S2 Games is a
video game development company which was founded by Marc "Maliken" DeForest and Jesse Hayes, based in
Rohnert Park, California. They also have a development location in
Kalamazoo, Michigan. Their first project (a
real-time strategy,
third-person shooter and
role-playing game hybrid), , was released in the Summer of 2003. They released its sequel,
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul, on January 16, 2008, and are independently publishing and distributing it. Their latest installment in the
Newerth series,
Heroes of Newerth, based heavily around
Defense of the Ancients, was released on May 12, 2010. In 2015 S2 Games sold the rights to Heroes of Newerth to Garena to focus on
Strife, their second-generation MOBA.