S2 Games' Heroes of Newerth Joins North American Star League

KALAMAZOO -- Heroes of Newerth, the multiplayer action roleplayer game developed by Kalamazoo-based S2 Games, will join professional eSports League North American Star League as a promotional title beginning Oct. 5 for its Season 2 competition.

North American Star League is one of the largest e-sports broadcasters in the world. It caters to more than 50 of the world's most elite e-sports players, and will now include Heroes of Newerth amongst them.

Heroes of Newerth "is a very competitive game by nature, and there is no better way to up the ante within the eSports community then by joining the North American Star League," said S2 Games CEO and co-founder Marc DeForest. "The selected teams are compiled of some of the top players in the world and we can't wait to see what they do when pitted against each other."

Eight of the world's best Heroes of Newerth teams have been invited to compete this season. In the first week of the season, between Oct. 5 and 8, teams will face off in "showmatches" for $1,000 per match. The teams will then compete in a 5v5 round-robin style tournament with the top four teams flying out to the live finals, taking place on Dec. 2 - 4 at an undisclosed location in Southern California. All of the NASL HoN action will be casted by Nick "BreakyCPK" Caras, Phil "The_Thrill" Haller, and other well-known guest casters.

In the coming weeks, S2 Games and North American Star League will be revealing the competing eight teams.

HoN, which went free-to-play in July, has seen tremendous growth with nearly 1 million new accounts created since implementing the structural changes. The downloadable session-based, multiplayer, action-RPG is available on Mac, Linux and PC. To learn more about HoN or to create an account and download the game, visit www.heroesofnewerth.com.

S2 Games is an independent game publisher and developer with a mission to identify, develop, evolve and unleash the future of online multiplayer games. Since its inception in 2003, S2 has been focused on driving innovation into the global online game space, through identifying and solving industry issues, listening closely to its passionate gamer base and incorporating features that gamers truly want.

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