verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message s2 games type video game developer industry computer and video game industry headquarters kalamazoo michigan us products savage the battle for newerth savage 2 a tortured soul heroes of newerth strife number of employees 22 1 website s2games.com s2 games is a video game development company which was founded by marc maliken deforest jesse hayes and sam mcgrath based in rohnert park california . 2 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 . in 2015 s2 games sold the rights to heroes of newerth to garena to focus on strife their second generation moba . 3 4 garena subsequently moved heroes of newerth to frostburn studios a kalamazoo michigan based subsidiary of garena . 4 5 contents 1 titles 2 key events 3 references 4 external links titles edit 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 strife 2015 windows macintosh linux savage resurrection 2016 windows macintosh linux key events edit 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 . 6 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 for online play 2 in 2012 over 10 000 000 heroes of newerth user accounts had been registered . 2 in 2013 s2 games announced strife an upcoming second generation moba in 2015 s2 games released heroes of newerth from its label into the hands of frostburn studios references edit jones al 24 june 2015 . ceo of video game maker s2 games says it made sense to sell top game . mlive.com . kalamazoo mi usa . access date requires url help a b c jones al 27 may 2012 . s2 games ceo says making video games in kalamazoo is a lot of fun ... and games photo gallery . mlive.com . oshtemo michigan . retrieved 6 feb 2016 . jones al. ceo of video game maker s2 games says it made sense to sell top game . mlive.com . kalamazoo mi . retrieved 6 feb 2016 . a b smith chris 6 may 2015 . garena aquires heroes of newerth from s2 games as frostburn studios . tweaktown . retrieved 6 feb 2016 . jones al 18 june 2015 . video game maker frostburn studios rises as s2 games moves on . mlive.com . michigan usa . retrieved 6 feb 2016 . leblanc dee ann 28 aug 2006 . get your game on s2 games . linux journal . retrieved 6 feb 2016 . external links edit official website this united states video game corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title s2 games & oldid 736569972 categories entertainment companies of the united statess2 gamesvideo game companies of the united statesvideo game development companiesrohnert park californiaunited states video game company stubshidden categories pages using citations with accessdate and no urluse mdy dates from july 2015articles needing additional references from july 2012all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages danskportugu ssvenska edit links this page was last modified on 28 august 2016 at 11 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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