Tribal Trouble 2 Enters Open Beta

Grab your shield! Sharpen your axe! The free-to-play browser-based MMORTS Tribal Trouble 2 enters open beta! Customize your chieftain in over 9,000 ways, before sailing off to pillage and plunder uncharted lands and for riches and fame. War spoils can be used to purchase village upgrades, granting bonuses to ensure victory in future PvP and PvE missions.

Gamers will have access to over 50 single player missions as well as multiple PvP modes ranging from elimination to king of the hill—pitting player vs player or team vs team. Do well in either PvE or PvP, and your achievements will be posted on the rune stone in each player’s town. No matter how you choose to play, you will be rewarded with gold to use towards the purchase of over 50 permanent upgrades to your tribe.

No more waiting for long downloads. No need for high-end graphics cards. No need for even an extensive knowledge of Real Time Strategy (RTS) games! The in game tutorial will teach you everything you need to know. With landscapes and units rendered in 3d, this whimsical RTS game can be played within any browser (PC/Mac). Just login, press play and don’t miss out on the action.  

Your tribe awaits at www.tribaltrouble2.com!

S2 Games Makes Heroes of Newerth Free to Play

Days after its free-to-play counterpart, League of Legends, announced it had passed 15 million registered accounts, Heroes of Newerth has gone F2P. Beginning today, the Defense of the Ancients-inspired action RTS will offer tiered accounts, including a new Basic account that's free to anyone interested in signing up.

Launched in 2010 by S2 Games, Heroes of Newerth was originally priced at $30. Now the game's F2P model will include Basic, Verified, and Legacy accounts with the ability to purchase new heroes via microtransactions, LoL-style.

"With the transition to free-to-play we're opening HoN up to new audiences as our players can now easily introduce the game to their friends," S2 Games CEO and co-founder Marc DeForest said in a statement. "S2 has a serious level of commitment to our players to continuously improve both the game and their experience. With the new account types and match-making standards in place, both novice and existing players will benefit from the upgraded structure."

For veteran HoN players worried about the n00b invasion, S2 games is making all existing account holders Legacy players, granting them free access to all HoN heroes for life, and Basic players will battle in matches separate from Verified and Legacy players. Basic players must also cross a play-time threshold before achieving Verified status.

Valve's entry into the genre, DOTA 2, is expected to be unveiled at Gamescom in Germany next month.


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