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by Alice O'Connor, Dec 14, 2010 9:00am PSTDeveloper S2 Games has launched the much-vaunted update 2.0 for Heroes of Newerth, its revamp of popular Warcraft III tactical action-RPG mod DotA. The new client can be found on FileShack in Windows, Mac and Linux flavours.
HoN 2.0 brings heaps of changes, including a new 3v3 map, friendly 'Casual Mode' and map editor. There's also now a microtransaction store for cosmetic items, including a voice pack which plays wonderfully into the stereotype of HoN players as terrible people without a shred of decency in their bodies. The long-overdue matchmaking, slated to launch with this update, is still undergoing testing and currently disabled.
Here's a peek at some 3v3 action on the new map, Grimm's Crossing:
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Not hating on HoN, btw, but I am a fan of LoL -> casual beats hardcore in this instance i think. *ducks HoN players backlash*
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The sad thing is that before, HoN players had the argument of "it's only $30 and you get everything in the game while in LoL, you'll probably pay more than twice the amount if you want to do the same", but that's all changing with the announcements of microtransactions in LoL. Besides voice chat and replays (and possibly the love for broken gameplay design), there is absolutely no reason now why anyone should buy HoN instead of playing LoL for free.
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