S2 Games

S2 Games

Type	Video game developer
Industry	Computer and video game industry
Headquarters	Michigan, U.S.
Products	Savage: The Battle for Newerth Savage 2: A Tortured Soul Heroes of Newerth
Employees	36
Website	s2games.com

S2 Games is a video game developer founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest, based in Rohnert Park, California.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.

Titles

• 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)

Key Events

• 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.
• 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 free-to-play.

External links

• S2 Games official website
• http://fragtopia.com/articles/savage-interview/savage-interview.shtml - Interview with Jesse Hayes. (COO S2 Games)
• http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ - A website of their new game, Heroes of Newerth, based on Defense of the Ancients
• Get Your Game On - S2 Games - Linux Journal Article on S2 Games and Linux