''Strife'' was a

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(MOBA) video game developed by

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. This is S2 Games' second MOBA game aimed to a more casual player base than ''

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'', most notably incorporating various gameplay elements that focus on heavily reducing player toxicity and introducing persistent mechanics outside of the arena, including Pets and Crafting. The game uses an engine called Kodiak which is based on the Heroes of Newerth (K2 Engine) with some improvements on lighting and physics.

Gameplay

''Strife'' pits two teams of players against each other, both teams are based at opposite corners of the map in their respective bases. Bases consist of one central structure, creep spawn points, three generators and a hero spawning pool. The goal of the game is to destroy the central structure of the opposite base, called the "Crux". Players achieve this by selecting heroes with unique skills to combat the other team, both teams can select the same heroes. Each game a player chooses one hero to be for the duration of the match. Every hero has four abilities that may be acquired and upgraded as the hero gains experience and levels up. Heroes abilities are often very similar to the ones of the characters of several other MOBA games.

Development

''Strife'' was announced on August 8, 2013 after it had been in development for 2 years. , ''Strife'' went in closed beta. ''Strife'' went in open beta. ''Strife'' has been published on Steam as an early access game. ''Strife'' has been released as a

free-to-play Free-to-play (F2P or FtP) video games are games that give players access to a significant portion of their content without paying or do not require paying to continue playing. Free-to-play is distinct from traditional commercial software, which ...

on Steam. ''Strife'' servers have been shut down without comment from developers with

being quietly closed down.

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