest, in part due to the fact that they have a Linux client. Well, if any of you missed it or want to see how the game has progressed since then, now is your chance — the open beta begins tonight (March 31). There's a countdown on the sign-up page that shows when you can register.

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  1. Be warned, the community is noxious by Rix · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I had a closed beta invite early on, but the community is angry, rude and just spoil the game.

  2. Heroes of Noteworthy.. by Martian_Kyo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This worth the news simply cause this is one of the few decent looking games for linux.
    Any linux purist (i.e. someone who has no dual boot) who likes computer (as opposed to console) games should try this, yes all ten of you.
    If not for any other reason then to encourage more developers to do this.
    If more developers do this it will indirectly improve code quality, cause programming a multi platform game/software requires a certain level of code quality.
    I hope linux and windows client here are developed separately.

    I still prefer League Of Legends, mainly for it's more lighthearted design.