Savage: The Battle for Newerth

Savage: The Battle for Newerth was originally released by S2 Games in September 2003 and eventually became freeware 3 years later, in September 2006, when the game was officially discontinued and made open source. The last official patch (2.0e) was released in January 2004. Since then, Savage: The Battle for Newerth has been continuously improved by the Savage community: from 2004 to 2005 by the EX2 team, from 2005 to 2007 by the SEP/SFE team and since 2008 by the Savage XR team. Although the game was criticized for being released in an immature state and lacking basic features and any kind of tutorials, Savage: The Battle for Newerth was way ahead of its time with its innovative RTS/FPS gameplay and won awards such as the Seumas McNally Grand Prize, Technical Excellence and Audience Award at the Independent Games Festival 2004 or the Editor's Choice Award "8.7 - Great" from IGN.com.