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Heroes of Newerth may not be as well known as other MOBAs but by gum it wants to make it easy for you to like it. The latest major update, which brings us to version 3.0, adds a revamped walkthrough for beginners; an in-game “Learnatorium” with tutorial videos; referral and report systems to help you find friends to play with and pour scorn on foes; and AI bots to practice with. This last feature is detailed in a developer diary through the break.

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Heroes of Newerth suffered a hack yesterday, which resulted in user passwords potentially becoming exposed. The same hacker has now boasted that they are eyeing up League of Legends as the victim of their next hack. Get the details below.

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Starting tomorrow, all characters in the free-to-play fantasy MOBA Heroes of Newerth will be free to everyone. S2 Games announced all 107 heroes will be unlocked once patch 2.6.11 deploys. Those who purchased a hero over the last 15 days will be receive a refund, and if you used real-money, you’ll receive an exclusive super robot avatar called Mecha Gemini. Those who are Legacy players will also earn more rewards for each match. More information is available on the official website and the trailer below.

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S2 Games has confirmed to Kotaku that MMO Heroes of Newerth has now gone F2P. When you sign up for the game, you’ll get a free, basic account to play with. After the player has reached a certain level or they purchase Goblin Coins, they’ll move up to becoming a verified account. Basic and Verified subs will each be able to gain access to 15 free heroes. There’s more details at the link.

S2 Games has explained that a series of recent Heroes of Newerth outages were caused by a group of hackers.

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Heroes of Newerth is getting a new hero by the name of Aluna with its latest update, and the actress who lends her voice to the character, Paula Garces, has spoken to BigDownload regarding her role.

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Duke Nukem voice actor Jon St John has lent his dulcet tones – or tones, anyway – to the new Bad Ass Pack for Heroes of Newerth. Playing an RTS game has never been this manly.

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