Heroes of Newerth: Reborn is reviving a MOBA that shut down in 2022.
Heroes of Newerth: Reborn is reviving a MOBA that shut down in 2022.
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Death is but a mere illusion for Heroes of Newerth

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Heroes of Newerth debuted as a multiplayer online battle arena in 2010. In 2022, the once-popular MOBA game shut down. But death was a mere illusion.

Today, Kongor Studios and Garena are announcing the return of the free-to-play title on the iGames Platform as Heroes of Newerth: Reborn. It will have a revamped engine, modern features and a tribute to its legacy, the companies said.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.