Thursday, May 13, 2010

Heroes of Newerth on Garena

Garena Partners with S2 Games for South East Asian servers

The rumors were floated a few months back, with the Slugonice (moderator of Garena Philippines) giving away hints and tidbits as early as last year but now it has finally become a reality.

S2 Games is happy to announce that we have chosen Garena as our strategic partner for key countries in South East Asia (SEA), namely Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Garena currently hosts the largest gaming community in SEA, making this a valuable partnership for both parties.

As announced earlier, Heroes of Newerth will be going to retail on Wednesday, May 12th. This means that players need to purchase a paid account to be able to continue to enjoy the game. However, Garena has decided to keep the game free-to-play for its target countries and gamers in these locations do not need to purchase a paid account. Due to this, we have to restrict the access of gamers from Singapore, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines from playing in our international servers.

Garena is currently still setting up their dedicated servers for the South East Asia region, so there is an expected lull time for users in these four countries wherein they will be unable to play the game. The Beta Testing Phase for Garena servers expected to start before the end of May.

At the start of closed beta, gamers from these countries will be able to redeem a Beta Key immediately if they are Garena Gold Members, while other keys are given away in other community efforts. Please note that countries not stated here (e.g. Indonesia, Thailand) will be unable to play on Garena servers, and would require purchasing a paid account to enjoy the game in S2 Games? international servers.

For more updates from the Garena Team regarding their Heroes of Newerth release, visit their blog at http://blog.garena.com or the official Garena Heroes of Newerth website at http://hon.garena.com.

13 discussions:

Jumar Mamaba said...

Well, I guess we have to settle for that.. I do have some questions though..

Is the client going to be used in Garena same with the one in S2 Games, same patch, same set of heroes?

Would it be possible if I am to purchase the retail in order for me to play international servers even if I'm in the Philippines?

vivek said...

india should also be considered!!!!!!!1

Anonymous said...

Good news!!!!!! Asians Are the best player@!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Unknown said...

So how about updates? If S2 Updates will Garena update as soon as S2 updates?

dave said...

i am not a gold member!! how i going to get a beta key?? wat client will be used?? will we used the client u modified and can it be downloaded from your website hon.garena.com??

dave said...

well!! ill do appreciate if you will send me a beta key after you release your HON garena version game!! here is my email >>>>mark161986@gmail.com!! But if you can't provide me a beta key, just tell me whta sites i will going to have it!! thankz

Anonymous said...

cn u tell the exact date when will Garena release HoN beta??

Anonymous said...

You can't play in the international servers,if you're Asian they'll block your IP even if you purchase an account...

Anonymous said...

how about the PSR? 1 account for Garena and International?

sphinx said...

wen is phillipines gonna get this??? WTF!!

FrozenRose said...

cool! two thumbs up!

i hope garena will release HON in SEA ASAP!

Anonymous said...

i cant wait for this

Anonymous said...

is there anyone here who is kind to someone who is in nedd...will you give me a beta key..pls!! here's my adrs archealites@rocketmail.com

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