Maliken speaks:
I wanted to address some concerns that I see in the forums:
Perception is everything and I can see how some may perceive the most recent couple of months and very "unproductive" for the continued development of HoN. From that view it may be seen that we're not working on HoN inside the S2 organization. I apologize that the 1000s of hours we have been working on quite a few things can't be seen more immediately.
There seems to be a certain segment of our community who feels we are happy with the money we have earned from HoN and we simply don't care about the product. This couldn't be further from the truth. Since HoN's retail we have been hiring, enlarged our staff, and HoN continues to be S2's main priority. Unfortunately many of the things we have been working on are not visible to you all just yet.
Valve and Ice Frog have announced their upcoming game DotA 2. As can be seen on these forums, many people feel HoN will be severely impacted. While there is some truth to that, it is up to S2 to make sure HoN is a great game and able to compete. We already have an excellent product that has achieved tremendous success and continues to generate significant sales and revenue for S2. We plan to make that product better and create new ways to draw more attention to the game and increase our playerbase even more than its current growth rate.
The challenge is welcomed and you can bet we plan to "bring it!"
Game HoN!!!!!!!!
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Seriously, when Dota 2 will come out, it will be a real challenge. Only quality will ensure the winner a chance to survive. HoN has a great advantage because it already has started to build the fanbase, but DotA has a greater legacy. Let's see what happens!
Hmm. it will be interesting, its gonna be tough for me to decide which to play. Cant wait to see what S2 has in store. ty
This is so hard..i love dota...i love hon...but i won't like 1 over the other as i do plan to buy hon next summer once school is out but also will play dota 2 as well..(and hey who knows...dota 2 might suck since we have such high expectations for it =/) but who knows!!
we'll just have to wait... we love dota and hon... and there is no way 1 of these 2 big games will go down.. GL for both of them..
Dota 1 free
Dota 2... not free?
I still love HoN never played Dota again when HoN was released
Dota will rock HON not because of the game itself but because people stick to what they know, I just heard of HON for the first time a few months ago and none of my "hardcore" gamer friends even know what HON is and they don't care.
But Dota despite being made a standalone game carries that essence and feel of something bigger... WC3 and every one knows what that game is!
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