Lately, I've been playing this game, it's a MOBA, a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (DotA or HoN for those who have played) which involves an RPG like game with real time strategy and at higher levels, this is actually quite challenging and the tactics are really in depth. Below are the links for League of Legends (LoL). It is an entirely free game and takes up about 800MB of memory on your computer but is entirely free and really addictive, a lot of people who have played previous similar games say this is the best one to date.

 

EU - http://www.lol-europe.com/

US and Other - http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

 

This game is made by the same people as DotA Allstars and so they have a lot of experience in a game like this but actually this is very well programmed, and patched regularly for new champions, new maps, buffs/nerfs and such. This game is fresh out of BETA but there are virtually no bugs and they are instantly hotfixed anyway. There are hosted tournaments for top players for money and in-game prizes which actually take a lot of skill and are extremely tactical compared to normal games which have a lot of tactics anyway. The game is simple and easy to get used to, it's easy to play, but certainly not easy to play well.

 

If you have some time I recommend downloading it and trying it out considering it is free, it is very well made. I've been playing this a while and there are still a lot of champions I haven't played and still a lot to get into to. There is only one released map currently but there is another in BETA and they have created a landscape to expand further. They are also releasing new champions regularly but they have to be checked to make sure they are balanced and fit well into the game. The variety in the game is very vast and on its own is very addictive as it stands without the updates!

 

What is League of Legends?

 

Get ready for a fast-paced competitive online game that will test both your skill and mind. Become a powerful Summoner and call forth brave Champions - growing their power and abilities though battles across a unique and visually stylized world. Prepare to experience the best elements of session-based games combined with persistent elements of MMORPG's. Play the game for free today! Level your Champion from weak to powerful as you unlock new abilities and buy equipment in fast-paced battles. Increase your Summoner's abilities and spells as you gain experience and unlock content across game sessions. Choose from over 40 distinct champions, each with its own unique style, abilities and gameplay mechanics. Equip your champion with almost 100 different items. Optimize your performance through management of runes and masteries. Robust match-making, stat tracking and anti-hacking technology to ensure balanced games for new and experienced players. Integrated Leaverbuster technology to minimize leavers and enable re-connects to games in progress. Play with or against friends in highly competitive multiplayer matches or play in solo matches against configurable AI bots.

Posted about it a while back, but LoL is simply a watered down version of DoTA/HoN. It's easier, needs less tactics (no denying, can't tower dive, less heroes overall [40 vs the 60 HoN currently has]) and is overall a worse experience (P2P shop in a competitive game style such as MOBA? yeah right.).

 

 

If you like LoL I really urge you to try HoN, it's better in every conceivable way. Really, LoL may as well just be a deathmatch compared to HoN.

 

 

Also I should say that HoN has a significant amount of tournaments for cash, with an alienware tournament coming up that will be very large.

 

www.honcast.com

www.gamereplays.org

 

 

You can watch some shoutcasts of HoN matches there.

 

 

 

Just felt I should throw the other (better) alternative out there. The biggest difference is once HoN is out of beta it will cost $30 to buy, but that also means you don't need to buy any heroes or new heroes when they come out.