<s>
Strife	B-Application
was	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
online	O
battle	O
arena	O
(	O
MOBA	O
)	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
S2	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
S2	O
Games	O
 '	O
second	O
MOBA	O
game	O
aimed	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
casual	O
player	O
base	O
than	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Newerth	I-Application
,	O
most	O
notably	O
incorporating	O
various	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
that	O
focus	O
on	O
heavily	O
reducing	O
player	O
toxicity	O
and	O
introducing	O
persistent	O
mechanics	O
outside	O
of	O
the	O
arena	O
,	O
including	O
Pets	O
and	O
Crafting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
an	O
engine	O
called	O
Kodiak	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
Newerth	I-Application
(	O
K2	O
Engine	O
)	O
with	O
some	O
improvements	O
on	O
lighting	O
and	O
physics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
pits	O
two	O
teams	O
of	O
players	O
against	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
both	O
teams	O
are	O
based	O
at	O
opposite	O
corners	O
of	O
the	O
map	O
in	O
their	O
respective	O
bases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
was	O
announced	O
on	O
August	O
8	O
,	O
2013	O
after	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
2	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
Strife	B-Application
went	O
in	O
closed	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
went	O
in	O
open	O
beta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
has	O
been	O
published	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
as	O
an	O
early	O
access	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
has	O
been	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
free-to-play	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
servers	O
have	O
been	O
shut	O
down	O
without	O
comment	O
from	O
developers	O
with	O
S2	O
Games	O
being	O
quietly	O
closed	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strife	B-Application
's	O
Steam	B-Application
page	O
shows	O
%75	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
average	O
of	O
more	O
than	O
4000	O
reviews	O
left	O
by	O
com	O
's	O
review	O
describes	O
Strife	B-Application
as	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
blends	O
traditional	O
MOBA	O
elements	O
with	O
unique	O
features	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
original	O
gameplay	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviews	O
of	O
Strife	B-Application
that	O
came	O
out	O
after	O
some	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
discusses	O
aspects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
diminishing	O
playerbase	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Esportsedition	O
's	O
review	O
puts	O
forward	O
the	O
idea	O
that	O
"	O
There	O
’s	O
no	O
hope	O
for	O
Strife	B-Application
to	O
make	O
a	O
comeback	O
—	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
indeed	O
,	O
a	O
very	O
dead	O
game	O
—	O
but	O
that	O
does	O
n’t	O
diminish	O
the	O
actual	O
quality	O
of	O
gameplay	O
"	O
The	O
same	O
review	O
also	O
discusses	O
the	O
relation	O
of	O
release	O
dates	O
of	O
both	O
Strife	B-Application
and	O
Heroes	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Storm	I-Application
,	O
a	O
"	O
casual	O
MOBA	O
"	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Blizzard	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
